The St Andrew South Police Division is leading the country in homicides following a double killing late Tuesday, one of the latest in a series of murders across the Corporate Area since the start of the year. The violence in the St Andrew South...
With a seven-day period low of nine murders during the week of Christmas, and a high of 44 during one week in November, Jamaica’s homicide numbers in 2024 averaged 22 murders per week throughout the year, leading to a reduction in homicides by 252...
Taking no chances amid a planned immigration crackdown by United States President Donald Trump as he begins his second term, a Jamaican family in Chicago has taken the precautionary step to enrol their children in private online schooling and are...
A Jamaican fugitive and illegal immigrant, wanted for his suspected involvement in a gruesome 2019 torture and arson case in Massachusetts, was arrested yesterday in a dramatic capture at Panama City Beach, Florida. Dushane Jerome Simon was located...
An expelled former member of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is reportedly among the latest persons to be fatally shot during alleged confrontations with the police. Up to yesterday, civilians killed by lawmen totalled 12 since the start of the...
A probe has been launched into the stabbing and strangulation murder of a landlord, allegedly committed by his tenant, at the property where they lived on Allerdyce Road in St Andrew. The deceased man is 56-year-old Roger Evans, who was killed last...
A gun attack carried out Monday night by men on motorcycles against residents of 75 and 77 Lanes, off Waltham Park Road in St Andrew, has left the community on edge, with fears of escalating violence. The area, which falls within the St Andrew...
The police yesterday apprehended 29-year-old Keron ‘Piggy’ Mason, an alleged notorious serial housebreaker, following a car crash on Slipe Pen Road in Kingston. According to reports, Mason, wanted for multiple larceny and burglary offences in the...
An automatic Bluetooth connection between a used car’s radio system and a prospective buyer’s cellphone helped reunite a Corporate Area man with his stolen car. The 35-year-old man had parked his 2016 Toyota Aqua Hybrid, securely locking it and...
Some 2,500 residents of Port Royal and surrounding areas are set to benefit from an enhanced water supply and distribution system, following the commissioning of a new pipeline on Tuesday. The milestone comes almost two years after the project’s...
A serial housebreaker is now the main target of detectives assigned to the St Andrew North police as they seek to turn around the 25 per cent increase in break-ins the division recorded in 2024. The police say 29-year-old Kerron ‘Piggy’ Mason, of a...
Yesterday, 96 Jamaican farmworkers departed for Canada as part of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme (SAWP), continuing a tradition that has lasted nearly 60 years. Over 80 per cent of the workers are returning participants, while the...
The family of a 17-year-old boy, who is currently hospitalised after being shot by the security forces, is rejecting claims that he was among the men who allegedly fired at police officers following an illegal gun salute in Grants Pen, St Andrew,...
An autopsy performed on the body of Lisa-Gay ‘Babes’ Cobre, the Glengoffe, St Catherine woman whose remains were recovered from a shallow grave after she went missing, has revealed that she was buried alive. Cobre’s mother, Sonia Beverley, told The...
Despite facing devastating losses amounting to millions, Kediesha Miller, who owned a shop in the fire-ravaged Constant Spring Arcade, remains determined to rebuild her business and ensure that her loyal customers are not left high and dry in the...
Prospect Primary School, located in deep rural Clarendon, is set to benefit from the installation of a fully functional, state-of-the-art computer lab as a result of a fundraising and empowerment symposium by hosted by Jamaican-Canadian charity...
Newly re-elected Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament for Trelawny Southern, Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, will face trial on March 31 next year in connection with allegations of false statements in her statutory declarations. Her legal...
Five barrels shipped from the United States, labelled groceries and clothing, were found to contain assembled guns, some designer (Gucci) plated, and firearm accessories to further assemble at least 39 pistols along with approximately 2,800...
A string of violent incidents, including a double murder, have left residents of the volatile Rockfort community in east Kingston gripped by fear, bracing for another Christmas overshadowed by crime and violence. “Mi fraid suh till mi nuh wah come...
Popular social media platform TikTok and its live feature have been featured in two separate incidents, a murder and a fugitive surrender operation, in less than 24 hours in Jamaica between Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. The incidents took no...
Three educators shone brightly yesterday as they emerged victorious from a distinguished group of nine finalists at the 2024 LASCO/Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information/Jamaica Teaching Council’s Teacher, Technical Vocational...
A mother who reportedly witnessed her son’s murder along Barbican Road in St Andrew some two months ago was the target of a deadly attack that claimed her life along with a man at the same location yesterday. Ashley Makerre, who reportedly knew she...
Deputy Superintendent of Police Carey Duncan, commander of the Manchester Police Division, says the parish is a safe place despite being heavily featured in the news recently as a result of an increase in both sporadic murders and shooting...
Motorists are being urged to exercise caution while traversing some of the major thoroughfares in the Corporate Area, chiefly roadways along upper St Andrew, as accident reports are piling up due in large part to drivers struggling to manoeuvre...
The Police High Command has responded to allegations of misconduct involving a member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) during a weekend party, emphasising that while officers are permitted to undertake “extra work”, they must uphold the...
