The usually bustling downtown Kingston became a picture-perfect backdrop yesterday as a Japanese couple turned heads during a photoshoot on King Street. For newlyweds Yosuke Pancho Kawamoto, a record producer, and his wife Kimiko, this was no...

First chopped with a machete, then later dodging bullets, a St Thomas man faced nothing but attacks on his life by one attacker in his own community. Police have charged 25-year-old Jason Wynter of Prospect Main Road with possession of a...

Quick action by an off-duty policeman at a Trelawny gas station on Monday ended with a construction worker in handcuffs and an illegal gun seized. Charged is Gary Ferguson, of Mark Lane, Kingston, and Great Pond, Ocho Rios in St Ann. He has...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Cardi B is pregnant with her fourth child. It will be her first with boyfriend Stefon Diggs, the New England Patriots' wide receiver. The Grammy Award-winning rapper revealed the news Wednesday in an interview with Gayle King on....

What was meant to be a solemn farewell for 67-year-old Noel 'Dingie' White has exploded into an islandwide drama after a clip from his September 14 funeral went viral online. In the video, his sister, Patsy Stewart-Barnaby, shocked the...

The anguished cries of 24-year-old Tatiyana Samuels-Powell carried the pain of a mother shattered by the loss of her only child. Two-year-old Tajuan Jackson was gunned down in Grenmeade Road, Maverley, St Andrew, on Monday night. "Why dem take my....

Amid cheers and applause at his swearing-in ceremony, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness yesterday used his inauguration speech to call for healing, reconciliation, and a renewed national focus. "The elections are over," Holness said, shortly...

"An indictment on our society" was how Justice Leighton Pusey described the disturbing rise in sexual offences across the island. Pusey, while outlining that these cases are not new to the court, as they have been raised in the court for the...

When April Taylor was crowned the 2025 PAN Chicken Champion at Jamaica College in St Andrew on August 31, her first response wasn't words -- it was worship. She lifted her voice to ' Alpha and Omega', the powerful worship song by Israel Houghton, a...

Mark your calendars and lace up those hiking boots - Sunday, November 2, is the day nature and fitness lovers take on Forest Trek II, a breathtaking 10-kilometre journey from the cultural heart of Miss Lou Square in Gordon Town, St Andrew,...

Dancehall will take center stage at King's House this afternoon when Dr Andrew Holness is sworn in as Prime Minister, with a star-studded line-up of artistes set to perform at the historic event. The ceremony which is scheduled for 4 p.m. at......

St Andrew South police are urging Courtney "Bloodstain" Ashley, the division's most wanted man, to surrender immediately after Monday night's gun attack in Maverley that claimed the life of a two-year-old boy and a young businessman. Speaking at....

More than 5,000 tablets previously used in Jamaica's 2022 Population and Housing Census have been redistributed to schools across the island under the Tablets in Schools programme. Speaking with JIS News recently, Chief Executive Officer (CEO)......

The sound of gunfire shattered a Kingston 20 community on Monday night, leaving a toddler and a young businessman dead in what police describe as a drive-by attack. Two-year-old Tajaun Jackson of Nannyville, St Andrew, and 25-year-old Kimarley....

Station Manager at the National Strategic Anti-Gang Division, Detective Inspector Paulette Wynter-Crossfield, explained that teen girls are staging kidnappings to spend a prolonged period with their male friends. "You have teenagers who go out......

"Confess or die" were the chilling words relatives of 52-year-old security guard Dane Johnson say they found scribbled in his personal notebook, just days before his body was discovered in an abandoned quarry in Tredegar Park, St Catherine....

Just weeks ago, Judith Sewell had no idea how she would handle the back-to-school expenses for two of her three children. Although she worked at a postal agency, a series of unfortunate events left her struggling financially. But her prayers...

Jamaica's appetite for pet care has grown sharply in recent years, with more families seeking veterinary services and pet supplies than ever before. Clinics are busier, supermarket shelves now carry full aisles of dog and cat food, and the...

More than 5,000 tablets previously used in Jamaica's 2022 Population and Housing Census have been redistributed to schools across the island under the Tablets in Schools programme. Speaking with JIS News recently, CEO of eLearning Jamaica Company....

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is warning against the practice of fake kidnappings. Station Manager at the National Strategic Anti-Gang Division, Detective Inspector Paulette Wynter-Crossfield, explained that teen girls are staging...