A man known to residents as 'Jesus Fresh' was shot dead in Portmore, St Catherine, after allegedly challenging a police team in a gun battle late Wednesday night. The deceased has been identified as 32-year-old Horace Romaine Dish of Twenty Five...
The Christiana police in Manchester are investigating the discovery of the decomposing body of a senior citizen, Collin 'Son Son' Clarke, in a house in Coleyville yesterday. Clarke is a 78-year-old pensioner of Dobson district in Manchester....
Yesterday's general election was Daniel Housen's first time dipping his finger in the ink, but the 18-year-old Gayle, St Mary, resident said the experience was "nothing exceptional". The new voter, who cast his ballot at the Gayle Primary School...
A third term in office for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), which supporters say has been loading for sometime, came to fruition yesterday as the Dr Andrew Holness-led party registered a spectacular victory in the island's 19th general election....
Self-proclaimed community activist Andrew Coward believes that Robert Montague has already done much for the people of St Mary Western, and said he would be sticking by the veteran politician, regardless of yesterday's election. Coward, who lives...
Kenneth Lawrence has not missed an election since he first voted at age 18. For 55-year-old Lawrence, who resides in the St Andrew Eastern constituency, the ballot is more than a mark on paper. It is proof that Jamaicans still carry the power to...
She had been waiting since childhood, and yesterday on election day in Franklin Town, Kingston, 20-year-old university student Ashley Mair finally slipped her finger into the ink and cast her first ballot. "Mi been wah vote from me a pickney,"...
Detectives assigned to the St Ann Police Division have charged 25-year-old Shevar Llandell of Snow Hill, Ocho Rios, with burglary and larceny following an incident in the parish on August 30. Reports are that, between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m., Llandell...
According to two top local football coaches, there is much cause for concern regarding Jamaica's senior men's national team, which will be without eight regular players, mostly starters, for the upcoming Concacaf World Cup Qualifying games against...
A St Ann recording artiste was slapped with possession of prohibited weapon and unauthorised possession of ammunition charges following the seizure of a firearm and several rounds of ammunition on Middle Street, Ocho Rios in the parish on August...
Little Jahair was nicknamed 'Happy' by his father, Oliver Spencer, because of his captivating smile. The five-year-old, non-verbal, autistic boy was playful and full of life. But, on Tuesday evening, sometime after 6 p.m., Spencer said he...
Skilled with two tufting guns (which are used in rug making), rolls of yarn and stretched canvas, 26-year-old Racquel Smith is reimagining what fabric can do and is ready to break bigger ground for textile art in Jamaica. The Westmoreland-born...
Voting across the Spanish Town constituencies passed without major incident on election day, but a noticeably low turnout and a fatal police shooting in McCooks Pen combined to cast a pall over the day’s proceedings. From the opening of the polls,...
A mother, whose disabled son faced challenges before Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) officials allowed him to vote in St Catherine South Eastern, is urging election personnel to review their procedures in relation to the disabled community. Grace...
When the new parliamentary term gets under way in a week or so, there will be 17 first-time members of parliament (MPs) sitting in the House of Representatives. Of the newcomers, there are six women and 11 men split between 12 from the People’s...
Prime Minister-designate Dr Andrew Holness on Wednesday night praised supporters of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) for the historic third-straight victory which it carved out over the People’s National Party (PNP), telling Labourites that it was...
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