Three illegal guns and a motor vehicle were seized in Woodside, Clarendon, on Wednesday as the funeral for slain gangster, and Clarendon's most wanted man Fitzroy 'OJ' Coore was being held. Several people who were at the funeral have been taken......

A policeman is under investigation following the shooting and injuring of his son during an argument on Keats Avenue in Duhaney Park, St Andrew, yesterday morning. According to police reports, about 9:45 a.m., an argument developed between the...

The distribution of 'nutri bullas' and milk under the education ministry's nutritional programme in primary schools has been halted, according to Dr Grace McLean, acting permanent secretary in the ministry. "We have made a decision to send the.....

The National Children's Registry is reporting that there has been a decrease in the number of children being reported missing. Deputy Registrar Warren Thompson said that in 2009, more than 1,600 reports were received by the agency. However, in...

Raft captain Everton Brown has described the fallout in earnings due to the COVID-19 pandemic as a touch of hell. The 21-year veteran is among the 80 raft captains who depend on the Martha Brae River in Trelawny for an income. "I have an 83-year-....

Empress Phillis Rose said that she was brimming with excitement at the thought of seeing Ethopian Emperor Haile Selassie I in person when he visited Jamaica in 1966. The 80-year-old, currently one of three remaining senior empresses at Bobo Hill.....

Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett said that the Government will be forging ahead with plans to develop new resort areas in places such as St Thomas, which he described as the new frontier. Bartlett, opening the Sectoral Debate in the House of...

Kingston's Mayor Delroy Williams said that Mark Lane, in downtown Kingston, will be pedestrianised and outfitted with decorative bricks similar to neighbouring Water and Temple lanes. The mayor made the comment after the Kingston...

The GraceKennedy Foundation said the 'Mother Earth' mural in Barnes Gully, which is located in downtown Kingston, has been created to raise awareness of the importance of environmental protection. Located on a wall bordering the Barnes Gully at......

A man was fined $5,000 for breaching the Disaster Risk Management Act in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. The court heard that Dalton Bartley, 27, was seen on the road in Cassava Piece on Saturday, March 27 at 1:10 p.m., when...

A teen was yesterday freed of the charge of being armed with an offensive weapon when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. Ronjay Gordon, 19, who turned up to court accompanied by his mother, pleaded not guilty. However, when......

A man yesterday was sent to attend mediation when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. The man, Junior Stewart, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning bodily harm. The court heard that Stewart repeatedly kicked the complainant......

A former energy minister has proposed a $20 billion renewable programme which would see light thieves being provided with solar electric systems to get them off the grid. Phillip Paulwell, the opposition spokesman on energy, said yesterday that......

Nassau, Bahamas (CMC) - Bahamian Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis says that persons who are fully vaccinated will be able to travel to The Bahamas as of May 1 and be exempted from testing requirements. Minnis, who made the announcement on...

SOUTHWEST RANCHES, Fla. (AP) -- Courtney Wilson and Shenita Jones invited family and friends to their "dream home and estate" for their weekend wedding celebration: the ceremony Saturday, brunch on Sunday. There was just one...

Kingstown, St Vincent (CMC) - The Seismic Research Centre at the University of the West Indies St Augustine campus in Trinidad and Tobago says the La Soufriere volcano continues to erupt and another explosion was seen shortly after 11:...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Christopher Tufton, says 40,000 Jamaicans are to receive their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in May. Speaking in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, the Minister said persons who are to receive the.....

GENEVA (AP) -- Athletes who make political or social justice protests at the Tokyo Olympics were promised legal support Thursday by a global union and an activist group in Germany. The pledges came one day after the International Olympic...

A team of officers assigned to the Westmoreland police seized an M16 assault rifle during an operation in Egypt Gardens, Little London, Westmoreland on Wednesday. Reports from the Savanna-la-Mar police are that about 9:40 p.m., cops were in the...

A labourer in St James was arrested and charged on Wednesday after one pound of ganja was found on top of a refrigerator inside his house during a police operation. The man identified as 30-year-old Melcardo Smith, labourer of Post Office Hill,...