A 21-year-old man who was hit five times during a drive-by shooting which claimed the life of his younger brother is now appealing to Jamaicans to put down the guns and place greater care for each other's lives. "I would really want the youth...

Cradled in bed, nursing four gunshot wounds which almost claimed her life, a Kingston woman is grieving the death of a relative who was shot and killed in a separate incident. The shootings took place only an hour apart. The woman, who THE STAR......

Three members of one family yesterday acknowledged their roles in the murder of one of their relatives, Tamara Geddes, by pleading guilty to the charge of conspiracy to murder in the Trelawny Circuit Court. Geddes, 36, of Reserve in Trelawny, was.....

Happy Grove High School in eastern Portland has suspended face-to-face classes until mid-February after a member of staff reportedly tested positive for the dreaded COVID-19. The decision was made on Monday by principal Monique Grant-Facey. In a....

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has disclosed that 92 arrests were made last year for electricity theft. Of these, 67 took place in the parishes Kingston and St Andrew, with 10 from St Catherine. Since the start of 2021, there have been 10...

Man charged for cousin's murder A St James man has been charged for the murder of his cousin. Police said that Jerome Kerr, 20, otherwise called Bull, labourer of Hendon, Norwood, stabbed his cousin, 37-year-old Kenroy Cox, also of Hendon,...

Head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) Corporate Communications Unit (CCU), Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Stephanie Lindsay, has urged residents living in communities prone to violence to forge a greater relationship with the...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced changes to the current COVID-19 containment measures, as the country continues to see a rise in new cases. Effective tomorrow, February 10, the island-wide curfew will commence at 8 p.m and end at 5 a.m,.....

LONDON (AP) -- Anyone arriving in England and found to have lied about a recent visit to a country on the British government's travel ban list faces up to 10 years in prison under new tough coronavirus border policies announced Tuesday....

The Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ), has expressed grave concern about the recent surge in new COVID-19 cases across the island. In a statement, the association said that they believe the increase in infections, is due to a general...

TORONTO (AP) -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday that starting next week any nonessential traveler arriving in Canada by land will need to show a negative PCR-based COVID-19 test or face a fine if they don't have...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump's second impeachment trial is starting, an undertaking like no other in U.S. history. The defeated former president stands charged by the House with inciting the deadly mob attack on the Capitol to...

WUHAN, China (AP) -- The coronavirus most likely first appeared in humans after jumping from an animal, a team of international and Chinese scientists looking for the origins of COVID-19 said Tuesday, dismissing as unlikely an alternate theory...

Jamaica on Monday eclipsed its record for highest number of new COVID-19 cases in a single day, with 403 positives confirmed from the 1,935 samples tested in the last 24 hours.   Total confirmed cases now stand at 17,701 with 4,793 active. Of...

For almost two years, Corporate Area Resident Mark Brown* has been constantly looking over his shoulder. He claims to have witnessed a murder, and his determination not to be silenced has put him in the crosshairs of the men who carried out the.....

When Kerry* was pregnant, she had a vision that she should name her daughter Heaven, and she did just that. She believes the name is divine and that it may have been instrumental in saving the baby who was shot threes when she was eight months old....

When 30-year-old Kerry-Ann Hunter left her home at Norwich district in Portland on Friday night to attend a party, little did anyone know that it was the last time she would be seen alive. The body of the unemployed Guinep Tree Lane resident was....

Rommell Newell is very active for 75 years old. The Planters Hall, St Catherine resident has been farming most of his life, and he has no intentions of slowing down. Newell says that his niche crops comprise cassava, gungo peas, peanuts and yam......

Ganja worth an estimated $6.4 million was seized by members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force's Narcotics Division in Wiltshire, Anchovy district in St James on Friday. According to the police, about 4:15 p.m., a team of officers was on anti-...

A St Thomas mason has been charged with the murder of Nataliesha Earl, a 37-year-old shopkeeper of Taylor Land, 9 Miles, Bull Bay in St Andrew, who was shot in her house on September 4, last year. Charged with murder and illegal possession of...