A St Catherine man accused of chopping off his nephew's hand in a brutal machete attack has been granted $800,000 bail. Jerome Pencle, who is charged with wounding with intent, was granted bail with surety when he appeared before Senior Parish......

What appeared to be a quiet beach outing in St Thomas quickly turned into a dramatic police operation after a couple relaxing along the shoreline was suddenly arrested and found with an illegal firearm. The man and woman were reportedly lying...

After laying one of his four-legged friends to rest in 2022, Peter Perry, owner of Perry's Funeral Home, is once again taking special pride in saying goodbye to a beloved pooch. Perry, who has conducted hundreds of burials - but only of the human....

Grief filled the air yesterday on Bowens Road and Stephens Lane on Waltham Park Road in St Andrew, as residents mourned the fatal shooting of two of their own. Residents claim that the men, Camrick 'Bashy' Williams and Rushane 'Grim' Douglas,...

Some residents in Easington, St Thomas, say they are trapped between two dangers as they continue to navigate a damaged bridge linked to a fatal fall and a makeshift alternative route they describe as unsafe and unreliable. Despite the structure....

The Jamaica Constabulary Force is now turning to the same kind of alert-based technology used to track people to keep tabs on something just as critical to crime fighting -- its own fleet of vehicles. At the centre of this shift is an 'amber...

The Government has disbursed $9.5 billion in grants to beneficiaries of the Restoration of Owner or Occupant Family Shelters (ROOFS) programme. ROOFS is part of the overall Shelter Recovery Programme (SRP) and has been allocated an initial $10...

The St Catherine police have formally charged a man with attempted murder and robbery with aggravation following an incident that occurred in McCooks Pen, Spanish Town, on March 1. Charged is 23-year-old Givannie McFarlane, otherwise called 'Jio.....

Workplace bans birthday party A company has banned staff from sharing birthday cakes in the workplace over health and safety concerns. Employees at exhibition stand designers Quadrant2Design, based in Poole, Dorset, were told the long-standing....

A court today gave the green light to the police to keep popular content creator Jaii Frais in custody as they continue to probe Sunday's shooting incident at Big Wall. This morning, police took Jaii Frais, whose real name is Jhaedee Richards,......

Tension boiled over in sections of Waltham, St Andrew on Wednesday morning after two young men were shot and killed by police during what authorities say was an alleged confrontation. Dead are 22-year-old Camrick 'Bashy' Williams and Rushane '......

A Jamaican pastor is warning that artificial intelligence tools (AI) designed to simulate conversations with Jesus Christ could distort Christian belief and "reduce the living Lord to a digital construct". The caution from Pastor Shawn S. Wilson.....

Kimberly Hurst says love caught her completely off guard. At 55, she never expected to be swept up by a Jamaican man nearly three decades her junior, but today she is proudly defending their bond as authentic and stereotype-free. In an interview.....

Legal firearm holders are being urged to rethink how they carry themselves in public, with head of the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA), Shane Dalling, warning that open display of weapons could make owners prime targets for violent attacks....

Detectives assigned to the St James Police Division have arrested and charged two men with housebreaking and larceny following an incident in their community between March 18 and 22. Charged are 23-year-old Marvin Palmer, otherwise called 'Boom......

The Manchester police have charged a woman and four men with murder following an incident that claimed the life of 31-year-old Otis Moore, an electrician of West Road, Cobbla, on April 8. Charged are: 32-year-old Gorald Housen, otherwise called '....

ORLANDO, Florida (AP): The most popular last names in the US might be unchanged from the previous decade, but Asian surnames were the fastest-growing at the start of this decade, the US Census Bureau said on Tuesday. Smith, Johnson, Williams,...

Woman buried with noodles A Pot Noodle-addicted gran had her favourite snack in her coffin in a one-of-a-kind send-off. Sandra Burnell, 72, of Newport, Wales, was so devoted to the quick meals that her family organised a themed funeral in her.....

Former Member of Parliament and Miss World 1993 Lisa Hanna is stepping into the beauty industry in a bold new way, launching her luxury skincare brand, Lisa Hanna Beauty, with a message that is already turning heads. The official announcement...

A deadly altercation in a Westmoreland community has left one man dead and another facing murder charges following a stabbing that turned fatal earlier this month. Charged is 31-year-old cabinet maker Shaun Paul Palmer, otherwise called 'Feather....