The attackers who murdered noted architect Euhon Darling appear to have been “well trained or been exposed to some training in terms of firearms”, Deputy Commissioner of Police Fitz Bailey has said. Bailey’s theory on the 42-year-old’s murder may...
Leaders of two major business lobbies have expressed optimism about the sharp decline in murders and other serious crimes in 2023 and hope maintenance of that trajectory will boost the economy. Statistics released on Monday by the Jamaica...
An attorney representing Robert Fowler, the St Catherine mechanic accused of killing 20-year-old accounting clerk Khanice Jackson in March 2021, has said discussions have started with the prosecution in order to forgo a trial. Lynden Wellesley, who...
Anthony Hugh had scheduled a beach trip for this weekend to allow bonding time for his daughters, one of whom is visiting from overseas. However, those plans were painfully uprooted on Thursday after 12-year-old Liah Hugh perished in a house fire...
The Court Administration Division (CAD) sought Monday to forge a new verification scheme as motorists vented anger at chaotic courts islandwide as February’s implementation of the new Road Traffic Act looms. Wendy Facey wrote to The Gleaner...
Lucius Thomas, Jamaica’s 25th commissioner of police, has been hailed as a consummate professional who sought to improve the welfare of junior personnel and retirees. Thomas, 73, died on Wednesday after ailing for some time. News of his passing...
A former ward of the state who claimed she was sexually assaulted by a policeman who held a gun to her head was among protesters outside the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) headquarters on Tuesday demanding the resignation of...
Robbery appears to be the motive in the murder of a businessman in St Mary on Thursday after the police recovered more than $7 million from the scene. The victim’s family, however, has raised concerns about a shortage in the actual sum that should...
Market vendor of 26 years Paulette Baley said Monday’s fire at the Rae Rae Market in downtown Kingston was the 16th inferno she had endured at the location. Noting that she did not receive assistance to recover from the previous disasters, Baley...
Traumatic screams heard over the telephone during a crash on Monday, which claimed the life of a mother and her teenage son, were what alerted friends and family that something had gone horribly wrong. Tameika Peart, 40, and her 17-year-old son,...
A cabbie’s dream to acquire his own vehicle in 2023 will not materialise after his life was cut short just four days into the new year in Seaview Gardens, St Andrew. No motive has been established for the homicide, but relatives of 31-year-old...
A toddler who survived a gunshot wound to her head in 2021 is again living in the cross hairs of gangsters, who reportedly killed her great-grandfather on New Year’s Day, allegedly on a mission to wipe out the entire family. It is believed that a...
A Central Kingston mother of two was discharged from hospital yesterday but will have to live with a bullet inside her chest after she was shot during an illegal New Year’s Eve gun salute on Sunday. Jodi-Ann Sinclair, 34, told The Gleaner that 12:...
Sleuths are probing the execution-style killing of two women in St Thomas and St Andrew as the 2022 murder tally continues to climb. The first killing took place at Navar Lane in Seaforth, St Thomas. Reports are that about 6:45 p.m., 30-year-old...
The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has remained mum after a service member reportedly sustained a self-inflicted wound while on duty at a checkpoint in St Andrew Thursday morning. The private remains in hospital after he accidentally discharged a...
Clarence Maxwell, owner of LynMax Bakery, regrets not following a hunch to shut down operations this week after a sold-out Christmas break. Instead, he now has to contend with millions in damage after a devastating inferno at the facility on...
Scotland Yard detectives may turn their attention to Jamaica as a possible location to which an alleged British murderer fled, after the United Kingdom courts heard that his children travelled to the island possibly to visit him. The murder trial...
Frantic church members pulled up one after the other on North West 10th Way in Greater Portmore, St Catherine, on Monday afternoon as panic spread with news that their pastor had been shot. While leaving his home shortly after midday, the Reverend...
Two brothers were shot, one fatally, on Friday morning when they were attacked by gunmen after leaving a nine night in Iron River, St Andrew. When investigators reached the blood-soaked scene, more than 20 spent casings and bullet fragments were...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday affirmed that the Government’s New Social Housing Programme was void of corruption as he sought to implore more private-sector companies to support the initiative. Holness was speaking at the handing over of...
The heads of two taxi associations believe the process for public transport operators to access $25,000 government COVID-19 cash grants is too cumbersome, possibly explaining why the roll-out has not been smooth. Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke...
Singh’s Motors Limited is under investigation after a teacher assistant demanded the refund of an $800,000 deposit on a 2013 Toyota Isis sedan she was reportedly promised to receive in two weeks but has been left empty-handed months after the...
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Chairman Robert Montague has rallied partisan faithful to defend Prime Minister Andrew Holness from critics, warning them in a spirited speech that attacks on the leadership were geared at weakening his administration....
Gang warfare originating in Salt Spring, St James, is believed to have crossed borders and created mayhem in Lauderhill, Florida, with law enforcers there determined to clamp down on the crime syndicates. Jamaican dancehall stakeholders are...
A mother is relieved to have her teen daughter return home alive after her bid to land a job at a Portmore call centre morphed into a nightmare after she was allegedly abducted after the interview. The 19-year-old was reportedly abducted for two...
