In 2013, the year Hamish Campbell took up the post of assistant commissioner at the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), Jamaica recorded 258 police fatal shootings. Twelve years later, as Campbell gets ready to go off into...

Despite the brutal killing of her son, Cerita Rhone says she forgave his killer years ago and had hoped the court would impose a lighter sentence even after he was handed 30 years’ imprisonment. “I forgave him long ago,” said Rhone, the mother...

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has restored service to 84 per cent of its customers seven weeks after the passage of Hurricane Melissa and with the Government’s sign-off on a US$150-million loan to the utility company that is intended to...

WESTERN BUREAU: Some residents of Rose Heights, St James, have rejected the police’s account of an incident in which three men were shot and killed and two firearms allegedly seized in the community on Monday. The residents, who attempted to block...

With Christmas lights twinkling and the season of goodwill in full swing, Bellevue Hospital Chief Executive Officer Suzette Buchanan is making a heartfelt appeal to families: take your loved ones home for the holidays. More than 400 patients who...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Male students at Little London High School no longer have to be jealous that the girls' restroom is nicer than theirs. Last Friday, a group of alumni called Global Humanity Network Incorporated (GHNI) dona...

Today is the 102nd day of 2022. There are 263 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to fly in space, orbit the Earth and make a safe landing. OTHER EVENTS1606: Great Britain ad...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's Parliament on Monday elected Opposition lawmaker Shahbaz Sharif as the new prime minister, following a week of political turmoil that led to the weekend ouster of Premier Imran Khan.Sharif took the ...

While the journey of entrepreneurship has been anything but smooth sailing for small grocery store owner Arlene Swaby, she is proof that with the right focus, and a little support, small business owners can thrive."I started out after m...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Programme director, Community Renewal Programme, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Charles Clayton says the answer to the nation's crime problem is definitely not the resumption of hanging.In fact, Clayton poi...

TIFFANY PRYCE STAR Writer Students of the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) protested for hours today after a rape allegedly occurred on the Portland campus on Sunday. The school's administration is under fire after years of.....

A woman is in police custody after allegedly setting a man's house ablaze following a dispute between the two in which he reportedly broke her leg. Detectives assigned to the Clarendon Policing Division have charged 54-year-old Jennifer Bachan,.....

Law enforcement says they have in custody a jsutice of the peace (JP) who was arrested on Monday during a sting operation for allegedly collecting money for signing official documents. The JP was arrested for breaches of the Corruption Prevention....

A Jamaican man has been sentenced to more than five years in a United States prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for defrauding an elderly Californian woman in a long-running sweepstakes scam. Dwayne Anderson, 36, of Hannover.....

A St Catherine motorist who pleaded guilty to causing the death of his friend in a motor vehicle crash in 2021 has been fined $450,000 or 12 months in prison. A St Catherine motorist will only have to spend 12 months in prison or pay a fine of.....