The family of a taxi operator, who was fatally shot by a policeman – his ex-girlfriend’s current partner – on Monday, is asking for a thorough probe into the circumstances of his death, dismissing accounts in the public domain as fabricated....
The St Andrew North police, in seeking to curtail rampant car thefts in Havendale and Meadowbrook have seen a ballooning of the practice in other sections of the division. According to the police, there are also concerns about the reluctance of...
The Supreme Court is expected to rule on September 29 whether the parish court erred, on the grounds of a breach of privacy, when it ordered Amoi Leon-Issa to allow investigators access to her cellphone as part of a murder probe. Arguments were...
MAROON CHIEF Richard Currie has urged former residents of Maroon communities, which he termed the ‘land of look behind’, to consider helping others when they leave. He was speaking at the Quickstep Community Development Committee (QCDC) meeting...
Top flight dancehall entertainer Alkaline and his family are mourning the death of his father, who passed recently. The nine night is scheduled for today at a private location in the Corporate Area. His father, Earl Bartley, more popularly known as...
THE PROBE into the daring birthday gun attack on dancehall artiste Jahshii revealed that return gunfire by a licensed firearm holder may have saved the life of the singer. Initial reports following the July 7 attack were that Jahshii, whose given...
Two of the nation’s longest-serving teachers, both in St James and who have worked tirelessly on the frontline in education for a combined 94 years, were the toast of yesterday’s Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) Golden Torch awards. Melrose...
MEMBERS OF the church community and law enforcement said they will not allow the serious gains made to sustain peace within Grants Pen, St Andrew to be eroded by recent acts of violence and growing tensions. The latest incident took place early...
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has again called an emergency meeting to deal with worker unrest, this time with the unions representing workers of the National Water Commission (NWC) who have threatened strike action that could...
THE ST ANDREW Central police are probing the early-morning gun attack yesterday which left six people injured, after a convoy with entertainer Jashii in the mix was shot up by heavily armed men. The incident occurred about 4:30 a.m. in the vicinity...
COMMISSIONER OF police, Major General Antony Anderson, is imploring parents to be vigilant. He urged them to safeguard children who are now on summer holidays, and who will be attending parties which offer Molly and Ecstasy, stimulant drugs that...
The St Andrew South police are maintaining a strong presence in the Bow Tie Land community, located off Spanish Town Road, after what appears to be a series of deadly attacks on relatives of gangsters. The tit-for-tat murders and shootings, which...
INVESTIGATORS SAY the man suspected of committing suicide yesterday in Beverly Hills, St Andrew, has a dark and chequered past, with reports of assault against women and attempts at trying to take his own life previously. In one instance, The...
A police team came under fire on Wednesday in the tense Sunlight Street area in Arnett Gardens, St Andrew, where a deadly gang conflict has prompted two divisional commanders to work more closely to stem the murders and sporadic shootings. Senior...
IT TOOK a social media rant and public backlash for an aggrieved motorist to at least get an official response from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) regarding an incorrect traffic ticket issued. The motorist was given a $6,000 ticket by a...
Relatives and friends of a missing security guard are now anxiously awaiting news after the gruesome discovery of the remains of an unidentified male after what was initially thought to be a late-night bushfire in St Andrew last week. The discovery...
THE LEVEL of proficiency by students who sat the 2023 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations is encouraging when compared to 2019, the last time the full complement of the pre-secondary school tests were used to assess students. During the COVID-...
THE ST Andrew North police say tensions are high in the Grants Pen community following a June 7 murder, but they are proceeding diligently with their investigations and expecting to make headway soon. According to investigators, the tension in the...
The murder of a man along Maxfield Avenue in Kingston 13 on Monday was evidence that the area remains volatile despite a recent peace signing and talks by warring factions on Sunlight Street. The drive-by shooting, which occurred about 5:30 p.m. at...
His friends were too distraught to speak when contacted by The Gleaner on Thursday. “I’m not in a good place right now,” one medical doctor said while another, in a voice that was cracking said, “Not right now.” Bonni-Paul Williams was a medical...
THE MULTILEVEL investigative team probing the gruesome murder of eight-year-old Danielle Rowe has indicated that it is following good leads and yesterday, collectively, revisited the scene along Roosevelt Avenue, where the primary school student...
Chinese business operators are running scared. That is the revelation from Dalton Yap, president of the Chinese Benevolent Association (CBA) Jamaica chapter, following the arrest of two policemen who last week allegedly stole nearly $15 million from a...
An autopsy has determined that Department of Correctional Services (DCS) official Reverend Orville Moore, who was believed to have lost his life in an unfortunate motor vehicle accident along Spur Tree in Manchester last month, died of...
The St Andrew North Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB), up to press time last night were at the scene of a murder and shooting at a house along Boone Hall Road in Stony Hill, St Andrew. The heavy downpour of rain did not deter a gunman from...
TWO MEN who swore to serve, reassure, and protect, in roles as law enforcement personnel, might have found themselves on the wrong side of the law after a multimillion-dollar robbery of Chinese nationals on Tuesday in Kingston. Reports are that the...
