The frantic voice of her daughter pleading for help over the telephone moments before she was killed will forever haunt Natasha Hall. Hall’s daughter, 30-year-old Lashane Ellis, and her one-year-old grandson, Kaheel Daley, were killed on Friday ni...

A worrying trend involving the illegal importation of Californian cannabis into Jamaica is being reported by the recently appointed head of the Jamaica Customs Agency. Kirk Benjamin, chief executive officer (CEO) of Jamaica Customs, told The Sunday ...

The practice by some courier companies of covertly imposing charges on customers and attributing them to customs fees when no such costs have been levied by the Jamaica Customs Agency is being described as “downright robbery”. Arguing that many ...

A 15-month transcript delay has cost the Crown its chance to challenge the 26-year minimum term before parole imposed on Andre Thomas for the 2016 killing of two American missionaries in St Mary. The Court of Appeal last month ruled that the Crown�...

Several government ministries have not yet submitted lists of offences with “absolutely ridiculous” monetary fines that fall under their purview, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has disclosed. The revelation comes years after the Government, throu...

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...

Operations at Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) ground to a halt yesterday as more than 1,000 workers walked off the job in a bitter dispute over union representation.

Volunteers participating in this year’s International Coastal Cleanup collected 32,831 pieces of waste, including 7,164 plastic beverage bottles, 6,248 bottle caps and 4,005 plastic bags.

Food handlers in Jamaica could soon be required to renew their permits every two years instead of annually, following Cabinet’s approval of amendments aimed at modernising the country’s food handlers permit regime.

Walking through the streets of China in August 2025, 19-year-old Carmelo Onfroy found himself paying less attention to the food and more to the people.