Prospect Primary School, located in deep rural Clarendon, is set to benefit from the installation of a fully functional, state-of-the-art computer lab as a result of a fundraising and empowerment symposium by hosted by Jamaican-Canadian charity...
Newly re-elected Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament for Trelawny Southern, Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, will face trial on March 31 next year in connection with allegations of false statements in her statutory declarations. Her legal...
Five barrels shipped from the United States, labelled groceries and clothing, were found to contain assembled guns, some designer (Gucci) plated, and firearm accessories to further assemble at least 39 pistols along with approximately 2,800...
A string of violent incidents, including a double murder, have left residents of the volatile Rockfort community in east Kingston gripped by fear, bracing for another Christmas overshadowed by crime and violence. “Mi fraid suh till mi nuh wah come...
Popular social media platform TikTok and its live feature have been featured in two separate incidents, a murder and a fugitive surrender operation, in less than 24 hours in Jamaica between Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. The incidents took no...
Three educators shone brightly yesterday as they emerged victorious from a distinguished group of nine finalists at the 2024 LASCO/Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information/Jamaica Teaching Council’s Teacher, Technical Vocational...
A mother who reportedly witnessed her son’s murder along Barbican Road in St Andrew some two months ago was the target of a deadly attack that claimed her life along with a man at the same location yesterday. Ashley Makerre, who reportedly knew she...
Deputy Superintendent of Police Carey Duncan, commander of the Manchester Police Division, says the parish is a safe place despite being heavily featured in the news recently as a result of an increase in both sporadic murders and shooting...
Motorists are being urged to exercise caution while traversing some of the major thoroughfares in the Corporate Area, chiefly roadways along upper St Andrew, as accident reports are piling up due in large part to drivers struggling to manoeuvre...
The Police High Command has responded to allegations of misconduct involving a member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) during a weekend party, emphasising that while officers are permitted to undertake “extra work”, they must uphold the...
Over the past five years, Jamaica has consistently ranked as the second most murderous Caribbean nation, surpassed only by Haiti – a nation rocked by extreme violence, including beheadings, chopping and burning of bodies, since the murder of its...
Sleuths have probed the murders of 619 women between 2019 and 2023, averaging 124 female homicides annually, according to data published by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). With 32 days remaining in 2024, this year’s toll is still...
As heavy gunfire erupted along Waltham Park Road in St Andrew on Monday night, a visitor to the island quickly laid on the ground as she took cover. Terrified by the escalating screams, the woman remained prone on the floor of the shop until she...
Parents who rushed to pick up their children from Meadowbrook Preparatory and High schools in St Andrew on Monday expressed frustration over the disruption caused by a bomb hoax to the students’ learning and their own work schedules. The threat...
Six teenage boys taken into custody in relation to the sexual assault of an under-age girl are to remain under the supervision of the state while they seek legal representation Deputy Superintendent of Police Michael Campbell, commander for the St...
Former Mayor of Morant Bay, Yvonne Rosemarie Shaw, has made a triumphant return to the St Thomas Municipal Corporation with a decisive victory for the People’s National Party (PNP) in yesterday’s by-election in Morant Bay. Shaw’s win is seen by...
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...
