A 39-year-old man is facing a charge of sacrilege after he was allegedly caught inside a church moments after breaking in and stealing items valued at over $175,000. Detectives assigned to the St Catherine South Police Division have charged 39-...
Mayor of New York City in the United States Eric Adams announced Sunday that he is ending his campaign for reelection. In a video released on social media, Adams spoke with pride about his achievements as mayor, including a drop in violent crime...
The man accused of the murder of University of Technology, Jamaica student Anisa Dilworth was remanded when he appeared in the St Catherine Parish Court on Friday. He is 29-year-old Jamar Grant, otherwise called 'Balla', of Nine Miles, Bull Bay,...
A St Andrew businessman who allegedly collected millions of dollars for motor vehicles he failed to deliver has been granted bail in the sum of $1.2 million with surety. Nicholas Morgan, 35, is facing six counts of obtaining money by means of...
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is raising concern about a mid-year surge in suicides, warning that the island could face a worsening crisis if urgent interventions are not stepped up. The warning comes against the backdrop of several recent...
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) says it will not allow external groups to dictate how it deploys body-worn cameras (BWCs), even as public outrage intensifies over the controversial police killing of 22-year-old Jahmar Farquharson in Clarendon...
The Meteorological Service has extended the flash flood warning for low-lying and flood-prone areas of St Thomas, Kingston and St Andrew, St Catherine, Clarendon, Manchester, St Elizabeth, Westmoreland, and Hanover until 8 a.m. on Monday. At the...
Kalea Roman has been named the 2025 winner of the Miss Jamaica World Eastern Region. She was crowned by Miss Jamaica World 2024 Tahje Bennett. The 21-year-old university student was announced the winner on Saturday night at the Alfred Sangster...
MISS MONEYPENNY, the 2023 Mixed Sale topper at $4.2 million, won her first race as a three-year-old yesterday, avenging a photo-finish loss to MIGHTY GULLY, who had outbattled her by a short head at five and a half furlongs two weeks ago. Sent off...
RACING UNITED and Montego Bay United will, today, look to separate themselves at the top of the Jamaica Premier League (JPL), when they play Tivoli Gardens and Spanish Town Police, respectively. In one of only three matches on today, Racing take on...
JAMAICA’S YOUNG Sunshine Girls will, this morning, continue the revival of their Netball World Youth Cup campaign when they face off against Scotland in search of a fifth place finish. The Jamaicans earned the right to fight for fifth place after...
FORMER WEST Indies cricketer Wavell Hinds has been returned unopposed as president of the Kensington Cricket Club, marking the start of his second consecutive three-year term. This follows a historic constitutional change by the club, extending...
FORMER WORLD 400-metre champion Bertland Cameron says he is now embracing a fresh chapter in his coaching career, having joined the track and field programme at Jamaica College (JC), where he will work primarily with the school’s quarter-milers....
PICTURE A bustling community bar on matchday, where fans in vibrant jerseys gather together, their voices rising as they passionately debate while the English Premier League lights up the screen. Meanwhile, a backyard buzzes with the rhythmic sound...
The narrative is regularly recited and celebrated. Since the 2010s, Jamaica has undergone a remarkable fiscal transformation. Debt has fallen from unsustainable heights, inflation has been tamed, and macroeconomic discipline has become the rule...
“Cocaine is a major source of funding for the gangs in Jamaica.” That was the blunt assessment from a US administration official during a September 19 high-level briefing last Friday in Kansas City, Missouri. The official, speaking as part of a US...
A junior resident at May Pen Hospital who contested the September 3 general election as a People’s National Party (PNP) candidate is scheduled to face disciplinary proceedings on Monday. The Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), his employer,...
Jamaica’s three domestic aerodromes – Negril, Ken Jones, and Tinson Pen – together with Ian Fleming International Airport (IFIA), have accumulated nearly J$2 billion in maintenance, security, and repair costs over the past six years. According to...
In the unlikely event that you missed it, Jamaica came third in the medal table total in the World Athletics Championships held in Tokyo. Consider this. More than 2,000 athletes from almost 200 teams competed for medals in 49 disciplines.Lance...
A person kneels before a statue made of concrete or marble. Another enters a booth and confesses her sins to a man of the cloth hidden behind a screen. He listens, declares that her sins are forgiven and she must say several Hail Mary’s. Another...