Several parents, whose children either still, or formerly attended, the Phoenix Academy Jamaica, have retained attorneys and filed a complaint with the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) over an investment programme being run...
It was no ordinary homecoming for at least two Jamaican deportees who returned on a United States deportation flight yesterday. One deportee, overcome with emotion, wept as he reunited with about 15 relatives who had gathered, eagerly awaiting his...
Prudence Griffiths could barely stand, her body trembling with grief as she left the scene on Melvin Avenue in Gregory Park, St Catherine on Thursday. It was there, inside a long-abandoned vehicle, that her worst fears were confirmed – the badly...
Two women died from gunshot wounds while a third was injured by gunmen in separate incidents between last Saturday and Thursday. One man was also killed in one of the incidents. Brittanya ‘Tashna’ Ranike, mother of three, succumbed to gunshot...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says Jamaicans can expect a flood of surveillance cameras as the Government ramps up its technology-driven approach to crime fighting. Responding to repeated public questions about the JamaicaEye programme and...
It was a moment deserving of high fives on Saturday as police personnel of varying ranks within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) lay down their weapons and put their athletic prowess on display, working together for a common goal outside of...
The family of 20-year-old Shamar Riley joined Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) in a protest against police violence in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, on Tuesday, armed with secretly recorded video footage they claim shows the moments before his fatal...
Fatal police shootings have now surpassed 100 since the start of the year, with April alone accounting for 24 incidents so far, according to data published by the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM). As of April 25, a total of 105...
The normalisation of violence and glorification of guns in the Jamaican culture are sending a dangerous message to children, warns Richard Troupe, director of Safety and Security at the Ministry of Education and Youth. Speaking on Thursday at the...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is warning dons and gangsters who think they are entitled to ‘protection’ and control of developmental lands owned by the State, to “try it and see”. Holness was speaking yesterday afternoon during the contract...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness yesterday dubbed himself the deliverer-in-chief during the contract signing and groundbreaking of the Raintree Commercial Complex at Ferry Park in St Catherine, while lauding the Urban Development Corporation (UDC)...
There is renewed tension in Park Lane and 100 Lane communities along Red Hills Road in St Andrew, following the shooting injury of two women – one pregnant – on Sunday after a reported abduction attempt and drive-by attack. A 48-hour curfew was...
Long-standing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillor John Myers on Tuesday criticised the People’s National Party (PNP) caucus’ resolution calling for potable water in Kingston and St Andrew. Myers claimed that the resolution was politically...
Criminals stole a staggering $904.8 million worth of motor vehicles across the island in the first three months of this year, according to police records. Between January 1 and March 31 this year, 474 vehicles were reported stolen with only 76...
“ T ears are words only God understands.” These haunting lyrics from Jahvinci’s song ‘ Goodbye’ were the words Steve Morgan posted alongside a photo of his dead niece, 22-year-old Tyesha Manhertz, who was among four family members killed in a...
The police seized an AK-47 rifle along with a magazine containing three rounds yesterday along Ramsay Road in St Andrew, further weakening the arsenal of the notorious Stinga Gang. This gang, along with other rival factions, remains embroiled in a...
The Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division (FNID) swooped down on the community of Kingsland in Manchester on Wednesday and arrested a bar operator who allegedly collected a barrel at a wharf in Kingston containing an arms shipment from the...
A New York City community leader who left Jamaica at the age of four and has been fighting deportation since his 2020 release from prison was detained Tuesday by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He had spent 30 years behind bars on a...
A series of deadly stoplight gun attacks in the Corporate Area, and along main thoroughfares, is becoming a growing concern for potential bystanders and unsuspecting motorists going about their lawful business day to day. In the latest roadway...
A bitter domestic dispute between relatives is believed to be at the centre of one of two gun murders that occurred within 24 hours of each other and kept crime scene detectives busy in the St Andrew North Police Division. In the first incident on...
St Andrew North Central Member of Parliament Karl Samuda appeared shocked when he arrived on the scene of yesterday’s fatal police shooting in Park Lane, openly commenting that the community had been relatively calm in recent months. Lee Clarke,...
Emergency responders worked last night to secure the area after a fire broke out in the Club Kingston VIP Departure Lounge at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston. Audley Deidrick, president and CEO of the Airports Authority...
The Kingston Central Police Division yesterday recorded its second murder for the year after an argument between a conductor and a bus driver, allegedly over passengers, turned deadly aboard a public passenger bus in downtown Kingston. Dead is 36-...
Local law enforcement is vowing that significant gains made in crime fighting in St James will not be eroded by anyone even as they monitor responses to the United States (US) arrest of and immigration hold on Montego Bay native and popular...
