After much searching, Paramount Studios has found the actor it feels best suited to portray reggae icon Bob Marley in an upcoming biopic. Actor Kingsley Ben-Adir, best known for his role as Malcolm X in the 2020 American drama film 'One Night...

The Government is to begin issuing National Identification cards this year, following the passage of the associated regulations for the National Identification and Registration Act. This was announced by Governor-General, His Excellency Sir Patrick....

Calls for a gun amnesty to be declared in Jamaica appear to have found favour with the Andrew Holness-led government. National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang on Thursday carried the proposed new law to Parliament, which, among other things,...

If you are familiar with the town of Morant Bay in St Thomas, chances are you would've conducted some business at the Pressa Plaza located on 1 Wharf Road. The multi-shop establishment, which overlooks the Rudolph Elder Park, was named after...

Flowers vendor Wayne Henry delivers love each day through his attractive array of flowers. "I'm a flowers guy. Mi buy roses at Gorgeous flowers shop but mi sell roses pon Trafalgar Road fi make a living fi we self and send me pickney gah school....

Several devices believed to be used in lottery scamming, as well as candles and oils used to perform obeah, were seized during an operation carried out in Chantilly Gardens, Westmoreland, on Thursday. Investigators say the three persons taken...

The chief financial officer of a Corporate Area engineering company made his first appearance in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday to answer to charges of larceny. Charged with 19 counts of larceny as a servant is George Miller.....

Placard-bearing residents of Adelaide Street, off Windward Road, Kingston 16, yesterday blasted the police and accused them of murdering 22-year-old Javion Smith. His mother, Bridgette Russell, and a woman claiming to be his girlfriend both say......

Geoffrey Messado, husband of disbarred attorney-at-law Jennifer Messado, was yesterday brought before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court to answer to fraud charges. He is charged with four counts of forgery and two counts of obtaining...

Chief Justice Bryan Sykes is to rule on Monday whether he will be accepting the secret recordings of conversations of alleged members of the Clansman-One Don Gang as evidence in the ongoing trial. This follows the prosecution's submission...

The unbearable stench at a section of the Kingston Harbour is threatening to become a major deterrent for persons to enjoy the scenery as they stroll along the an impressive boardwalk that is now under construction. The boardwalk is part of the $....

A decade ago, Nicky* held a front-desk job but was hardly earning enough to stay afloat. The young woman, in seeking ways to change her fortunes, did the unthinkable. She became a call girl. "It was the easy money. It may sound a way but I was...

The Government will commence implementing a comprehensive restructuring of public-sector compensation during the 2022/23 fiscal year. Governor General, His Excellency Sir Patrick Allen, said this will simplify the current complicated 325 salary...

A special operation by the police has led to the arrest of several alleged lottery scammers in Hartlands Estate in Priory, St Ann.

The Government will be pressing ahead with the development of several new and revised pieces of legislation in the 2022/23 fiscal year.

The body of a man was found near the Commodore Cemetery yesterday in Linstead, St Catherine after residents reported hearing several explosions. The man has been identified only as ‘Puddy,’ from the Commodore District in Linstead....

The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) says despite the numbers still being very high, coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and hospitalisations are beginning to decrease in some member countries. Speaking during PAHO's weekly COVID-19 digital...

The Morgan's Bridge police in Westmoreland have launched an investigation after armed thugs shot and killed a man outside the Grange Hill Basic School compound yesterday morning. The deceased has been identified as 26-year-old Jervain Lue,...

Attorney Isat Buchanan said that he is not surprised with the director of public prosecutions' (DPP) ruling in the case of his client Princess Nzinga King. Yesterday, the DPP, Paula Llewellyn, recommended that the policewoman accused of trimming.....