Tashika McKay's four-year-old daughter would have had the title of 'big sister' in a few weeks, but she was robbed of the chance, as her mother, who was eight months pregnant, was killed on Father's Day in Rhoden Hall, Kellits, Clarendon. Kerona....

Before completing her high school studies, Julisan Street was concerned about how she would afford university. However, her questions were answered when she was named the first female recipient of the Lafayette-Jamaica Scholarship in 2018 to...

A man, seemingly of unsound mind, briefly took possession of a police service vehicle which was parked outside the police post in Lucea, Hanover, yesterday, much to the amusement of passers-by. The man locked himself in the vehicle for several...

"Things cyah continue like this! How so much police fi a drive round ina di area and it come like nothing to di gunman dem so?" said Sharon*, moments after witnessing a drive-by shooting that took place metres from the makeshift police station in.....

Horane Fuller and Cleon Redwood are brothers who grew up in Denham Town with a desire for change. After decades of dreaming about creating a place for people to enjoy good food and good vibes, with a little 'uptown' style, the brothers are now......

The family of a St Mary man is dismissing suggestions from the police that their patriarch, Leric Silvera, killed himself last Thursday. Silvera, 63, was discovered hanging by a length of rope from a tree in Crescent, a community near Jack's...

Before last July, Owen Murray would not dare to venture outside of his home on Sixth Street in Greenwich Town, St Andrew, out of fear of being caught in a gun battle. But since a zone of special operations (ZOSO) was declared in the Kingston 13.....

Hopewell Cemetery running out of space With only a few vacant plots remaining in the the Hopewell Cemetery, the Hanover Municipal Corporation and the Hanover Parish Development Committee (PDC) are now in the process of identifying lands for a...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced adjustments to the Government's measures to control the spread of COVID-19, the measures will take effect on July 1 and end on August 11. The changes are as follows: Curfew...

Thomas Martin, Operations Manager of Rick's Cafe, and Financial Controller Conroy Barrett, both pleaded not guilty to charges under the Disaster Risk Management Act among other breaches, when they appeared in the Westmoreland Parish Court on...

The Montego bay tax office in St James has resumed operations, following a strike by workers this morning, over poor working conditions. The Tax Administration Jamaica says it continues to seek to resolve the issues, and is currently offering...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than 70% of Americans age 30 or older have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the White House said, even as President Joe Biden is set to fall short of reaching his goal of giving a shot to the same...

Three more Jamaicans have died as a result of COVID-19, moving total virus fatalities to 1,037. The deceased are: an 89-year-old woman from Kingston and St Andrew, a 55-year-old woman from Westmoreland and a 52-year-old woman from St Elizabeth....

Customers seeking to conduct business at the Montego Bay tax office in St James, were locked outside the building this morning, as the doors of the building remained tightly closed, after staff members refused to work in protest over existing work.....

A curfew has been imposed in sections of Kingston Central. The curfew began at 7 p.m. on Monday and will remain in effect until 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 23. Central Kingston has seen a spate of violent gun attacks and murders in recent weeks....

Jane*, who has been living in the volatile Norwood community in St James for more than 25 years, said that it is time for people to start living without the fear. "Mi cyah tek it no more; night and day people affi a look over dem shoulder because.....

A St Catherine man is now breathing a huge sigh of relief after he said he was kidnapped and held for two days before being sent back to his family, allegedly after a ransom was paid. John*, 38, said he was living a nightmare when men snatched...

The police have arrested at least eight persons who have played an active role in the ongoing war between rival gangs in central Kingston according to Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson. He also said that in the past two weeks, his....

Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson said that the police have ascertained the names of the men who they say were behind the gun attack on a makeshift police station in Franklyn Town, Kingston, last month. Anderson, who was...

When his wife Cheryl died in 2014 from cancer, Hasan Garvey, from Gayle in St Mary, promised his then nine-year-old daughter Gabrielle that he will always be there for her. The 47-year-old livestock farmer is living up to that promise, despite...