Two men, including an 89-year-old licensed firearm holder have been charged after a Taurus .38 revolver was allegedly negligently discharged inside the elderly man's home on January 30. According to Lucea police, the man left the firearm on a...
(AP) — Keir Starmer never met Jeffrey Epstein. But the British prime minister’s job is under threat because of the fallout from the late sex offender’s global web of relationships. Friendship with Epstein has already brought down a British royal...
The police have charged a 55-year-old businesswoman in connection with the alleged theft of several devices, including 59 smartphones, from a store in Spanish Town, St Catherine, last month. She is Pansy Henry, from Claremont in St Ann, said a...
An additional 10,000 National Housing Trust (NHT) contributors are set to receive their contribution refund for the year 2018 by Monday, Feburary 9. Supervisor for the Contributions, Refunds, Payments and Monitoring Unit, Cameo Simmons Thomas,...
Operators of Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay say severe weather Thursday linked to a cold front forced the cancellation of an American Airlines flight to Miami, while another incoming flight was diverted. The cancelled flight, AA...
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing the shooting death of a man by police in Windsor district in Siloah, St Elizabeth on Wednesday. He has been identified as Christopher Black, otherwise called 'Voice', a labourer of...
The police are reporting the seizure of 23 rounds of ammunition from an abandoned building in the community of Shelter Rock, Spanish Town, St Catherine on Wednesday. No arrests were made. The police report about 3:30 p.m. members of the St...
A man was fatally shot during an alleged shoot-out with police in Thompson Pen, St Catherine Thursday morning. He has been identified as 37-year-old fisherman Demoy Campbell, a resident of the community. According to police reports, a team was...
An investigation is under way in the death of a detainee who was in custody at a police lock-up in Clarendon. The deceased has been identified as Collintine Sutherland, 58, of Crofts Hill, in the parish. Reports are that about 8:30 a.m. on...
Today’s proceedings in the Clansman gang trial were adjourned after one of the defendants fell ill. In court, medical doctor Paul Robinson, who is also an accused in the matter, alerted presiding judge Justice Dale Palmer that defendant Travis...
The Jamaica Medical Doctors’ Association (JMDA) has warned the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) that it cannot guarantee the continuation of normal operations if concerns regarding staffing, compensation, and patient safety are not...
The guilty plea entered by former Member of Parliament Jolyan Silvera in connection with the death of his wife has been accepted by the Gun Court, with sentencing set for March 6. Chief Justice Bryan Sykes handed down the decision on Thursday...
The Ministry of Education says schools should allow students to wear jackets to classes amid cooler temperatures and strong winds across Jamaica due to a cold front. There has been widespread public condemnation following reports that a primary...
The House of Representatives has approved the Fourth Supplementary Estimates for the fiscal year 2025/26, which reflects an increase in government expenditure of $14.36 billion. The estimates, approved on February 3, proposes a total expenditure...
Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Matthew Samuda, says the Government has commenced targeted clean-up and restoration of hurricane-damaged wetlands in the Parottee community in St Elizabeth, as part of activities marking World...
On October 28 last year, Black River, the capital of St Elizabeth, was almost entirely destroyed by Hurricane Melissa. The scale of the devastation left much of Jamaica stunned. For some residents, the wreckage was so complete that it resembled the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Bishop Conrad Pitkin, custos of S James, is warning justices of the peace (JPs) in that parish that he will personally seek to have them decommissioned if he finds out they have brought the office into disrepute. Speaking at a...
Fair Prospect High School in Portland has recorded a marked improvement in English A outcomes, with its pass rate rising by 33 percentage points in the 2025 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. The proportion of students...
REDEFINING THE role of private finance is seen as key to reversing the current chronic underinvestment in nature, reflected in the US dollar 30:1 ratio in favour of investments spent destroying it. “I n 2023, finance directly harmful to nature...
THE ADAPTATION Fund has issued a call for proposals for its readiness grants, made available to developing countries in order to enhance their capacity to directly access and effectively use resources from the Fund. The latest call opened on...
The Forestry Department headed to St Elizabeth for World Wetlands Day on February 2, where more than 80 volunteers from partner agencies, private entities, and the community removed debris from the mangrove to jumpstart restoration of the degraded...
SEVENTEEN YEARS is a long time to spend in any place of work, but for Barrington Lewis, it was time well spent at the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ), which he served as financial manager and then chief executive officer (CEO). Six months...
WESTERN BUREAU: RIU Montego Bay hosted its largest group of international travel agents for the year last Saturday, as Jamaica’s tourism sector continues its recovery push in the aftermath of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. The...
