A police constable is now recuperating in the May Pen Hospital after he was attacked by a man who attempted to rob him, shortly after leaving the Mineral Heights toll booth in Clarendon. Superintendent Christopher Phillips, who is in charge of...

The police in Trelawny have launched a manhunt for a prisoner who escaped from custody while awaiting trial at the Trelawny Family Court on Thursday, February 25. The escapee has been identified as Howard Fraser, a taxi operator of Zion, Martha...

Jamaica Labour Party Councillor for the Trafalgar Division in South East, St. Andrew, Kari Douglas, has strongly denied allegations by the police that she assaulted and obstructed a cop, during an incident in Swallowfield in the constituency last.....

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- An official says 42 people including 27 students who were abducted two weeks ago from a school in northern Nigeria have been freed. The chief press secretary for the Niger state governor, Mary Noel-Berje, told The...

A curfew has been imposed in sections of Capture Land / Young Street Clarendon. The curfew began at 6 p.m., on Friday, February 26 and will remain in effect until 6 p.m., Sunday, February 28. The boundaries of the curfew are as follows:...

The Japan government will be making another donation of medical supplies and equipment to Jamaica, in support of the country's effort to improve the quality of healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was announced by Ambassador of Japan...

Joint efforts of the Matilda's Corner Police and the Police Emergency Communication Centre (PECC) resulted in the recovery of a stolen motor vehicle on Old Hope Road, Kingston 5 on Friday. Police reports are that in mid-January the owner of a...

Jamaica Labour Party Councillor Kari Douglas, was last night arrested and charged for assaulting and obstructing the police during an operation in Swallowfield, St Andrew. The incident was confirmed by Commanding Officer for the St Andrew Central......

Four more Jamaicans have died from COVID-19 pushing the death tally to 417. The deceased are: an 87-year-old female and a 68-year-old male both from Kingston and St. Andrew, and a 62-year-old male and a 69-year-old male both from St. James....

The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) has come out in support of the Medical Association of Jamaica's (MAJ) recommendation that the drug IVERMECTIN be incorporated into the island's COVID-19 management protocols. "We...

The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) says that in its ongoing review of the security of the Government's systems and networks, including the JamCOVID platform, cyber investigators have observed persistent attempts to gain...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Feb. 26, CMC - Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced Thursday night that when a three-and-a-half-week lockdown ends on February 28, businesses will be allowed to reopen in phases, but a 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew will remain...

A sum of $328 million has been provided to wrap up activities under the Montego Bay Waterfront Protection Project, in the upcoming financial year. The project seeks to rehabilitate the Montego Bay groynes to reduce the loss of beachfront acreage to....

The corruption conviction of Senior Superintendent of Police, James Forbes, was overturned in the Court of Appeal this morning. James has now been freed. Forbes was found guilty of attempting to pervert the course of justice and fined $800,000 or......

Jamaica on Friday recorded three additional COVID deaths, increasing the tally to 413. The deceased are: A 54-year-old female from Kingston and St Andrew A 63-year-old female from St. Catherine A 65-year-old male from St Catherine One more...

The construction of a house for a minister of religion in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, has been creating quite a stir. The dwelling, which is being constructed for Bishop Winston Baker of the King Jesus Pentecostal Fellowship Church, is...

Lloyd Deen says he is not giving up hope on finding his daughter Jasmine, the University of the West Indies student who has been missing since February 27, 2020. "Mi still feel like mi a go see her again one day," he told THE WEEKEND STAR. "I won....

A 13-year-old Clarendon child, who is now pregnant, has alleged being raped twice last year, including by her stepfather. The teen said that last July, she went to a property belonging to a relative, where there is an unoccupied house, to fetch......

Agnes Jones-Graham is from a family of long livers. Her mom, Mary Johnson- Jones, died at 95, and her grandma, Suzanne Jones, lived to 103. Jones-Graham, an active senior citizen who lives in New Works, Westmoreland, celebrated her 100th...

Zacariah Wolfe has not been in a jolly mood, and it wasn't hard to understand his frustration. It was close to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday when the news team stopped by his shop in Martin, St Mary. The 65-year-old, who makes aluminium pots, pans,...