Traffic along the Sheffield main road in Westmoreland was reduced to single lane on Wednesday night following a vehicular crash. Residents along the main road say they were startled when a Honda Fit and a Toyota Axio motor car crashed around 8...
The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) has blamed "structural underfunding" for its ballooning tax debt. Acting chief executive officer of the UHWI, Eric Hosin, told members of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday...
Police have arrested a couple reportedly found in possession of an illegal firearm in Lyssons, St Thomas. The man and woman were nabbed along a beach around 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Sleuths said they were acting on information. A black nine...
Commissioner of Mines, Roy Nicholson, will be recommending a temporary halt to quarrying activities along a section of the Wag Water River in St Mary, citing insufficient material for extraction. The proposed suspension, covering the area from...
The police remain concerned about motorcycle related road deaths despite a more than 30 per cent reduction in crashes and road fatalities during the first quarter of the year. For the period January 1 to March 31, there were 55 recorded crashes...
Kingston Mayor Andrew Swaby has declared this year’s Carnival in Jamaica a success despite what he described as a single unfortunate incident during the festivities. Swaby made the remarks on Tuesday during the monthly council meeting of the...
Jamaica could move to drill for oil off the coast of St Thomas within the next two years following encouraging early findings from a recent geo -chemical survey. The study, conducted by independent oil company United Oil and Gas, confirmed the...
Music producer and artiste manager Jahvel ‘Jahvy’ Morrison is being further held in custody after the police went to court today to obtain an order from a judge for his continued detention as they probe the shooting at Big Wall on Sunday. The...
The Jamaica Customs Agency head office in Kingston was today evacuated following a security issue. The agency said safety protocols were initiated, as the safety of staff, clients and other stakeholders is of the highest priority. It said the...
A judge in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court today granted a remand application by the police to keep popular content creator Jaii Frais, whose given name is Jhaedee Richards, in custody as they continue to probe Sunday’s shooting incident...
The Government is exploring options to get Jamaicans to conserve fuel amid rising global prices, with Energy and Transport Minister Daryl Vaz signalling that COVID-19-style movement restrictions could be considered. No decision has been made,...
A 28-year-old man was fatally shot by police in Tryall Estate, Spanish Town, St Catherine after he allegedly engaged cops in an armed confrontation on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified by police as carpenter Curtis Morgan, otherwise...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – The Bermuda government has indicated that it is advancing a policy proposal to introduce pay transparency legislation in the British Overseas Territory. “For far too long, pay inequality has existed in Bermuda,...
Tensions are high in the Waltham area of St Andrew following the fatal shooting of two men by the police during an alleged confrontation Wednesday morning. The deceased have been identified by the police as 22-year-old Camrick ‘Bashy’ Williams...
Former University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) board chairman Wayne Chai Chong, who alerted the country to alleged procurement breaches in 2023, says he is ready to face Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC). “I would accept the...
The police in Portland have seized several rounds of ammunition following an operation in Barracks, Manchioneal. Reports from the Portland police are that about 1:20 p.m. on Monday, a team carried out an operation in the area. During a search...
The police in Manchester have charged five people with murder following the killing of a man who was allegedly attacked after a dispute in his community. Dead is 31-year-old Otis Moore, an electrician of West Road in Cobbla in the parish....
Glenmuir High School in Clarendon has received a donation of US$100,000 ($15.7 million) from the Burnett Family Foundation to assist with the repair of the institution’s auditorium roof, which was damaged by Hurricane Melissa last October. The...
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Norris Rhoomes has been elected chairman of the St Andrew Justice of the Peace Association (SAJPA) at a recent annual general meeting, held at the Police Officers’ Club in St Andrew. A member of the Jamaica...
The Government has announced it will lower the threshold to be met by investors seeking to take advantage of its Facilitated Acceleration of Strategic Transformation (FAST Jamaica) programme from US$150 million to US$15 million. FAST Jamaica...
Fifty-three-year-old Paulo Grant, who is charged with the murder of his 80-year-old mother, was again remanded when he appeared in the St Catherine Parish Court on Tuesday. The body of Jasmine Grant, otherwise called 'Sister Grant', was...
The police say a motorcyclist who was featured in a viral social media video performing motorcycle stunts and eluding the police during Sunday's carnival road march has been arrested. He has been identified as 24-year-old Dante Patmore, also...
Residents of Westmoreland are being urged to strengthen hygiene practices, following an increase in gastroenteritis across the parish. Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr Marcia Graham, reported that the condition is the only major...
An alleged Jamaican gangster, thirty-two-year-old Ragar Allen, has been arrested in Florida on murder and multiple other felony charges. He was arrested on March 31 by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) law enforcement officers and...
Major crimes have declined in St Thomas, and the police in the parish are commending the cooperation of citizens in their crime-fighting efforts. Speaking during the St Thomas Municipal Corporation’s monthly meeting in Morant Bay on Thursday,...
