Christmas comes early as police gives kids $8,500 JCF Bucks to spend

Children attending the JCF CARE Christmas Villages in Rat Trap district, Westmoreland, Litchfield in Trelawny, and Cold Spring district, Hanover, were treated to a unique Christmas experience with the introduction of JCF Bucks, a special form of...

St Ann fisherman found dead on reef line

Police in St Ann are investigating the death of a fisherman whose body was found on a reef line in the parish on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as 31-year-old Darran Grant of Roaring River district, St Ann. Reports are that about 4:...

‘John Crow’ killed in police shootout in Porus

A Manchester man was shot and killed during an early-morning confrontation with police in Porus on Thursday, in an incident now under investigation by the Independent Commission of Investigation (INDECOM). The dead man has been identified as...

Real estate developer cleared in US$400k townhouse fraud case

A high-profile real estate dispute that dragged on for years ended in acquittal on Wednesday, as a St Andrew developer walked free after a court ruled that the prosecution's case had collapsed under scrutiny. St Andrew real estate developer...

Man allegedly chops mother, brother and cousin to death

A Clarendon community was plunged into horror on Thursday night after a young man was taken into police custody for allegedly chopping three of his family memebers to death inside their home. The incident occurred in Frazersfield, Rocky Point,...

JDF vehicle involved in crash with two children in Westmoreland

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has confirmed that one of its service vehicles was involved in a road traffic incident with two children who were riding a bicycle in Cornwall Mountain, Westmoreland, on Tuesday, December 16. In a statement, the...

Swaby warns vendors keep downtown Kingston passable for holidays

Vendors across the Corporate Area, particularly in downtown Kingston, are being reminded of their responsibility to operate in ways that safeguard the public's right to safe and accessible roads, sidewalks, and parks during the Christmas season...

117 Canadian linesmen join push to restore light in western Jamaica

In support of the Jamaica Public Service Company's (JPS) attempts to restore electricity in hurricane-ravaged western Jamaica, a group of 117 Canadian electrical linesmen arrived on the island on Wednesday night. This is the third arrival...

Man fatally stabbed during heated argument

A heated argument in a St Andrew community turned deadly on Monday night, ending with a young trader now facing a murder charge. Twenty-year-old Adonii Hayles, otherwise called 'Bobo', of Penn Avenue, St Andrew, has been charged with murder...