With approximately six weeks before the commencement of the new school term, the Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY) is facing a Hurricane Beryl damage assessment bill of $2.7 billion. And the estimated amount, arrived at on Thursday, could...
Two weeks after Hurricane Beryl ravaged Jamaica’s south coast, displacing numerous families, one matriarch from Manchester is putting her trust in God for recovery amid the storm’s aftermath. Darnett Bent lost the roof of her four-bedroom house...
Amid her roadwork efforts post-Hurricane Beryl, Sheron Honegon took a moment to scroll through her phone on Wednesday, visibly saddened by images of her seven deceased goats. Two weeks after the Category 4 hurricane, she has embarked on a path to...
The families in Kingston Western are battling grief and trauma after two young men, ages 17 and 20, were gunned down hours apart on Monday evening. Johana Williams told The Gleaner that her son, Jermaine McKenzie, a 17-year-old student of Tivoli...
Plans for the funeral of the late basketball prospect Marco-Miche Downer, scheduled for this Saturday, have been placed on hold following conflicting findings in separate autopsies. Marco-Miche, 24, a former national Under-17 representative, who...
The east Kingston Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) is probing two murders which occurred in the police division within 48 hours, driving upwards the homicide numbers and heightening fears of a peaceful summer. The latest incident took place in...
For the past week, Venasia Stewart has endured sleepless nights, deeply troubled that, despite efforts from friends, family, and the authorities, her son – who was known for his helpful nature – could not be found. Despite being distressed, a...
The United States this week made significant donations to Jamaica to assist the island with Hurricane Beryl relief efforts following the passage of the Category 4 system last week. On Wednesday, it donated over US$80,000 in medical and hurricane...
After investing nearly half a million dollars in a slaughterhouse just over a month ago to boost her poultry business, Lasharner Latouche only used it before it came crashing down during the passage of Hurricane Beryl last week. She returned to her...
O’Neil Robinson and a few of his close pals braved Hurricane Beryl’s fierce winds and heavy rain in their southern St Elizabeth community of Mountainside late on Wednesday. Their goal was to clear fallen trees blocking the way to his mother’s house...
Residents of Maxfield Avenue in Kingston expressed surprise at one of their own who got the opportunity to live the American dream, but instead, according United States (US) authorities, ran afoul of the law in a major gun and drug running...
High Court judge Justice Andrea Thomas put on a near-50-minute master class on Thursday as she ruled that the present incarcerated status of dancehall entertainer Vybz Kartel and two men he was previously convicted with on a murder charge, did not...
All eyes will be on the Supreme Court in Kingston today where Justice Andrea Thomas promises to ‘school’ the parties involved in her ruling on Vybz Kartel’s habeas corpus application, pending a murder retrial decision in the Court of Appeal. The...
Tuesday morning’s gun murder of prolific footballer Rafiek Thomas while he slept at his Denham Town home has dealt an immediate blow to the youth of west Kingston who idolise him. Thomas, 39, was shot dead and a 35-year-old man left injured after...
A wave of horror and bloodshed moved across Jamaica on Tuesday as a series of shootings unfurled, leaving at least seven people dead and 11 injured. The deadly incidents unfolded in several police divisions in a string of separate incidents....
The St Andrew North police, having seized four illegal firearms and 46 assorted rounds of ammunition across the division in five days, believe they have made a significant step in reducing the bloodletting and murders in the space. In the latest...
The professional basketball dreams and aspirations of former national under-17 representative, 24-year-old Marco-Miche Downer, who had reportedly been eligible for the 2024 NBA draft next month, will not be realised after he was found dead in...
The Jamaica Customs enforcement and investigation branch swooped down on a Corporate Area plaza on Thursday and interrogated operators of a popular jewellery store, before seizing a quantity of assorted jewellery. The mid-afternoon operation had...
The Major Investigation Division (MID) is probing the alleged cowboy and Indian-like bizarre double murder and shooting in Burnside Valley, Red Hills, which left two attackers dead and another man nursing life-threatening gunshot wounds....
Sixty days after the United Kingdom (UK)-based Privy Council quashed the murder convictions of Vybz Kartel and his three co-accused, the Supreme Court yesterday began hearing a habeas corpus application filed on behalf of three of the accused....
A commonly held view that wanton violence and crime cripples economic and social stability was put to test in communities of West Rural St Andrew over the past week, with several violent incidents occurring within hours of each other. The horror of...
A man is dead after what residents of Craig Town in Kingston believe was an act of false pretense by his killer(s). The residents are alleging that the pretender(s) used a telephone number assigned to someone he knew to lure him to his death on...
While Perceval Singh was labelled a charitable and God-fearing man by one of two defence character witnesses, under cross-examination, the witness was unable to pinpoint any charity the former chairman of Petrojam was involved with or church he...
There will be no roadblocks and ‘we want justice’ outrage for the death of four males, including a 17-year-old, whose lives fatally ended during an alleged gun battle with the police in Kingston yesterday morning. The usual demonstrations...
The St Thomas police have indicated that an investigation is under way into the arrest of one of their own on the weekend, for his alleged involvement in an abduction and multimillion-dollar robbery that reportedly took place at Golden Grove in the...
