An atmosphere of unease blanketed the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre on Monday after a bloody mid-morning bust-up between correctional officers and incarcerated dancehall artiste Tommy Lee Sparta. Tommy Lee Sparta, whose birth name is Leroy....

With the acquisition of six Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles, the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has boosted its capabilities to conduct security operations in volatile situations and to rescue persons in the event of disaster. The powerful...

At least three sitting Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillors in St Catherine have been dropped from the party’s slate of candidates to contest the next local government polls in the divisions they currently represent. One of these councillors,......

House Speaker Marisa Dalrymple Philibert, her son, Giovanni Philibert, and gardener Simon Sanchez were freed on Monday after Parish Judge Larona Montague-Williams ruled that they had no case to answer in a case of illegal dumping brought against...

Prominent attorney-at-law Donovan Jackson died Monday morning at the University Hospital of the West Indies. He was 64. It was reported that he complained of not feeling well on Sunday and was taken to hospital. Jackson was a partner in the firm...

Energy company West Indies Petroleum Limited (WIPL) has lost a bid to get a court order to force a tech firm and three individuals to preserve alleged confidential information and open those details for inspection by the company. It has also been.....

MOSCOW (AP): Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered forces on Monday to “maintain peace” in separatist regions of eastern Ukraine, hours after the Kremlin recognised the area’s independence. The announcement raised fears that an invasion was...

After weeks of muscle-flexing and fiery rhetoric, rank-and-file police will this morning ink an agreement with the Government for a four per cent wage hike. In an all-island branch board meeting with Jamaica Police Federation central committee...

An alleged top-ranking member of the Clansman-One Don Gang known as ‘Lucifer’ reportedly bragged that he had instructed gangsters to shoot up the Spanish Town Police Station following the death of the founding gang leader Donovan ‘Bulbie’ Be...

The postponement of a deportation flight from the United Kingdom to Jamaica has been attributed to fear of a public-relations disaster for the impending visit to Kingston by British royals amid the Windrush scandal and claims of victimisation of...

Minister of Finance Dr Nigel Clarke has defended salary scale realignment as pragmatic in response to concerns aired by the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) that public-sector employee compensation as a share of the gross domestic...

The feasibility study on unemployment insurance being undertaken by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is “far advanced”. Minister of Finance and Planning Dr Nigel Clarke said that social dialogue will be had across the country with vario...

Dancehall artiste Tommy Lee Sparta is now receiving treatment at the Kingston Public Hospital after he was badly injured in a physical altercation at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre in downtown Kingston early Monday.

Amid the sharp increase in the cost of living and the depreciation of the Jamaican dollar, business and sector leaders have advocated for a 30 per cent rise in the minimum wage, offering a safety net for low-income workers whose personal budgets...

St Andrew West Rural Member of Parliament Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn has described as politically motivated lobbyists in Golden Spring demanding improved roads, but a citizens’ association president and other residents have cited the thoroughfares as ...

The South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) has been hauled to court for J$3.267 million in uncollected rent for residential premises in Harbour View, Kingston. The claimant, Michelle Knott-Neckles, has accused the SERHA, which manages state......

With a bullet lodged in the leg since 1980 serving as a daily reminder of how her life suddenly changed in a matter of seconds, Cherline Hoyes has had to painfully navigate Jamaica’s streets with a limp ever since. The disability has made life...

Wayne Reid cut a glum, down-on-luck figure earlier this month as he despairingly got out of his bed to care for his ailing 76-year-old mom in the northern Clarendon district of Arthur Seat in Crofts Hill. Now, he is overjoyed and giving thanks for.....

Identity thieves have cloned the social-media account of Courtney Edwards, Independence City councillor and minority leader in the Portmore Municipal Corporation, and sought to fleece contacts by soliciting $50,000 in investment capital with the...

Late former government minister Dr Paul Robertson has been lauded by People’s National Party (PNP) stalwarts as a devoted patriot and tremendous leader. Robertson died at St Ann’s Bay Hospital on Saturday following a brief illness. He was 75. H...