Young people are being sexually abused at an alarming rate during the COVID-19 pandemic, a research conducted by the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) has found. The study, dubbed An Inquiry into Sexual Assault Among Young Jamaicans, found...

Twenty-nine-year-old police corporal Kensley Shay is still in sweet denial after he was named as one of four exceptional students who will address their peers at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus' virtual graduation ceremonies......

"He has risen" is just one of the dozens of comments that is posted under one of St Catherine businessman Homar Gayle's photos. Since last Tuesday, the car mart owner said he is constantly harassed by persons who believe his resemblance to...

Defence attorney Valerie Neita-Robertson, who represented controversial clergyman Kevin O. Smith, claimed that her client told her that members of the security forces were going to kill him. "Yes, he said they were going to kill him but I cannot.....

The lone female defendant in the One Don Gang trial, who is said to be a pastor, had reportedly supplied members of the gang with guard rings that are believed to offer protection from evil and witchcraft. A former high-ranking member of the...

RASBERT TURNER Despite the stereotypes that some jobs are for men, Maxine Henry does not subscribe to that outdated notion. As you proceed along the Linstead Bypass in St Catherine, you can find the 43-year-old Henry serving her customers with......

A man who fleeced about $2.6 million from several persons was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment at hard labour when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. Kenniokeif Daley was charged with one count of obtaining money by...

A woman who braved the COVID-19 restrictions to host a birthday party for her sister was fined for breaching the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) and Noise Abatement Act. Cana Scarlett confessed before Senior Parish Judge Lori-Ann Cole-...

An American resident who tried smuggling almost eight pounds of cocaine on a flight was remanded for sentencing when she appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. Natasha Webb, 33, pleaded guilty to possession of, dealing in.....

While others look forward to a gift at Christmas, for mother-of-five Suzette Wilson, the best gift she could get is a home for her family. Wilson lives in Curatoe Hill, May Pen, Clarendon with her five daughters -- aged 19, 16, 13, eight and one.....

Over 100,000 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston a short while ago. The shipment is another delivery purchased through COVAX. The Ministry of Health and...

Restaurants of Jamaica Limited(ROJ), owners and operators of fast food chain KFC in Jamaica, has donated 1000 meals to non-profit organisation Food for the Poor (FFP) national care package outreach programme.

LONDON (AP) -- Queen Elizabeth II has been advised to rest for at least the next two weeks, accepting doctors' recommendations to take on only light duties and not travel, Buckingham Palace said Friday. The decision comes days after the...

Jamaica on Thursday recorded 109 new COVID-19 cases from 1,226 samples tested, increasing total confirmed cases to 88,775 with 28,397 being active. The country's positivity rate is currently 12.2%. Of the new cases, 40...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Prime Minister Ariel Henry condemned gangs and kidnappings in a prerecorded address posted Friday in which he also reassured Haitians that the country was not running out of fuel despite severe shortages that have...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- Dad bod, amirite, TBH and FTW are now dictionary-appropriate. Merriam-Webster has added 455 new words to its venerable dictionary, including a number of abbreviations and slang terms that have become...

A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in sections of Granville in St James. The curfew began at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 27 and will remain in effect until 6:00 p.m. on Friday, October 29. The boundaries of the curfew are as...

A British citizen was ordered to make compensation, after she damaged a receptacle bin at one of the island's airports. Jordann Doyle pleaded guilty to malicious destruction of property when she appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court....

Seventeen-year-old Alix Bartley has always known that the best way to emancipate himself and his family from their circumstances was to get a good education. Bartley attained six passes in the recent staging of the Caribbean Secondary...

A constable charged with illegally soliciting funds from a motorist was offered $300,000 bail with two sureties when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. Lloyd Morrison is charged for breaching the Corruption...