Jamaica stands to benefit significantly from investment in special economic zones (SEZ) and the country's bid to become a global logistics hub, says Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator Aubyn Hill. SEZs are areas within a...

Cabinet has approved the award of a contract to Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited for the provision of administrative services for the Government Pensioners' Administrative Services Only (GPASO) health scheme and related services. This contract...

The Manchester police arrested and charged two men over the seizure of a nine millimetre Beretta pistol with a magazine containing sixteen 9mm rounds of ammunition in Greenvale, Manchester on Tuesday. Charged with illegal possession of firearm and.....

A high school guidance counsellor has been charged with rape and other sex-related crimes involving a schoolgirl. Dawit Jeffrey, 29, is also facing multiple counts of indecent assault. Jeffrey, who is also a Justice of the Peace, is accused of...

Scammers have been abstaining from sex and refusing to take baths as part of rituals aimed at guaranteeing success in their attempts to trick unsuspecting persons in the United States of America (USA) that they have won sweepstakes. A group of so....

"Kite war a di only war a fight right now," is the sentiment of residents of Rose Gardens, a perennially violence-plagued community in downtown Kingston. Since the start of the month, residents like Ricardo Simmonds and Dane Smith have been...

Seventeen members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) were refused re-enlistment for various disciplinary breaches in 2021, according to Deputy Police Commissioner Richard Stewart, who is in charge of the administration portfolio. Stewart,......

Daisy* has not seen her husband, Roy*, since January. But it is not the case that he is missing. Roy, according to Daisy, has walked out of their relationship and is now in the arms of a younger woman. The 58-year-old Daisy feels gutted by the......

The community of Park Lane off Red Hills Road in St Andrew remains on edge following the murder of two men early Tuesday morning. The residents were extremely tight-lipped when the news team visited the community yesterday. They spoke in hushed.....

A St Catherine cashier accused of stealing almost $500,0000 from her employer had her bail extended when she appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. She is charged with eight counts of embezzlement. The allegations are...

For the second time in 12 years, parliamentarians have an opportunity to cause the country's highest honour, The Order of National Hero, to be bestowed on Bob Marley, one of Jamaica's most famous sons. Lisa Hanna, the member of parliament for St....

Jah Vinci firmly imprinted his stamp on DUI's Ice on Fire, a food-inclusive event held at White River, Ocho Rios, St Ann, on Sunday. Delivering songs such as Basic, Not with You and Day Rave, the celebrated singer had the ladies screaming all...

St James resident Greg Warren Clarke is set to be extradited to the United States, to face criminal charges relating to international money laundering.  The matter was mentioned on Tuesday morning in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish...

The police have identified a person of interest in relation to the killing of reggae legend Donald 'Tabby Diamond' Shaw. This was disclosed by Deputy Commissioner of Police Fitz Bailey at a police press conference this afternoon. Bailey...

An appeal has been filed by Dutch prosecutors against the acquittal of Jamaican reggae singer Jah Cure on the charge of attempted murder. Jah Cure, whose real name is Siccature Alcock, was on March 22 convicted of the lesser offence of attempted...

Elephant Man, who was accused of lying to immigration authorities, was this morning freed of breaches of the Immigration and Perjury Acts. The dancehall entertainer was accused of lying about an alleged trip to Belgium, which was one of the...

Programmes to facilitate the resocialisation of students as part of measures to prevent violence and other deviant behaviours in schools will be rolled out across the island shortly by the Education and Youth Ministry. Speaking in a recent...

Earlier today taxi operators protested in the vicinity of the Portmore Mall in St Catherine over the police shooting of one of their colleagues. Eyewitnesses say the taxi operator was shot by the cop after allegedly committing a traffic violation......

Plagued by a life of pain brought on by an irregular growth in her jaw, Simone Gordon is pleading with officials at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) to set a date for her facial reconstructive surgery. Gordon, 32, says that three....

Humble, jovial, and quiet are just some of the adjectives persons used to describe 17-year-old Jason Whyte. The bodies of the Central High School student and that of 19-year-old Lindon Brown were found in bushes by residents of the Sevens Heights....