The House of Representatives on Tuesday (June 21) approved the General Consumption Tax (Amendment of Schedule) Order, 2022, Resolution, providing for the exemption of lithium-ion batteries from General Consumption Tax (GCT). Minister of Finance and...

The woman who was seen in a viral video leading the police on a chase across the Corporate Area in April, was today fined a total of $27,000 and her driver's licence was suspended for a year. Nicole Williams, who returned to the...

A St Catherine man has been charged with rape, forcible abduction, and indecent assault after he abducted and raped a woman that was visiting from the United States of America in March.

A 41-year-old woman was shot dead and three others injured during a shooting along Red Hills Road in St Andrew last night. She has been identified as Sherine Pinnock, of a St Andrew address. 

Gwendolyn McKnight howled uncontrollably for hours while she sat on a stool watching police detectives extract the lifeless bodies of her daughter Kemisha Wright and four grandchildren who were murdered early Tuesday, allegedly by a male relative.....

National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has condemned Tuesday's quintuple murder in New Road, Clarendon, as the bloodshed across the island continues to rock the country. Jamaicans were awakened by the sad news that a Clarendon mother and her.....

Children's rights advocate Betty Ann Blaine is calling out persons in the church who are involved in sexual abuse of minors. "If you're a paedophile, come out of the church and go and fix yourself! Or else we will come for you, the authorities...

A pastor yesterday incurred the wrath of Senior Parish Judge Lori-Anne Cole-Montaque after he confessed to being in possession of a forged driver's licence. The clergyman, George Brown, told the court that he ministers at an apostolic church in.....

Last Saturday, Richard Joseph could not bear to watch his birth home in Nine Miles, Bull Bay in St Andrew being bulldozed by workmen to facilitate the ongoing Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP). Yesterday the Rastafarian was...

Based on a small section of the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon, Joseph Johnson is encouraging Jamaicans to plant fruit trees with his nursery. Johnson, who works as the country representative for Trees That Feed Foundation, a non-profit...

A St James labourer is facing assault and robbery charges after an incident on Howard Cooke Boulevard in the parish on Saturday, June 11. Reports are that about 6:30 a.m., Dave Livingston, 39, otherwise called 'Nose', of Maroon Town, was among...

St Thomas men facing wounding charges Two St Thomas men are facing wounding charges stemming from separate incidents. Shavez Whitely, 22, otherwise called 'Travis', of Fountain Road in Bath, was charged after an incident in his community on May.....

Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang has confirmed that a suspect in the heinous killing of a mother and her four children in Clarendon is now in police custody. Chang made the announcement in Gordon House earlier this afternoon while...

The Jamaica Productivity Centre is reporting that e-commerce and online shopping are flourishing among Jamaican consumers. "There was increased productivity in every quarter last year in the Wholesale and Retail Trade industry, with the last...

Workers at the Transport Authority in St Andrew staged a protest earlier today over the reported departure of Managing Director Willard Hylton. "No MD, no work," protesting employees shouted. Egeton Newman, head of the transport lobby...

The police have reported that a St Catherine man, described as a spiritual leader, has been charged in connection with the sexual assault of a minor. The police say the offences were allegedly committed on Friday, May 6 during an exorcism. Joma...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has described the killing of 34-year-old Kimberly Wright, and her four children as a “new low” in the level of violence in Jamaica, and is calling for residents to find new ways of resolving conflicts....

The Clarendon Police are seeking help to identify a person of interest in the brutal killing of a mother and her four children in Coco Piece in the parish.  He is 23-year-old Rushane Barnett otherwise called ‘Jett’...

Dancehall artiste Skeng pleaded not guilty to charges arising from an altercation at the Norman Manley International Airport last month.

Operators of public passenger vehicles (PPVs) in Spanish Town, St Catherine, say that since January they have been paying an extra $1,000 in extortion fees lest they face the wrath of thugs who will discipline those who "violate the order"....