A few minutes after leaving the cops, Scean Barnswell noticed a young child being pulled along the roadway by a man. Something did not sit right with him. "It was her uniform, and even more the fear on her face," Barnswell recalled. "The fear...

Australia has just pulled the plug on social media for anyone under 16, a move that has ignited intense debate worldwide. In Jamaica, discussions about a similar policy are gaining momentum. Stewart Jacobs, president of the National Parent-...

It is impossible not to spot heaps of household appliances and furniture when travelling in the vicinity of Riverton Meadows. Most of the items are trash that was destined for the Riverton Landfill, but many of these pieces will be at the top of....

A housing facility providing accommodation for members of the homosexual community in Jamaica is full. It also has a long waiting list. Glenroy Murray, executive director of Equality for All Foundation, said the facility provides shelter for...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is reporting that it is actively investigating recent reports of real estate fraud being perpetrated against persons who have been impacted by Hurricane Melissa. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank earlier this week.....

The living conditions of residents at the Torrington Park Housing Scheme in St Andrew Southern have been significantly enhanced, following the completion of rehabilitation works on two apartment buildings by the Ministry of Economic Growth and...

A Kingston man has been slapped with several charges following the robbery of a motorist along John's Lane, in the parish last Saturday. The man has been identified as 38-year-old Osaka Gillespie of Mark Lane. Sleuths attached to the Kingston...

Sleuths assigned to the St Andrew South Police Division have charged 40-year-old Richard Thompson, otherwise called 'Egg Man,' a chef of Hibiscus Avenue, Kingston 6, with simple larceny, following an incident at his place of employment on July 9......

Forty-seven-year-old farmer Fitzroy Scott, of New Gardens district, Mount James, St Andrew, has been charged with wounding with intent following an incident in his community on December 5. Reports from the Constant Spring police are that at 7 p.m....

A Bahamas man who was found guilty of raping his roommate's girlfriend has been sentenced to seventeen years in prison. Thirty two year old Danis Cezalien was sentenced by Justice Renae McKay for the attack, which happened on November 25 2023 in....

Police in St Ann have charged four men with possession of a prohibited weapon after a firearm was discovered hidden inside a microwave at a Cuffie Ridge, Cave Valley residence. The unusual find came during an early morning operation on Monday,......

Kingston Mayor Andrew Swaby has announced a series of discounts aimed at easing the financial pressure on the entertainment and business sectors as the year comes to a close. Speaking at the final 2025 monthly meeting of the Kingston and St...

Maggotty High's football programme has issued an apology to its school community after the team made a sudden withdrawal from the ISSA Ben Francis Knockout Tournament. Maggotty was scheduled to face Mannings School on Thursday in their opening......

Two rural communities in St Ann have been left in shock after the bodies of two senior citizens were found in advanced stages of decomposition yesterday. Dead are seventy five year old farmer Arthur Bennett of Caledonia District in Watt Town St.....

Decades after Carlene Davis released her Christmas reggae song, ' Santa Claus, do you ever come to the ghetto?' no one would have predicted that Santa would not only visit, but actually call the ghetto home. For many low-income communities, the......

Seconds before he was transported out of an ambulance into a wheelchair bound for the People's Republic of China medical ship, Silk Road Ark, Kevin Henry breathed a huge sigh of relief. Almost a week ago, his health failed, leaving him drowning....

Tussling with her younger brother for the batter pan after their grandmother poured out the ingredients of a Christmas fruit cake was a yearly tradition in Shannelle Wilson's Highgate, St Mary, home. That tradition later sprouted into a...

The police have charged a man accused of entering the vehicle of a motorist who had stopped to give passage to another driver, and then robbing him of money and other valuables. Osaka Gillespie, 38, of Mark Lane, Kingston, was on Tuesday charged.....

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining's Veterinary Services Division (VSD) has activated protocols to mitigate the possible entry of bird flu into Jamaica, following confirmation of the disease in the Cayman Islands in late November...

The funeral for reggae singer Jimmy Cliff will take place next week Wednesday, at the National Indoor Sports Centre in St Andrew beginning at 10 a.m. Jimmy Cliff passed away on November 24, at the age of 81. He is being accorded an official...