Unemployment dips as female participation rises - STATIN

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) has reported that the country's unemployment rate was 3.3 per cent in October 2025, relative to 3.5 per cent inOctober 2024. Director General, STATIN, Leesha Delatie-Budair, provided details on the...

Woman allegedly burns house down after heated argument on Boxing Day

A Westmoreland woman is accused of turning a heated argument into a blazing act of revenge after allegedly throwing a bottle that sparked a fire, destroying a Grange Hill home. Twenty-five-year-old Kimberly Wedderburn, otherwise called 'Kim', a...

Vendor cuffed after allegedly attacking mother and bullying her daughter

A 30-year-old vendor is behind bars after allegedly using a metal chair to hit a woman who confronted her for reportedly bullying her daughter to the point of crying on Tuesday in Lucea, Hanover. The accused has been identified as Mickeisha...

'Packed like sardines' Doctors join nurses in Cornwall Regional protest

Burnout, overcrowding and what doctors describe as dangerous working conditions have pushed medical staff at Cornwall Regional Hospital to the brink, with doctors joining nurses in protest action at the Accident and Emergency Department....

Man nabbed after allegedly breaking into shop, stealing mostly Supligen and tin mackerel

A man has been arrested and charged after he and his uncle allegedly broke into a shop in Quashie Gap, Mavis Bank in St Andrew stealing groceries mostly Supligen, tin mackerel, and a sum of cash. Thirty-one-year-old Quan Stephens, a handyman of...

Man charged with shoving door in woman's face during dispute

An angry shove of a door during a family dispute in Red Hills, St Andrew has left a man facing charges of unlawful wounding, while a woman who stood too close suffered a head injury. Shavaun Wallace, 37, a bus operator of Burnside Valley in the...

INDECOM probing fatal police shooting in Portmore

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has launched a probe into the fatal shooting of a man by the police in Bridgeport, Portmore, yesterday. Reports are that about 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 14, police personnel went to a...

Unidentified man shot dead in Amity Hall, St Catherine

A grim early morning discovery has triggered a murder investigation after the body of an unidentified man was found in the farming community of Amity Hall, Old Harbour. Detectives assigned to the Old Harbour Criminal Investigation Branch are now...

Body of senior citizen found in sea near Hellshire

The discovery of a senior citizen's body floating in the sea near Hellshire yesterday has prompted the St Catherine South police to launch an investigation into a suspected drowning. The deceased has been identified as 67-year-old George Brown of...