What started as an Election Day showdown has now shifted from the polling station to mediation, as Spanish Town Mayor Norman Scott's assault case takes a new turn. Scott, who is accused of hitting a Jamaica Labour Party election day supervisor......

A struggle between police and a gunman in Portmore ended with one man dead early yesterday morning after the man allegedly bit the cop in a desperate attempt to disarm him. The unidentified man was shot and killed during the violent...

A St Catherine man already on bail for a sexual offence is back behind bars after allegedly breaking into a primary school and begging for a chance when he was caught in the act. Reshaun Williams has been charged with simple larceny and...

A Westmoreland teenager is in hot water after allegedly lifting his shirt to flash a firearm during an argument then quickly running away from the scene. Nineteen-year-old Shaderoe White of Shrewsbury, Petersfield, has since been charged with...

A casual game of dominoes turned into a crime scene Sunday night when a gunman entered a Portmore bar in St Catherine and shot a construction worker dead before speeding off in a getaway car. Dead is 24-year-old Davian Smith, otherwise called '.....

Some Jamaicans say they are choosing abstinence as fears grow over rising condom prices, while others warn the cost could push risky behaviour. "Honestly, mi just ago abstain more than ever," said Shanice Brown, a customer service representative....

Last Wednesday's brazen gun attack inside a Montego Bay churchyard reflects a broader societal decline, according to two clergymen. The attack has left 38-year-old Corra Thompson's family devastated and the congregation at the New Testament...

Motorists across the Corporate Area are cutting trips, buying fuel in small portions and parking up earlier as another increase in pump prices begins to bite, exposing sharp differences in how drivers are coping. Prices for 87 and 90 gasolene...

Members of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) are being asked to wear black today and tomorrow to register their displeasure with the scant regard in which they are being treated in ongoing wage talks with government. "We want our members to....

When people hear about urinary tract infections (UTIs), they often think of women, but men can get UTIs too and when they do, it should never be ignored. In men, a urinary infection is often a sign that something else may be wrong. That is why...

NHT hurricane relief moratorium ends April 30 The National Housing Trust (NHT) is advising mortgagors that the special six-month Hurricane Relief Moratorium, granted in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, will officially conclude on April 30....

In one of the most high profile and controversial cases, James Broadnax, a Black man on Texas' death row, had rap lyrics he wrote as a teenager used by prosecutors during his capital murder trial, a move his legal team says unfairly shaped how...

After days in custody, Jaii Frais and Jhavy Ambassador are out on $1.5 million bail, but the court made it clear, no podcasts, no talk, and no slipping up as the Big Wall probe continues. The two men were granted bail by Justice Natalie Hart...

The Jamaica College student seen in a viral video repeatedly slapping a schoolmate has now been arrested and charged, as the fallout from the disturbing campus incident continues to unfold. Acting Senior Superintendent Mark Harris, commanding...

Tensions are boiling in Portland as cops ramp up security amid chilling intelligence that a gang leader has vowed that "at least one police officer must die" following a deadly police operation earlier this week. The threat surfaced after...

A St James community was rocked before sunrise on Wednesday as lawmen swooped in and snatched up a husband and wife wanted overseas, in a high-level operation targeting fugitives hiding in Jamaica. The couple, identified as 31-year-old Nicki...

The once solemn journey from hearse to church and burial, traditionally marked by sacred gospel music, is increasingly featuring sometimes lewd music, prompting some veteran funeral home operators to call for tighter regulations. President of the....

A self-proclaimed don has warned that moves to remove police body cameras during confrontations with gunmen could endanger civilians. At the centre of the debate is a growing tension between officer safety and public demands for accountability......

A leading Caribbean genetics expert has forcefully shut down growing online chatter suggesting that autism may be linked to inbreeding, calling the idea scientifically baseless and dangerously misleading. Dr Wayne McLaughlin, director of the...

Farming alone on a five-acre property is not a job for the faint-hearted, but Norbert Morris, a farmer from Bushy Park in St Catherine, says he has little choice in the matter as labourers have become increasingly difficult to find. It was just......