The Criminal Records (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act has been amended to strengthen and modernise the expungement framework and afford more Jamaicans with criminal convictions an opportunity to have their records cleared. 

Three men accused of a chilling double murder and arson in which two victims were found dead in a bathtub inside a burnt-out house have walked free after the prosecution admitted it could not proceed without its sole eyewitness.

High above the bustle of Kingston, tucked away in the cool hills where the air feels lighter and the pace of life slows, is a community built around faith, purpose and self-sufficiency.

A family law attorney says that nine out of 10 local requests for prenuptial agreements come from men.

A Westmoreland father is facing an incest charge after police launched an investigation into allegations that he engaged in sexual acts with his teenage daughter over an extended period.

A drive home ended in horror for a 30-year-old Clarendon carpenter after the vehicle he was driving slammed into a tree and burst into flames, leaving him trapped inside the mangled wreckage.

A 42-year-old man is fighting for his life after gunmen travelling in a white Toyota Axio allegedly ambushed him near Old Harbour in the early hours of Tuesday morning, riddling him with bullets before speeding away.

At just 14 years old, Montego Bay High School student Thaejadore Kerr has talked her way to the top, capturing the title of Jamaica's Junior Minister of Tourism after outshining the island's best young public speakers.

The murder case against a man accused of killing his 80-year-old mother took another turn on Tuesday after an Italian interpreter was brought before the court to help him understand the proceedings.

“Red light, pepper light, yellow light, blue... dem pepper spray Desmond eye.”

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) says a full investigation is being conducted in collaboration with the relevant authorities and its technical team, after one of its buses caught fire yesterday.

Six technical high schools have received more than 200 robotic kits from the HEART/NSTA Trust to facilitate the delivery of the autonomous mobile robotics level III job certification programme in the upcoming academic year.

ANNALE BARTLEY STAR Writer