A 16-year-old Garvey Maceo High School student died in what is belived to be a freak accident at his home in Gimme-Me-Bit, Clarendon, on Sunday.

Jamaica has become a “strange land” where hunger, poverty, violence and the breakdown of community values are increasingly being accepted as normal, according to St Catherine North Western MP Damion Crawford.

Frustrated residents and taxi operators in Petersfield, Westmoreland, have taken to the streets for a second time this year, protesting the worsening condition of roads in the area.

Jamaica’s healthcare system is in its worst state in more than two decades, according to PNP Shadow Minister of Health and Wellness Alfred Dawes.

Nearly a year after Hurricane Melissa tore through western Jamaica, some residents in Hanover are still without proper shelter and are depending on friends for a roof over their heads, according to PNP supporter Carlyle Peterkin.

By the time Kenya Gardener sat her first Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations in Grade Seven, she had already spent years moving ahead of the traditional academic timeline.

A trail of flames has left a trail of heartbreak across Central Kingston, with families losing homes and possessions in successive fires and, now, two young siblings losing their lives in the latest Smith Lane tragedy.

Gwendolyn McRae is holding on tightly to the Seek notebook containing the unfinished eulogy that erupted into a funeral storm, declaring that the little book has now become one of her most treasured possessions.

At primary school, when Phil's Ricketts was asked what she wanted to become, the Trelawny girl who had no electricity, television or radio at home could think of only one possibility: a market vendor like her grandmother.

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A murder accused who escaped from custody while receiving medical attention has remained on the run for almost two weeks, with police warning members of the public not to approach him.

National Housing Trust workers have taken their wage dispute into a second day of industrial action, disrupting some services at the 50-year-old agency.

A Westmoreland man known by the aliases “Pepper” and “Jordan” was shot and killed during a joint police-military operation in Seaford, Westmoreland, early this morning.

Parents are sounding the alarm over the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in schools, warning that the technology could turn cheating into child’s play.

Growing up in Trelawny, Jamila Dawkins learnt the importance of community, hard work and looking out for others, values that continue to guide her as she serves in the United States Navy.

The knife was within reach, her newborn son was fighting for breath, and Alicia Cunningham was at the end of her rope. Moments earlier, she had been convinced that the baby was dead after she had tried to suffocate him with a pillow.