Local government elections have been postponed for a further 12 months, to be held no later than February 2023. This follows approval of The Representation of the People (Postponement of Elections to Municipal Corporations and City Municipalities).....

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr Nigel Clarke, is to engage with financial institutions regarding recent increases in banking fees. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information,...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is in dialogue with stakeholders in the poultry industry, with a view towards implementing strategies to reduce the level of increase that is passed on to consumers. Making a statement in the House of...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has announced a $50-million allocation to support poultry farmers across the island. Portfolio Minister, Pearnel Charles Jr., said the funds will be distributed through the Rural Agricultural Development...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says over the coming months the Government will be looking to remove more of the measures that have been instituted to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19) transmission. "Barring any extreme change in circumstances...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is encouraging consumers to be vigilant when making purchases from Instagram stores to avoid being scammed. Corporal Kayla Keane of the JCF's Corporate Communications Unit told JIS News that the Cybercrimes...

Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang, says the Government is determined to defeat crime, and disrupt the activities of well-resourced persons who are bent on causing mayhem in communities. Speaking at a prayer breakfast held at his New...

Yesterday, the swift action from two policemen at the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre prevented a woman from committing suicide. The woman, who is said to be of unsound mind, was seen threatening to jump from the top of a building with what...

A relative of a man who was reportedly murdered by gangsters aligned to the Clansman-One Dong Gang, yesterday recalled that residents were only able to identify him after spotting a piece of his penis as his body was burned beyond recognition....

Security expert Robert Finzi-Smith has commended the police following the recovery of two more illegal firearms at Stadium East on Wednesday. The police reported that an AK-47 rifle and a Remington shotgun were found yesterday, which brings to......

Seven persons, including three women who are believed to be major players in the infamous lottery scam, were arrested and three illegal firearms seized during an operation in Pitfour, Granville, St James, on Wednesday. The police reported that a.....

RUDDY MATHISON and CARL GILCHRIST Local poultry farmers are hopping mad over a pronouncement by Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Pearnel Charles Jr, that the Government is considering the temporary removal of import duties on chicken leg......

A woman who accused a patient care assistant at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC) of feeding her child hot porridge was yesterday forced to defend herself in court after she was accused of assaulting the healthcare worker. The mother,...

A social enquiry report was requested for a woman who is before the courts answering to drug-related offences. Aneita Grant, 61, pleaded guilty to possession of, dealing in and attempting to export ganja when she appeared in the Kingston and St....

Twenty-six-year-old Shanna-Kay Walker loves life and like most mothers, one of her greatest wishes is to watch her three-year-old daughter Kadesha grow into adulthood. But in order to do that, the Penlyne Castle, St Thomas native needs to...

Holding his cell phone close to his ears and dancing to a dancehall mix coming from its speaker, an Ackee Walk resident grins and gives the news team a welcoming elbow bounce. He has many reasons to dance and smile. Unlike a few months ago when......

Swan blocks train line Thousands of commuters in London faced severe delays after a swan decided to make himself at home on the London Underground track. The white bird -- usually found in ponds scrounging for breadcrumbs -- parked his weary......

CROSS KEYS, Manchester: The police are on the hunt for a man who opened gunfire on them while reporting on condition of bail for Illegal Possession of Firearm. The man has been identified as 25-year-old Orlando Lee of Blenheim district, Newport in.....

Councillor for the Montego Bay North Division Senator Charles Sinclair Jnr wants a crackdown on illegal watercraft entering and leaving Jamaica's shores. The former mayor says too many unauthorised and unregulated watercraft leaving and...

Two women who went to the Supreme Court to give support to a man on a murder charge found themselves on the wrong side of the law after engaging in a brawl in front of the court earlier this month. One of the women, Caphia Harris, said that she......