A massive fire that took place this morning has left a family from Bread Lane in Paradise Crescent, St James homeless. Units from the Freeport and the Ironshore fire stations along with 13 firefighters tackled the fire. The blaze was...

Chanel Smith, the St Elizabeth teacher who was murdered at her school gate yesterday, was a victim of domestic violence, her father said. Smith, 28, was shot and killed outside the Sandy Bank Infant School in St Elizabeth by one of two men who...

Six year-old T-Mora McCallum loved the 'Dirt Bounce' dance and during her free time, she, her cousins and little friends would show off their versions of it, much to the amusement of the grown-ups. For her seventh birthday, on December 27, the St....

An elderly Hanover couple are now counting their blessings after the driver of a motor vehicle lost control and crashed into their shop, right in front of their house. Nehemiah Clarke, 70, and his 64-year-old common-law wife, Fairlin Collins,...

A Kingston man who replaced his girlfriend's flat-screen TV after he destroyed the previous one, was told by the complainant that the new one did not have some of the features. Irvine Edwards pleaded guilty to malicious destruction of property......

Prisoners who are found in possession of cellular phones could face additional prison time of 15 years, should a bill that is now before Parliament becomes law. National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang, in opening the debate on the Corrections.....

A man who was before the courts for simple larceny, yesterday pleaded with members of the public not to get caught in wrongdoing. Morland Thompson was to be sentenced by Senior Parish Judge Lori-Ann Cole-Montague inside the Kingston and St Andrew....

The mandatory work-from-home order for the public sector will come to an end on December 31. Prime Minister Andrew Holness made the announcement while speaking in the House of Representatives yesterday. "There has been a number of concerns...

Two weeks ago, Ricardo Williams, a construction worker, lost his wallet at the Hi-Pro Ace Supercentre in Twickenham Park, St Catherine. He had US$3,500 (approximately J$542,600) in that wallet that his boss had given him to deposit. The 47-...

St Andrew mother, Verona Taylor, is among hundreds of Jamaicans across the island benefiting from the seasonal Christmas work programme across the island. The programme, which involves bushing of roadways and the cleaning of debris from off the......

Three members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) who were on duty the day a Jamaican fugitive, Orville Purnell escaped from Kingston Central police lockup has been placed on interdiction. Purnell is wanted in St Lucia for murder and...

The 55-year-old man suspected of killing six-year-old T-Mora McCallum in Text Lane in Kingston was last night beaten by residents and now remains under police guard in hospital. It is reported that about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon the man...

A promoter in one of the island's western parishes said taboo parties have grown in popularity recently, as she believes society is becoming acceptable of sexual acts performed outside the bedroom. The promoter, whose name is being withheld, will....

Two women whose video promoting a party that promised sexual acts went viral are insisting that they would never sell sex. Shanice 'Combo Boss' Wilson and her friend Kedesha Lewis say they were bored on a Sunday during one of the weekend...

"It is not an apartment" was the admonition from Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie to vendors at the reopening of the Red Rose Fish Market in downtown Kingston yesterday. "It is to sell fish and nothing else. For those who are operating.....

In spite of price increases, meat cutters in the Cross Roads Market say they are still hopeful for many Christmas customers. Owner and operator of Lloyd Weise...

Chief investigator in the Clansman-One Dong Gang case yesterday testified that an ex-member of the latter group had told him that at least five persons were buried in the gang's alleged burial site in Waterloo Lane in Spanish Town, St Catherine.......

Some travellers who were heading for the US were left scrambling at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston yesterday as they were unaware of that country's new COVID testing requirements. Effective yesterday, the US requests that all....

A police-led manhunt is on for two gunmen who shot and killed an infant school teacher this morning in Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth. Twenty-eight-year-old Chanel Smith, who was a teacher at the Sandy Bank Infant School, was attacked...

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...