Police personnel at the Four Paths Police Station in Clarendon have expressed despair and disbelief following yesterday’s suspected suicide of Corporal Tyrone Thompson in Manchester. “None of us saw it coming … it is a surprise...
The police have declared as dead the former University of Technology student and a St Andrew businessman who went missing in 2013. Detective Inspector, Marvin Brooks, says charges against the three people held in the case will be upgraded to murder...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden: Anyone who thought that Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was content to relax on her many laurels would be mistaken. The current Olympic and world 100m champion, in Stockholm, Sweden, for the BAUHAUS athletics meeting which forms a...
Tyrone Thompson, the 32-year-old Clarendon police corporal who last night committed suicide in Newport, Manchester was reportedly under severe stress. Thompson, who would have turned 33 in October worked at the Four Paths Police station near May...
A police corporal has been shot dead in Newport, Manchester. His name has not yet been released, however the corporal was attached to the Clarendon Police Division. The commanding officer for Clarendon, Superintendent Maurice Robinson confirmed the...
Track and field analyst Hubert Lawrence says he is not surprised by the decision of a number of Jamaica's athletes to switch their allegiance to other countries. Former Jamaica College sprinter Winston Barnes has become the latest...
Police Commissioner Dr Carl Williams this morning quipped that termites have been holding together the Old Hope Road headquarters of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). Williams was speaking after gaming company, Supreme Ventures Limited, donated...
A second suspect has been taken into custody in connection with the July 12 murders of four persons in Whithorn, Westmoreland. Senior Superintendent of Police in charge of St James, Steve McGregor, says the man, who is believed to be one of the...
Reggae Boyz defender, Michael Hector, has apologised to his teammates for his defensive mistakes against Mexico in the final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup last night in the United States. Hector made two huge blunders in the second half...
"There is smoke everywhere," American footballer, Brandon Marshall, tweeted saying the entire Jamaica smells of ganja. Marshall who plays for the New York Jets in the National Football League (NFL) made the suggestions in two...
Spurred into action by a Gleaner article published in April, which highlighted the impact of crime on businesses operating in downtown Kingston, director of Liberty Hall, Donna McFarlane, embarked on a programme to improve the lives of persons who...
Jamaica's Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator AJ Nicholson, has reserved comments on reports of a poor relationship with former Ambassador to the United States, Professor Stephen Vascianne. Vascianne served for three years...
The National Water Commission (NWC) says no further restrictions are being considered at this time although its water storage levels continue to decline. The agency's s main storage facilities are the Mona Reservoir and the Hermitage Dam which...
Police Commissioner Dr Carl Williams has rejected claims by west Kingston residents that police constable Lynden Barrett was last night killed by his colleagues in Denham Town during a 'friendly fire'. "Not true, not true!"...
The University of Technology (UTech) says it will not change its new registration policy although special considerations are being made for certain groups of students. UTech’s student government has expressed concerns about the new system...
Police Commissioner, Dr Carl Williams and other members of the Police High Command are now at the Denham Town Police Station in west Kingston meeting with senior officers. Williams did not address reporters as he joined a case management meeting...
A member of the Police Federation’s Executive has charged that members of the constabulary are being targeted by criminals. Corporal Rohan Jones, the Federation's Welfare Director says his view is supported by intelligence available to...
A Royal Caribbean cruise ship is on fire at the Falmouth Pier in Trelawny. Eye witnesses say they saw thick smoke coming from what appeared to be the chimney of the vessel, known as Freedom of the Seas as it made its way into the pier. Persons are...
Students at the University of Technology, UTech, are upset about a system which demands that they pay part of their tuition before they are allowed to register for their courses. According to UTech, new students and those benefiting from the...
Jason Livermore and Sheldon Mitchell booked their place in the semifinals of the men's 100 metres at the Pan American Games Championships, in Toronto, Canada today. Livermore earned his place in the semis after finishing second in...
Children's Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison, said the children arrested in relation to the video-recorded assault of a 14-year-old girl have still not made a court appearance. Yesterday, Commanding Officer for the Trelawny Police,...
The Majesty Gardens basketball team has been fined $15,000 by the Southern Conference Basketball Association. This after a stone throwing incident by their spectators following the team's 61 to 59 defeat to Upper Room Church in the Western...
The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) is supporting a suggestion for the National Water Commission (NWC) to be privatised. According to president, William Mahfood, privatisation is worth considering given the history of problems...
The Manchester Police say robbery may have been the motive for this afternoon’s murder of Christiana businessman, Terrence Green. Green was shot dead in the North East Manchester town around noon while making his way from a bank to...
Acting president of the National Water Commission (NWC) Mark Barnett, says he does not believe that the agency should be privatised, even after years of losses running into billions of dollars. Earlier this year, Opposition Spokesman on Water, Dr...
