Member of Parliament for St Catherine South, Fitz Jackson, has called for more transparent reasons to be provided to applicants who are denied licences by the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA). “I know of cases because persons have come to me and...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP): Sri Lanka’s debt-laden economy has “collapsed” after months of shortages of food, fuel and electricity, the prime minister told lawmakers Wednesday in comments that underscored the country’s dire situation as it seeks help...
Executive director of the National Road Safety Council, Paula Fletcher, is once again bemoaning the ongoing failure of successive governments to make the requisite investments in a safer islandwide road network, even as road deaths and injuries...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE CASE of the two missing guns from a villa at the five-star Tryall Club in Sandy Bay, Hanover, for which taxi operator Balfour Hutchinson was arrested and charged, has been rescheduled for mention on Tuesday, July 26. The case...
A high court judge on Wednesday ordered that the police return the books that were reportedly seized from the 15-year-old schoolgirl in whose schoolbag an illegal weapon was found earlier this month.
Residents of several communities in Kingston and St Andrew are being urged to store water to serve for up to three days owing to planned disruptions in supplies because of works to be carried out on National Water Commission (NWC) systems.
The United States-based aviation management company Quality Corporate Aircraft Services (QCAS) Aero made its inaugural flight from Fort Lauderdale to the Ian Flemming International Airport in St Mary on Tuesday. It marks the start of a weekly premium, nonstop service between the destinations.
A United States military officer who is a former Jamaica Constabulary Force member has been granted bail on charges of abduction and rape allegedly involving a 15-year-old student in Jamaica. He is Garnette Maragh, 31, of a St Mary address.
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says the Jamaican government needs to move faster to implement plans to protect children from violence arising from the Clarendon massacre. A mother and her four children were found dead and their throats slashed at their home in New Road in the parish on Tuesday morning.
There'll be a slight reduction in the prices for gas when motorists go to the pumps on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move down by 25 cents to sell for $215.39 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go down by $0.25 to sell for $220.41.
A September 28 mention date has been set for the Manchester bar operator accused of posting nude photos of a woman who was in a relationship with her child's father. The date was set when Shimesha Green made her first appearance before the...
The former Jamaica Defence Force soldier who is alleged to be a Clansman-One Don Gang member this afternoon testified that he would never jeopardise his job by getting involved in a criminal organisation. The 29-year-old defendant,...
The Holness administration is facing embarrassment this afternoon after a huge blunder on Tuesday when it tabled the wrong regulations for the State of Public Emergency for St Catherine. In a notice to lawmakers sent out this afternoon, members of...
The lone female in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial today insisted that she is a charitable community activist who is not involved in any gang activities. Stephanie Christie, who is said to be a pastor, told the court that she is a businesswoman who...
A man who is said to have been a community don in Spanish Town, Catherine today declared that he would never join the Clansman-One Don Gang claiming that alleged members had murdered his father. Defendant Peter Miller, who spoke with passion while...
The family of Roshane Barnett says it has been left devastated by news of his alleged involvement in the gruesome killing of a mother and her four children in Cocoa Piece, Clarendon. Thirty-one-year-old Kemesha Wright, Kimanda Smith, 15, Sharalee...
A team from the Ministry of Health and Wellness, led by Portfolio Minister Dr Christopher Tufton, is now in the United States on a tour to seek to recruit medical personnel as part of efforts to help clear elective surgeries. The Ministry says it...
Nicole Williams, the woman who led the police on a chase across the Corporate Area in April, was today fined a total of $27,000 and her driver's licence was suspended for a year. Williams, who returned to the Kingston and St Andrew Traffic...
Four persons were shot, one fatally, by gunmen at a bar along Red Hills Road in St Andrew last night. The deceased has been identified as 41-year-old Sherine Pinnock of a St Andrew address. The police report that about 10:20 pm Pinnock was...
