According to Reuters, a ballistic missile was fired off the eastern coast of North Korea towards Japan on Monday (Jamaica time). The Japanese government has warned citizens to take cover as the missile appears to have flown over and past its...

The 17-year-old Kingston Technical High school student who was taken into custody for the stabbing death of her school mate, Michion Campbell has been charged with murder. She was charged this afternoon following a question and answer session...

NEW YORK (AP) -- After holding it in limbo following Will Smith's slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards in March, Apple will release the actor's next big project, "Emancipation," this December. In the fallout of...

Thirty-year-old St James resident Robert Young was shot dead at a garage and car wash along River Bay Road in Montego Bay in the parish. Young, otherwise called 'Andre,' was ambushed and shot by a lone gunman who allegedly escaped the scene...

The Ministry of Education and Youth will provide psychosocial support for students at Kingston Technical High School following the fatal stabbing of a pupil at the institution recently. Education and Youth Minister, Fayval Williams, said that the......

A protest is currently underway outside Little Dunn's River in Ocho Rios St Ann. Members of the church community in the parish, along with a group of chanting Rastafarians say they are "dissatisfied" with the treatment of the...

Individuals are again being encouraged to pursue technical and vocational skills training and infuse these into their academic qualifications. Additionally, workers with specialist skills who are uncertified, are being urged to formalise their...

The National Water Commission (NWC) says that several communities in and around May Pen in Clarendon are to expect water disruptions. The disruptions are caused by internal electrical issues at the Sevens and Chatteau Deepwell systems in the parish....

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Oct 3, CMC - Haiti has confirmed that at least eight people have died from cholera three weeks after the United Nations had confirmed an outbreak of the waterborne disease in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (...

MALANG, Indonesia (AP) -- An Indonesian police chief and nine elite officers were removed from their posts Monday and 18 others were being investigated for responsibility in the firing of tear gas inside a soccer stadium that set off a...

MAZATLAN, Mexico (AP) -- Hurricane Orlene made landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast near the tourist town of Mazatlan on Monday. Orlene lost some strength after roaring over the Islas Maria, a former prison colony being developed as a...

Flooding that affected sections of the island last Monday has left at least one Bog Walk, St Catherine, resident without a proper place to lay her head. Though she has experienced flooding before, Church Road resident Lotoya Hedge said that this.....

Clarendon stevedore Scot Bamburry had big dreams to develop his rural Wood Hall community in Clarendon, but did not get to do that after dying while working on his dream job. Last Saturday, scores of mourners gathered at the Shingle Hut New...

Led by the nephew of former strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, the psychologically battered Tivoli Gardens community successfully launched phase one of its 'Healing Thoughts Through Arts' project on Saturday. The art project is being spearheaded....

Resting his left leg on a culvert and watching as workmen feverishly tried to repair a dangerous breakaway, Barry Nixon was not pleased that his early morning plans had to be cancelled. On Saturday, East Rural St Andrew Member of Parliament...

Jane*, who resides in the county of Cornwall, said she has had a challenging past four years, as an autoimmune disease and subsequent skin rash have put a damper on her life. The mother of one, who is in her mid '20s, said she was able to make.....

People often confuse an easement with an encroachment, and it is for this reason that I decided to examine both principles in a two-part series. Both involve a property owner making extensions over their neighbour's property. While encroachments....

A St Catherine nurse was freed from gun charges on Thursday after the court accepted she had no knowledge that a firearm was in a bag with clothes she was carrying for a relative. The judge upheld the submissions by the defence lawyers for Sidonie.....

The National Works Agency (NWA) says that heavy rainfall is still causing flooding, breakaways and landslides in Trelawny, St Catherine and St Andrew. Manager, Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw said parish teams have...

Digital transactions remain pivotal to driving financial inclusion across Jamaica. Against this background and following groundwork by the administrators of the digital wallet, Lynk, persons without bank accounts are among the individuals now able.....