ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Some 130 schoolchildren and staff abducted from a Nigerian Catholic school last month by gunmen have been released, police said Sunday. Gunmen seized at least 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers in Nigeria’s north-central...
The police in St Catherine are investigating an incident in which a woman was robbed on Saturday by men posing as a taxi driver and a passenger. According to a police report, the 63-year-old woman was robbed of almost $40,000. Reports are that...
A 17-year-old boy of the Temple Heights district in Stony Hill, St Andrew was charged by the police on Saturday in connection with the stabbing of another teenage boy during an argument in their community. He has been charged with wounding with...
The driver who ran off the road into a river in St Elizabeth has been identified by the police as 76-year-old businessman Norman Vikers of Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland. According to the police, around 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Vikers was driving his...
NEW YORK, CMC – A Jamaica-born pastor at a church in Brooklyn, New York has pleaded guilty in federal court in the United States to a tax evasion scheme. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) said that Paul Mitchell, 60, the lead pastor...
Weeks after Hurricane Melissa battered western Jamaica and disrupted tourism operations, contract carriage drivers say they remain shut out of recovery funding announced for tourism workers. In separate letters to Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett...
The police in Portmore, St Catherine are searching for a suspected robber who was confronted in the community of Portsmouth on Saturday afternoon. According to the police, the man ran and dropped a loaded magazine. The police report that about 2:...
WASHINGTON (AP) — US forces on Saturday stopped an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela for the second time in less than two weeks as President Donald Trump continues to ramp up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The pre-dawn...
The Newport West Police is urging members of the public to be vigilant against scams involving the sale of motor vehicles around the wharf area during the busy Christmas season. Speaking with JIS News, Commanding Officer in Charge of the Newport...
The partially decomposed body of a man was found in bushes in Kingland, Kitson Town, St Catherine on Saturday. The police report that passers-by stumbled upon the body around 7:00 p.m. and raised an alarm. Upon the arrival of the police, the body...
St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) claimed their sixth hold on the ISSA daCosta Cup title after an exciting 8-7 penalty shootout victory over Glenmuir at the National Stadium yesterday. This, after both teams played out a 0-0 draw...
WARSAW, a 37-1 upsetter in yesterday’s fourth race, survived a stewards’ inquiry and double jockeys’ objection, after holding off the late charging pair of 3-5 favourite PRINCE AMAAN and WHISKY at five and a half furlongs. The second-longest shot...
Clarendon College lifted their fifth ISSA Ben Francis Cup knockout competition title when they defeated bitter rivals Cornwall College 2-1 yesterday in a thrilling encounter at the National Stadium. Nayar Anderson’s (10th minute) and Nicholy...
AP: Another double for Erling Haaland, who is motoring along at better than a goal a game. Another three points for Manchester City, whose winning streak is up to five matches. That’s still not enough to stop Arsenal being top of the Premier League...
Christmas is a Christian holiday that observes the birth of Jesus. But did you know that the earliest followers of Jesus did not annually commemorate his birth? Or that Santa Claus is inspired by the acts of kindness of a fourth-century Christian...
As the western end of the island continues to recover from hurricane devastation, Montego Bay United F.C (MBU) will turn today’s first Jamaica Premier League (JPL) home game into a moment of togetherness, making general admission free for fans. The...
Ricardo ‘Big 12’ Brown was expected to make his return to the ring on Friday at the the Queen’s Manor Event Centre in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. But trainer Deiwth Frazer insists the boxer was not ready mentally to return to the ring, and hence...
MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand (CMC): Kavem Hodge scored a resilient, unbeaten century as West Indies made New Zealand toil for the entire day in a rare show of commitment by their batsmen, to leave the third Test interestingly poised after three...