An October 4 bail hearing has been set for Constable Noel Maitland, the policeman accused of killing his girlfriend, Donna-Lee Donaldson. The hearing will be made in the Home Circuit Court. The judge, as a result, requested his antecedents, which......

Monday, September 19, the National Day of Mourning for Her Majesty, The Queen, will not be observed as a public holiday in Jamaica. "It is not a discussion or a contemplation at this time; and I would have to be guided otherwise for a...

St Andrew based high school Campion College says it is deeply saddened by the tragic death of fifth-form student Jordan Gibson. Gibson reportedly drowned Thursday in school's pool during water polo practise. "We grieve with his family,...

Two men were shot and killed in Williamsfield, Manchester and another injured following a drive-by shooting at a jerk centre and bar complex on Friday afternoon. The third victim has been hospitalised. The attack reportedly happened shortly after......

A house believed to belong to the man of unsound mind who chopped a man to death and injured two others in Reds Hills, St Andrew, this morning was set on fire. The attack came as the police had to transfer the man out of the area for his safety. It....

Two persons were injured, and one man chopped to death by a man of unsound mind along Red Hills in St Andrew on Friday. The deceased has been identified as construction worker Phillip Bennett. According to his brother Stephen Smith, Bennett left...

The police are currently investigating an incident in which a man was allegedly pushed over a wall by a member of the police in Walkers Hill, Red Hills in St Andrew on Friday. Eyewitnesses say an argument developed between the two men over an...

Efforts are being made to remove the shift system from Bridgeport High School in Portmore, St Catherine. Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Catherine South Eastern, where the institution is located, Robert Miller, says he has had intensive meetings.....

CANTIANO, Italy (AP) -- Flash floods swept through several towns Friday in hilly central Italy after hours of exceptionally heavy rain, leaving 10 people dead and at least four missing, authorities said. Dozens of survivors scrambled onto...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Sept 16, CMC -Residents in the Leeward Islands were on Friday bracing themselves for the passage of Tropical Storm Fiona that is expected to bring heavy rains and maximum sustained winds of 50 miles per hour (mph). In...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Sept 16, CMC - The number of people unable to consistently access food in the English-speaking Caribbean has risen to 4.1 million or 57 per cent of the population, according to the latest report of the Fifth Round of...

Spirit Airlines will begin direct service from Bradley International Airport, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, to Montego Bay, on December 15. The airline will provide four weekly non-stop flights and is the first to offer this service to...

Teams from the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) have embarked on a major sensitisation drive, to raise public awareness about Monkeypox. The initiative, which began on Tuesday (September 13), forms part of an islandwide campaign...

A man and a two-year-old girl were killed this morning after criminals set fire to a home following a gun attack in Horizon Park, Spanish Town in St Catherine. The home was reportedly occupied by the deceased man, his girlfriend, and her daughter......

LONDON (AP) -- The flood of grief from the death of Queen Elizabeth II forced the British government to call a temporary halt to people joining a miles-long line to file past her coffin as it lay in state Friday, hours before King Charles...

Joe* was not yet 18 when he committed his first murder. A high school drop-out at age 16, this son of a don said he spent at least one decade demonstrating his ruthlessness -- shooting and killing persons whenever he felt it was justified -- even a...

A St Catherine-based principal has been forced to put in place tighter security messages to clamp down on the growing sale of gummy shots that are in high demand among students. Gummy shots which are also called ‘rummy bears’ (Gummy bears infus...

With the start of the Yuletide season just more than three months away, Senior Parish Judge Lori-Anne Cole-Montaque indicated on Thursday that she would be sending a strong warning to criminals planning to rob Jamaicans of their cellular devices.....

It was an emotional exchange between Senior Parish Judge Lori-Anne Cole-Montaque and a 19-year-old defendant who pledged to make her proud after being given a new lease on life, when he received a suspended sentence for robbery with aggravation...

Three months ago, Delroy Ricketts laid on a hospital bed wide awake while doctors cut into his head to remove a mass from his brain. Ricketts, 62, had a tumour in the frontal right area of his brain. It was removed by Dr Roger Hunter and Dr...