Earlier today, three wards of the state absconded the Metcalfe Street Secure Juvenile Remand Centre. The Department of Correctional Services is reporting they were discovered missing by a correctional officer during a regular check at the...

Eight firearms and 87 rounds of ammunition were seized between Friday, December 3 and Sunday, December 5 as lawmen continue their heightened operational activities to increase public safety and citizens' security. On Friday, December 3 about...

One man has been taken into custody following the discovery of a firearm and ammunition during a snap raid along Oliver Road, Kingston 2 on Sunday, December 5. One Browning 9mm pistol and eighteen rounds of ammunition were seized. Reports...

Patrons who were eager to be satisfied at the highly anticipated event called 'Combo' were left disappointed as lawmen in the St Catherine South Police Division clamped down on the event before it could get going. Superintendent Hopeton Nicolson.....

A woman who had just celebrated her 24th birthday died after leaving a party early Friday morning. Birthday girl Brianna Kerr was travelling on a motorcycle being driven by Derrick Coley, 40, which crashed along Mountain View Avenue in Kingston.......

When Antonio Baker left Jonathan Grant High in 2003, he had no subjects. The Brunswick Avenue, St Catherine, native, recalled wasting time while being a student at the secondary school. He often left the school's compound after registration and......

Some $300 million is being spent to rehabilitate the Mount Salem Primary and Infant School in St James. The project, which is about 15 per cent complete, is among the social projects being done under the Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO), which...

Every Christmas, for the past three years, Robert Nesta Morgan engages his five-year-old son in tree shopping. In addition to buying the tree, Morgan spends time with his son decorating the freshly cute pine. "It is something he looks forward to....

Acting director for community liaison at the Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA), Nardia McLaren, has called for victims of domestic abuse not to retaliate with violence but to get out of the relationship and seek help. In making the call, McLaren...

The Government is considering a vaccine requirement for new entrants to the island's infirmaries. Admissions to the poor relief facilities were suspended last March as part of the move by the Government to limit the spread of COVID-19. However,...

Some 16,237 cruise-ship passengers have visited Jamaica on 10 different cruise calls since the island's ports were reopened to cruises. Last Wednesday, Carnival Cruise Line's Conquest-class cruise ship (Carnival Glory) gave tourism capital Montego....

A Clarendon family, whose pitiful living circumstances were highlighted by this newspaper, has been getting help but equally they are being chastised. Suzette Wilson, her spouse Owen Brown, as well as their five daughters -- aged 19, 16, 13, eight...

Known for her yearly recommendations of colours to wear for the festive season, self-proclaimed 'Queen of the Gospel', Eve Campbell said that she has received another a message from God about what colours to wear this Christmas. Campbell, who has....

Five persons, including a former Corporate Area preparatory-school teacher, pleaded guilty to deceiving a financial institution in order to get a combined $12.5 million in loans. The former teacher, Nadia Laing, is charged along with Kadian...

Two men were shot and injured this morning in Elgin Town, Hanover. The Lucea Police are searching for clues at the crime scene. It is reported that shortly after 8 a.m, the two men were walking along a dirt track that leads to their home...

Omari Dacas otherwirse called "Jun Jun" of Whitehall Avenue, Kingston 8 has been missing since Wednesday, December 1. The police have activated a high alert to aid in identifying the whereabouts of the youngster. He is of brown...

The Government has allocated $1 million to each Member of Parliament to support resilience building efforts in constituencies across Jamaica. Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Pearnel Charles Jr, made the...

A 20-year-old man who accidentally hit a policewoman who was trying to break up a fight between him and another man asked a judge to send him to prison as he was unable to compensate the cop for damage to her eyeglasses and to cover medical costs.....

Residents of Kintyre in St Andrew say that they are afraid to walk the streets following the killing of Darren 'Percy' Cousins, a known affiliate of Christopher 'Dog Paw' Linton, on Monday. Another man, Mikhail Clue, otherwise called Duckie was.....

For the second time in three years, Westmoreland gangster Lindell Powell has been given relatively light sentences by the courts after being convicted of serious offences. Powell, who the police said is a member of the notorious King Valley Gang.....