Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith seemingly has the backing of India in her bid to topple Baroness Patricia Scotland as Commonwealth secretary general, with Indian Ambassador Masakui Rungsung calling her a “strong and fitful” candida...

Evanie Henry, the common-law wife of slain reggae legend Donald ‘Tabby Diamond’ Shaw, has broken her silence on the police allegation that the gun death was a reprisal against her son, Jahmarley Shaw, who has been dubbed “a known violence prod...

Students have been finding more creative ways to sneak contraband into schools to satisfy their urges for drugs and foster other illegal activities. Among the latest trends is a practice of opening bags of snacks, loading them with contraband and....

Public Defender Arlene Harrison Henry is recommending that the police corporal who was accused of cutting Nzinga King’s hair be charged with assault after an investigation by her office found that the woman cut the teenager’s locks out of reveng...

Angry residents doused heavy equipment with gasolene and threatened to light it after a demolition crew turned up to evict them from disputed lands in Little Bay, Westmoreland. The battle for the property has been raging for decades and saw one of.....

Constitutional speed bumps have slowed the Government’s push to cut ties with the British monarchy ahead of Jamaica’s 60th Independence anniversary celebrations in August, Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs Marlene Malahoo Forte has sa...

WESTERN BUREAU: George Overton, the director of operations at the Guardsman Group, says that crime in Jamaica has become a business over the past five decades, with the proceeds of various criminal activities being pumped into the country’s...

The once-beleaguered Petrojam, the state-owned oil refinery that racked up billions of dollars in unaccounted oil losses between 2013 and 2017, has reported significant improvement in reducing leakage of the commodity in its 2020-2021 annual report....

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says that it is not Jamaica’s intention to create division among CARICOM states, arguing that the country’s decision to name Kamina Johnson Smith as a candidate for the post of Commonwealth secretary general should...

Poor salaries have been dismissed by Jamaica’s police chief as a contributor to corruption in the constabulary. Major General Antony Anderson’s comments come in the wake of recent revelations of a police-led Ranko Gang based in Clarendon, with.....

An immigration officer has accused several senior officials at the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) of victimisation and has levelled allegations of corruption against some officers at the state agency. Kenton Senior, who has...

WESTERN BUREAU: With 90 per cent of planned tourism investments on track, the construction industry will need 12,000 workers, multiple building contractors, engineers, project managers and a number of other specialists, the tourism minister has...

The murder tide in the St Andrew North Police Division shifted to the Park Lane community on Tuesday after men reportedly posing as cops killed two men, setting off fresh fears in the crime hotspot. The deceased have been identified as 40-year-old....

The Independent Commission of Investigations has been commenced a probe into the shooting of a taxi operator by the police on Dawkins Drive in Portmore, St Catherine, on Tuesday. Several taxi operators withdrew their services shortly after the...

Joseph Joel John, the former Haitian senator linked to the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, is to make his final appearance in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on April 21 when the illegal entry charge against him is to be...

PORT ANTONIO, Portland: Alleged rapist and abduction suspect Davian Bryan, who surrendered to the police on March 24 after being on the run for five months, has been charged with wounding with intent. The charge relates to a March 9 incident in...

WESTERN BUREAU: Approximately 270 children have been successfully diverted from Jamaica’s criminal-justice system through targeted intervention. That disclosure was made by Venisa Clarke-Lee, child diversion national coordinator in the Ministry....

A surge in violent crime in western Jamaica has forced the police to “pivot” and launch a series of operations, Jamaica’s police commissioner has said. That response was initiated over the last week to rein in murders in Area One – covering...

Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith’s bid to unseat Baroness Patricia Scotland as Commonwealth secretary general is likely to succeed amid waning support for the incumbent and favourable backchannel canvassing for the challenger, one of....

Eight Campion College students have earned places in Ivy League Colleges in a year when some have reported low admissions. Harvard University’s acceptance rate fell to 3.19 per cent, the lowest since it was founded in 1636. The students have...