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The Advocates Association of Jamaica (AAJ) is calling for the Government to urgently address the deplorable state of the country’s police lockups, which it says has been long documented. The association, in a release today, called for the...
President of Northern Caribbean University (NCU), Professor Lincoln Edwards, is calling for a partnership between the Government and churches to convert their spaces into learning centres. He posited that these centres can be used to engage more...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — US President Donald Trump on Friday ordered Israel to stop bombing the Gaza Strip after Hamas said it had accepted some elements of his plan to end the nearly two-year war and return all the remaining hostages...
The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is calling for Jamaicans to recognise the critical role crocodiles play in maintaining the balance of the island’s ecosystems, following yet another brutal killing of the protected species in...
Opposition Leader Mark Golding has rebuffed a proposal from Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness to meet with Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck to discuss the next steps in the Opposition's collaboration with the Government on Jamaica's constitutional...
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean "Diddy" Combs was sentenced Friday to four years and two months in a federal criminal case that exposed the hip-hop mogul's use of paid sex workers for drug-fuelled, sometimes violent sex parties he called "freak-offs."...
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has indicated that Jamaica has set a target of getting 500,000 United Kingdom visitors annually by 2030, as part of a push to grow one of the country's important travel markets. Bartlett said Jamaica plans to use...
A policeman has been charged for allegedly using his weapon to assault a man during a traffic stop along Marcus Garvey Drive in Kingston. Constable Brenton McLean is charged with unlawful wounding and was placed before the Kingston...
A man who the police say was a suspect in a murder case was this morning fatally shot by cops in St Catherine. Dead is Danville Powell, otherwise called 'Alex' and 'Cool Face', of Harewood district in Riversdale. Reports are that about 6:40, the...
The police in Portland are investigating the death of a man whose charred remains were found following a fire at his home in Drapers Heights on Friday morning. He has been identified as 39-year-old bus driver Stevie Duncan, otherwise called ‘...
Trade unionist John Levy is disputing claims that laboratory technicians at Petrojam went on strike yesterday, contending that this suggestion from the state-owned oil refinery was "a stretch of the imagination”. In a release today, Petrojam...
The St Andrew North police are reporting that it conducted a series of raids across the division this morning in search of suspected criminals and illegal firearms. The police indicated that among the dwellings that were searched was that of...
The attorney for a National Commercial Bank (NCB) executive facing rape charges has cautioned that the right of an accused person to have their case ventilated in a court of law and not the court of public opinion must be respected. Dane...
A 24-year-old British man who was allegedly held with cocaine in his suitcase at the Norman Manley airport in Kingston has been denied bail. Isun Shaka Haywood, a delivery driver of a London address, is charged with possession of cocaine, dealing...
The House of Representatives is receiving significant support from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) to review its Standing Orders. The Standing Orders are the rules that govern the proceedings, actions and conduct of members in...
LONDON (AP) — Bishop of London Sarah Mullally was announced Friday as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, the first time in 1,400 years that a woman has been chosen as the spiritual leader of the Church of England. Mullally, 63, a former chief...
