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...
With a 225 per cent increase in break-ins in at least one section of St Andrew, citizens’ associations, and the police are working to empower residents to be nosey and safeguard each other. Up to February 28, the police had recorded 157 cases of...
Transport Minister Daryl Vaz says the Jamaica Urban Transit Company’s (JUTC) expansion of routes outside of the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region (KMTR) reflects the commitment of the Jamaican Government to providing safe, reliable, and...
Live rounds seized inside the parking lot of the Manor Centre shopping mall in Constant Spring and a loaded firearm seized along Red Hills Road are the successes coming out of a predawn operation conducted by the security forces in St Andrew...
The sound of gunfire followed by screams broke the night’s silence in a section of the Stony Hill, St Andrew community commonly called ‘Bridge’ after gunmen killed a teen and wounded his father during a home invasion on Sunday night. Javed Liscombe...
Car owners are under siege as motor vehicle larceny in Jamaica has skyrocketed by 92 per cent up to February 8, moving from 60 stolen vehicles for the similar period in 2024 to 115 reports since the start of the year. That is an average increase of...
There are renewed concerns about Jamaican students bringing toy guns – some resembling real firearms – into schools, prompting heightened vigilance from the police, who are actively seizing them. Reports indicate that these toys are being sold by...
The St Andrew South police, whose division has the highest number of murders in the country so far this year, are celebrating a significant win after the dramatic capture of a fugitive who attempted to evade arrest by leaping from a balcony at a...
A little over a year after allegedly shooting two young children and killing their father before fleeing Jamaica and crossing the United States-Mexico border, a reputed gang leader was deported last Thursday. Just four days later, he was charged in...
The last three days have been agonising for the parents of Kevin Walker, as they drain their remaining energy searching for answers regarding his whereabouts since Saturday. Speaking with The Gleaner on Monday, Roy Walker, Kevin’s father, tried...
