Holland High’s Shanoya Douglas delivered a dominant performance at Champs, smashing the girls’ Class One 200m record and the national junior mark with a gold medal-winning time of 22.36 seconds on Saturday. Edwin Allen’s Alexxe Henry finished...
Heavy rains Friday night into Saturday morning flooded several roadways in eastern Portland. The main thoroughfare from Boundbrook to Bryan’s Bay, in the vicinity of the old Jamaica Public Service building and the Coronation Bakery, is inundated...
The St Catherine Parish Court is to continue hearing a bail application on behalf of two of three men charged in connection with the alleged theft of a Toyota Probox motor car. The accused are 34-year-old Glendon Walker, 26-year-old Reshaun...
The Court of Appeal has freed two men convicted of murder, ruling that errors by the trial judge rendered their 2017 retrial a “miscarriage of justice” and breached their constitutional right to a fair hearing. In a judgment delivered on Friday,...
A teenage boy has been charged with wounding with intent after allegedly throwing a metal chair that injured a fellow student during a fight at a high school in Alexandria, St Ann earlier this month. Police said the incident occurred about 2:15...
(AP) — Iranian-backed Houthi rebels entered the month-old war in the Middle East on Saturday by claiming a missile launch that Israel said it intercepted. Pakistan said regional powers plan to meet Sunday on how to end the war, while Iran...
An exhibition curated by Jamaican-Canadian historian Dr Afua Cooper is now on display at United Nations headquarters in New York. ‘A History Exposed: The Enslavement of Black People in Canada’ is being shown in the Visitors’ Lobby until April 20....
The St George’s College (STGC) Teen Biz Expo 2026 was more than a school-based activity. It was a vibrant, student-driven showcase of innovation, leadership and entrepreneurial ambition among third-form students. Conceptualised under the theme ‘...
We’re a month into another war in West Asia. As visions of Iraq and weapons of mass destruction fabrications waft in the air like political farts, I’m pondering if this might be the crisis that brings forth WW III or the moment that forces a wide-...
London: Black Heroes Foundation is preparing to celebrate its 10th anniversary this October, marking a decade of work dedicated to preserving, promoting and celebrating black history, achievement and cultural contribution in the UK. Founded by Dr...
Marquies Page of St Jago High School delivered a dominant performance on day four of the ISSA GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletics Championships, setting a new boys’ Class Two 110m hurdles record on a night of milestones. Page clocked 12.98...
Marquies Page of St Jago High School shattered the boys’ Class Two 110m hurdles Champs record at the National Stadium on Friday, clocking a blistering 12.98 seconds in the semi-finals. Page dominated the race, erasing the previous record of 13.26...
Three records were broken in the girls’ sprint hurdles semifinals in classes one, three and four at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) at the National Stadium on Friday. Tiana Marshall of Wolmer's Girls' School...
A 58-year-old farmer has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for the rape of a teenage girl at his home in St Catherine 11 years ago. The sentence was handed down on Friday in the St Catherine Circuit Court by Dale Palmer, who ruled that the...
A 32-year-old man seen in a viral video allegedly promoting violence against police has been arrested and charged by investigators in Portland, the police said Friday. Police said Shane Ellis, otherwise called ‘Stain’, a mason of Muirton Pen in...
(AP) — American golf star Tiger Woods showed signs of impairment and was arrested Friday at the scene of a car crash in which he struck another vehicle and rolled his Land Rover, authorities said. Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek said Woods...
Some high schools across western Jamaica are facing challenges with internet access, raising concerns about the delivery of upcoming online examinations. President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Mark Malabver, said principals in the...
A taxi operator was gunned down inside his car near the Negril Square in Westmoreland last night. He has been identified by the police as 39-year-old Dadrian Miller of White Hall in the parish. Reports are that about 11:20 p.m., Miller was...
The police in Westmoreland have launched an investigation into the death of a foreign national who died after reportedly falling from a balcony on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as 28-year-old Michael Mathias McLaughlin of Grand...
A property manager who pleaded guilty to several charges related to a US$500,000 or approximately J$76 million drug bust in St Andrew last year has dodged a prison sentence. Instead, Allen Patrick Constable, 63, was fined a total of $3,290,644...
Motorists owe a total of $4.5 billion for outstanding traffic tickets issued over the last eight year, authorities disclosed on Friday. A total of 1,174,961 traffic tickets that were issued between January 2018 and January this year remained...
The Court of Appeal has quashed the convictions of alleged gang leader Tesha Miller in relation to the 2008 murder of former Jamaica Urban Transit Company chairman Douglas Chambers and ordered a retrial. In a ruling handed down on Friday morning...
Residents of St Thomas are being urged to take advantage of a three-month building amnesty being offered by the municipal corporation to regularise their structures to avoid legal action. Chief Executive Officer of the corporation, Kevin McIndoe...
Five more Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) drivers have been arrested and charged for allegedly pocketing bus fares collected from passengers. The men were apprehended by detectives assigned to the National Strategic Anti-Gang Division,...
