As Jamaican university students prepare to travel to the US for the annual summer work and travel programme, recent videos circulating online showing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers conducting public stops have heightened...

Once serving drinks behind a bar, 31-year-old Shavonae Wallace now stands confidently at the front of a high school classroom as a history teacher -- living proof, she believes, that perseverance, faith and self-belief can completely rewrite one's....

Women interested in electric vehicles (EVs) are being encouraged to ditch the fear and embrace the future, as a new training initiative promises to give them real power. Professor Taneisha Stephenson says the upcoming programme at The University.....

Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton has announced a comprehensive recovery plan to address the spike in patient numbers at the Mandeville Regional Hospital. "The figures that I saw [on January 22] ... were up to 78 per cent above...

Tiny toy fetches jaw-dropping price A three-inch toy car has blown collectors away after selling for a staggering PS22,000 (about J$4.4 million) -- all because of its rare colour. The Matchbox Regular Wheels 62c Mercury Cougar, barely the lengt...

What began as a football match in Portmore exploded into violence on Sunday, landing Reggae Boy Cory Burke and three other men in serious trouble after two cops were allegedly assaulted according to police. Burke, 34, of King Street, Spanish...

A 70-year-old foreign national lost her life after being struck by a motorcar along Milford Road in Ocho Rios, St Ann, on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Torill-Oyen Jarrett of Norway. Reports are that about 2:10 p.m. on January......

Three police officers sprang into action early Saturday morning, helping a St Thomas woman safely deliver her baby after she went into labour at her home in Bull Bay. According to the police, the officers responded to an emergency 911 call from.....

A St Mary man who was electrocuted after coming into contact with a high-voltage Jamaica Public Service (JPS) power line on Wednesday, January 21, has been identified. He is 38-year-old Horace Gray, popularly known as "Winty", a farmer and mason....

The son of a domestic helper and a retired garbage truck driver, Xavier McFarlane, has broken barriers that spanned generations. A native of Piper's Corner, Amity, Westmoreland, McFarlane is the first in his family to attend university and...

Kereece Fuller Myles' life changed forever when what doctors first thought was dengue fever was revealed to be duodenal cancer. This is a rare and aggressive form of gastrointestinal cancer, as it occurs in the duodenum, part of the small...

Once synonymous with fear, gun violence and nightly curfews - some imposed by the government, others by citizens - sections of Southside in Kingston Central are basking in what residents describe as a noticeable dip in crime and a gradual return......

After leaving high school with 13 subjects, Rohan Francis struggled to find work in corporate Jamaica. Despite his academic achievements, stability remained elusive until he landed a job as a legal clerk. But the long-awaited call to train with.....

At just 17 years old, Camperdown High School sixth-form student Danielle Russell is taking a stand against school violence, launching the Voice for Peace campaign. The campaign is aimed at promoting unity and reducing violence across schools. "....

A traffic stop in May Pen, Clarendon, turned chaotic on Wednesday afternoon when a taxi operator allegedly ploughed into a policeman, sending him to hospital and landing the driver in police custody. Reports are that shortly after 2:00 p.m., the....

Leoda Bradshaw, charged with the murder of a parliamentarian's 10-month-old daughter and her mother, refused to take part in mediation in an assault case in which she was attacked by an inmate while in lock-up. The matter came up for mention......

Gunfire shattered the early morning calm in Patrick City, St Andrew, on Friday, leaving a young woman dead and her mother nursing gunshot wounds, just hours after they arrived home from the airport. Police have identified the deceased as 26-year....

A 22-year-old man has been slapped with several charges in connection with a daring housebreaking carried out with accomplices, which resulted in an estimated $8 million in losses from damaged property and stolen items and funds. The accused has....

Police in St Andrew North are probing an incident that ended with a woman being shot in the neck during an afternoon robbery along Grants Pen Road on Wednesday. Reports are that about 4:45 pm, a man entered an establishment posing as a customer.....

What looked like an ordinary bag of cornmeal turned out to be anything but, after police uncovered ammunition hidden inside during a late-evening operation in Manchester. Lawmen assigned to the Manchester Policing Division seized 23 rounds of...