Principals at two Corporate Area institutions are seeking to navigate a period of mourning while safeguarding against a school-on-school clash in the aftermath of the fatal stabbing of an 11-year-old boy on Tuesday. The deceased, Amari Coley, of...
Emergency responders and teary-eyed vendors worked tirelessly on Monday to salvage goods as a raging fire destroyed 95 shops at the Pearnel Charles Arcade on Church Street in downtown Kingston. Janet ‘Netty’ Mitchell, a vendor at the arcade for...
A worrying trend of brazen violent attacks at schools has prompted urgent calls for enhanced security measures at education institutions across Jamaica. Over the past month, deadly incidents have unfolded at Rousseau Primary School in St Andrew and...
Several parents are fuming after learning of a major robbery at the Stella Maris Preparatory School in St Andrew this week via a community social media group with no official communication from administrators via official channels up to yesterday....
A “national disgrace” is how former Mayor of Morant Bay Yvonne Rosemarie Shaw, who is vying once a again for a seat in the St Thomas Municipal Corporation, describes the legacy road network in the parish. The road network, which forms part of the...
A 23-year-old Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) private was arrested Sunday after two guns, an imitation firearm, and more than 50 rounds of assorted ammunition were reportedly found in a motor vehicle driven by the accused at Up Park Camp. The accused,...
If the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) ever obtains the first security force shooting footage from a functioning body-worn camera in the pursuit of justice, it will likely be earmarked as a historic exhibit. The oversight body...
As of the end of October, over half a billion dollars worth of motor vehicles have been reported stolen in St Andrew North, raising serious concerns in the area. The alarming trend not only enriches organised criminal networks, but also burdens...
Collette Gaynor travelled in great despair last evening from New York to Florida in the United States (US), where today, she will have the unenviable task of positively identifying the body of the second of her four children, 29-year-old Trishana...
Two schoolboys – ages 15 and 17 – remain hospitalised at a Corporate Area medical facility after they were severely beaten and then handed over to the police by angry residents of Lawrence Tavern in St Andrew on Saturday, following their suspected...
Soho, New York: International donors, some who have never stepped foot in Jamaica, pump millions of dollars collectively into a United States (US)-based charity, Pencils4Kids, whose mission is to instil nation building, which they have harnessed...
Up to late Monday evening, detectives were still processing a crime scene at the Rousseau Primary School in St Andrew, hours after the murder of a parent in full view of children and other parents. The deceased man has been identified as Gary ‘...
Sonia Beverley, the mother of four girls, desired a son so badly that she took a young boy into her Girls Town Lane home in Glengoffe, St Catherine, 10 years ago. She was a shadow of herself on Tuesday when she received a call from investigators...
A forgetful witness, testy exchanges between the defence and Crown, along with partial disclosure allegations led to an early adjournment in the Keith Clarke murder trial on Monday. Taneisha Wisdom-Banton, former acting director for complaints and...
Former chief forensic pathologist Dr Dinesh Rao has acknowledged that the post-mortem report was amended in the probe into the slaying of accountant Keith Clarke but insists that the changes were typographical, not scientific. Three Jamaica...
A retired army warrant officer who supervised the arms store from which artillery believed to have been used in Keith Clarke’s murder was dispensed, testified during the trial yesterday that he simply signed authorisation notes. Three Jamaica...
Residents of Bryden Street in Dunkirk, Kingston, are rebuffing claims by the police on the scene that a resident, who was killed during an alleged firefight on Monday afternoon, had engaged the security forces in a shootout. Dead is Towado Welsh, a...
Former House Speaker and Member of Parliament Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, along with her legal team, encountered a delay in court yesterday at the preliminary hearing for her statutory declarations matter. Due to the absence of the presiding judge...
Several sickle cell patients are reportedly struggling to cope with their condition, expressing feelings of despair as they cite experiences of alleged discrimination from medics and a shortage of medication as significant challenges. Sickle...
Disgruntled workers at the Hope Botanic Gardens in St Andrew returned to their posts following a brief industrial action on Tuesday morning after intervention from the Ministry of Agriculture and the National Workers Union, which represents the...
Residents of Craig Town in St Andrew Southern are calling on Member of Parliament (MP) Mark Golding to immediately step in and quell the deadly gang violence which has resulted in the deaths of three seniors within the last two months. The most...
The urgency of addressing violence in schools was starkly highlighted yesterday during the launch of the Peace Gardens Competition at Kingston High School, where two student brawls erupted despite the presence of government officials from the...
The Major Investigation Division (MID) has reportedly taken over a probe surrounding the brazen double killing of a man and woman late Monday, which has left the community of Burke Road in Kingston on edge. The deceased have been identified as 48-...
Scores of taxi operators who traverse Lawrence Tavern in St Andrew to Glengoffe in St Catherine withdrew their services yesterday in protest over the deplorable road conditions which they say have become a threat to public safety. Some residents...
A second day of searching for two individuals swept away in the Wag Water River in St Mary ended unsuccessfully on Friday, leaving their families desperately appealing to the authorities for assistance. The search was initially halted on Thursday...
