Children attending the JCF CARE Christmas Villages in Rat Trap district, Westmoreland, Litchfield in Trelawny, and Cold Spring district, Hanover, were treated to a unique Christmas experience with the introduction of JCF Bucks, a special form of......

Police in St Ann are investigating the death of a fisherman whose body was found on a reef line in the parish on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as 31-year-old Darran Grant of Roaring River district, St Ann. Reports are that about 4:....

A Manchester man was shot and killed during an early-morning confrontation with police in Porus on Thursday, in an incident now under investigation by the Independent Commission of Investigation (INDECOM). The dead man has been identified as...

A high-profile real estate dispute that dragged on for years ended in acquittal on Wednesday, as a St Andrew developer walked free after a court ruled that the prosecution's case had collapsed under scrutiny. St Andrew real estate developer...

A Clarendon community was plunged into horror on Thursday night after a young man was taken into police custody for allegedly chopping three of his family memebers to death inside their home. The incident occurred in Frazersfield, Rocky Point,......

Jamaica's declining population has long placed the spotlight largely on women, but the silence surrounding men has become impossible to ignore. Behind the jokes that 'men are firing blanks' is a growing reality that many Jamaican men are quietly....

While beauty trends have long catered to women, men dealing with hair loss from male pattern baldness to thinning hair most times have limited options. That is starting to change in Portmore, St Catherine, where barber Cristoffe Laoe is now...

A newborn girl, delivered just two days before the man legally named as her father took his final breath, has been thrust into a bitter, emotional paternity showdown. Barely a year since the birth of the child, another man, Andre*, has stepped...

Despite nearing a century, Zephaniah Brown could easily pass for someone in their 70s. No walking stick, sharp memory, and clear vision -- he credits his longevity to his simple childhood. Daily showers, for instance, were a rarity when he was...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is appealing to householders to be very careful when using extension cords and electrical devices, warning that improper use can lead to overheating and fires. Speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, Public Education......

Among the staples at the Christmas Day dinner table, ham must rank among the top dishes. Jamaicans' love affair with the protein is long chronicled, and, for some, it's the only time of year they indulge. Here's a simple recipe for the dish....

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has confirmed that one of its service vehicles was involved in a road traffic incident with two children who were riding a bicycle in Cornwall Mountain, Westmoreland, on Tuesday, December 16. In a statement, the......

Vendors across the Corporate Area, particularly in downtown Kingston, are being reminded of their responsibility to operate in ways that safeguard the public's right to safe and accessible roads, sidewalks, and parks during the Christmas season...

In support of the Jamaica Public Service Company's (JPS) attempts to restore electricity in hurricane-ravaged western Jamaica, a group of 117 Canadian electrical linesmen arrived on the island on Wednesday night. This is the third arrival...

A heated argument in a St Andrew community turned deadly on Monday night, ending with a young trader now facing a murder charge. Twenty-year-old Adonii Hayles, otherwise called 'Bobo', of Penn Avenue, St Andrew, has been charged with murder...

The Runaway Bay police in St Ann are searching for a man known as "Puss Head" of Salem District, who is wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man in the parish yesterday. The deceased has been identified as 64-year-old Diasric Blake.....

A Jamaica-born businessman living in the United States says his world came crashing down after a paternity test revealed he was not the biological father of one of the 15 children who proudly called him "Daddy". Now reeling from the shock, Jack.....

When a teenage girl walked into a police guardroom with her bag packed and fear written all over her face, Corporal Shantel Powell did not see a disciplinary issue, she saw a moment that could change the course of a life. "Ms Powell, I'm going......

Nearly two months after Hurricane Melissa tore through western Jamaica on October 28, Christmas has settled uneasily in Jacks Gate, New Market, St Elizabeth. For Nadine Samuels, it is marked by what remains - two schoolbooks she managed to save.....

A total of 90 emergency shelters remain activated across seven parishes to safeguard displaced residents, following the passage of Hurricane Melissa on October 28. These are situated in Trelawny, Manchester, St Elizabeth, Hanover, Westmoreland,......