Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang announced in Parliament yesterday that the Government will not seek to extend the state of public emergency imposed in St Catherine on June 17. The measure, intended to curtail high levels of crime...

DNA analysis has revealed that material found in the anus of a nine-year-old schoolgirl who was raped and killed in 2018, is linked to the now 17-year-old accused. The revelation was made during proceedings in the Westmoreland Circuit Court today......

Members of the police arrested and charged a mother and two sons in relation to the seizure of an illegal firearm and fifteen rounds of ammunition during an operation in Duncans, Trelawny yesterday. Charged are 23-year-old Tarik Gayle,...

Clients of the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) will be able to make their loan payments online before the end of this year. Deputy Executive Director, Charmaine Rose Anderson, said online payments will be facilitated via the Strategic...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for using his fame to sexually abuse young fans, including some who were just children, in a systematic scheme that went on for decades....

Eleven persons were arrested this morning by the police in an operation in Newlands, Portmore, St Catherine. Two illegal guns, three pounds of ganja, and three boxes of uncustomed cigarettes were also recovered in the operation. The police,...

The police have confirmed that the toddler seen in a viral social media running out into a busy road on his own, is presently in the safe custody of the parents. Shortly after the events of the video, the child's father was located. The...

The police have confirmed that Samuel Waldo, the man listed as a person of interest in the murder of 77-year-old Derrick 'Reds' Lindsay was arrested in his community last night. Waldo, who is Lindsay's nephew, was named a prime...

The Manchester police are currently probing the shooting death of a grocery shop operator in the Banana Ground community last night The deceased has been identified as 50-year-old Brandon Wright, otherwise called Peppa, of Swamp...

Prosecutors at the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday withdrew the case against a Corporate Area man who was arrested and charged for indecent exposure for not wearing a shirt. Chief Parish Judge Chester Crooks was left puzzled as to....

A mother is concerned about the physical and mental well-being of her 13-year-old son, who has been suffering through near-constant depression due to a rare congenital birth defect. At six days old, Mark* was diagnosed with penoscrotal...

Last Friday, Delvin Webby watched in horror as his son Demar was almost washed away as they made their way across a river in Troy, which borders northwestern Manchester and south Trelawny. Webby said they were forced to try crossing the river, as....

While sympathising with the victims' family, Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) Executive Director, Mikel Jackson, is cautioning against pursuing the death sentence in the case of Rushane Barnett, the accused in a Clarendon quintuple murder. Yesterday......

For Monique Estrene, the past 11-and-a-half months have been the worst in her life as she copes with the loss of her son Jaheim Bogle, whose life was snuffed out by a single bullet as he rode his bicycle in Arnett Gardens, St Andrew, last July. "....

A retired St Catherine shopkeeper, who is the neighbour of one of the alleged Clansman-One Don gangsters, yesterday said that the accused used to attend prayer meetings. The senior citizen told the court that she knew Dylon McLean, 26, since he......

A Trelawny woman and her two sons were taken into custody by the police on Tuesday morning after an illegal firearm and several rounds of ammunition were found at their home. The police say they are unable to release the identity of the 58-year-.....

Spanish Town Hospital turns 70 The Spanish Town Hospital is celebrating 70 years of providing healthcare to the people of St Catherine and surrounding parishes. Built in 1952, the facility provides primary and secondary care services to the......

The prosecution is to seek the death penalty in the case of the man charged in the killing of a mother and her four children in Cocoa Piece, Clarendon. Rushane Barnett, who confessed to their killings, was served the notice when he appeared before.....

Tevin Cross, one of the men named as persons of interest in the case of the murder of teen mom Devonise Nelson is now in police custody after he surrendered himself yesterday. Head of the Kingston Western Police, Senior Superintendent...

The Spanish Town Hospital is celebrating 70 years of providing quality health care to the people of St. Catherine and surrounding parishes. Built in 1952, the facility provides primary and secondary care services to the parish's growing...