Tuesday, March 11, was a special day for 21-year-old Dwayne 'Xtr3me' Nelson of Bannister, St Catherine, as his debut studio album, Vintage 21: Ancient Tradition, was made available worldwide from all major digital retailers.
Stephanie Breckenridge, the sister of Clive 'Lizard' Williams, is in protective custody today as concerns mount about the increasing threat level against her family.
Declaring that the coffee industry is in a state of emergency, Government senator Norman Grant has called for the imposition of a cess on imported coffee, which he said should be placed in a special fund to be used to expand the local coffee industry.
Former acting magistrate Dionne Meyler-Reid was yesterday freed of gun-related charges in the Western Regional Gun Court following a ruling by presiding Justice Courtney Daye, who found her not guilty of the charge against her.
One year after their initial visit to the Barking Lodge Primary School in rural St Thomas, students from the Elsa Leo-Rhynie 'Towers' Hall at the University of the West Indies, Mona, were back again last Saturday to keep the commitment they had made.
HAVING LEFT the deep, rural confines of New Works in West-moreland to pursue a professional career, Conrod Spence, who, until recently, acknowledged the need to make some extra dollars, had mounting financial obligations to meet.
Jubilation and optimism in the community of Waterford, Portmore, St Catherine, commonly referred to as 'Gaza City', over the possibility of a not-guilty verdict in the Vybz Kartel murder trial yesterday soon turned to...
Entertainer Vybz Kartel and three other men were yesterday convicted in the Home Circuit Court of the murder of Clive 'Lizard' Williams and are to be sentenced on March 27. The other accused, Shane Williams, who was represented by attorney-at-law Everton Dewar...
The State's top prosecutor last night declared that the murder trial of top entertainer Vybz Kartel provided a shot in the arm for the country's ailing judicial system."Our [judicial] system was on trial...
PATRICK HYLTON, Group Managing Director of the National Commercial Bank (NCB), on Wednesday dismissed claims that bank fees have been increased by his institution to recover income lost through debt exchanges.
Accusing the Special Advisory Committee of having an agenda, president of the University of Technology (UTech) Professor Errol Morrison has declared that he has no regrets or apologies for the way he has managed the institution during his seven-year tenure....
The lead police investigator in the billion-dollar Appliance Traders Limited (ATL) Pension Fund fraud trial yesterday testified that he was not aware whether the United States Justice Department and Scotland Yard's Major Crimes Unit were probing...
The Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) found itself in the firing line of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday, after it was discovered that the agency is paying a security company $17.5 million per annum without being able to produce...
There wAS fireworks yesterday at the murder trial of entertainer Vybz Kartel when Justice Lennox Campbell ordered defence lawyer Tom Tavares-Finson to take his seat and threatened to cite him for contempt of court ...
Dennis Hickey, executive director of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), says his entity lacks the implementation capacity needed to ensure greater delivery on projects....
Public health authorities are expected to order the closure of the justice ministry's second- floor offices located at the NCB South Tower on Oxford Road in St Andrew.The impending closure follows what the ministry calls the escalation of ventilation...
DENVER (AP):Colorado made roughly US$2 million in marijuana taxes in January, state revenue officials reported Monday in the world's first accounting of the recreational pot business.The tax total reported by the state Department of Revenue indicates...
Mayor of Kingston and St Andrew, Angela Brown Burke, has said for now, the council would not be contemplating any increases for the new financial year, which starts in April.Brown Burke, who was speaking with The Gleaner following the Kingston...
Each year, charity organisation Food For The Poor (FFP) Jamaica pays for the release of several prisoners from the country's main penal institutions, and also makes significant donations to these facilities...
According to inside sources, as early as next Monday, the Council of the University of Technology (UTech) could come to a decision on the recommendations - put forward in a report from the Special Advisory Committee - for a number of changes...
