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Two Kingston men have been charged with murder and accessory after the fact following the discovery of a bearer's body in a pit in the Burgher Avenue area of Kingston last month. The men are 21-year-old Orlando Hamilton, otherwise...
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Commissioner of Police Dr Kevin Blake has ordered an immediate probe into the circumstances that resulted in the death of a male prisoner at the Chapelton Police Lockup early this morning. The probe is to be carried out by the ...
On the eve of Supreme Court Justice Andrea Thomas’ rejection of the habeas corpus application for incarcerated dancehall star Vybz Kartel and two of his three co-accused to be released on bail, Jamaican jurist Patrick Lipton Robinson argued that...
Caribbean-inspired innovations in technologies for the administration of justice in the courts were on show at UK Digital Week. Held last week (May 23-24), it was the staging of a special Justice Symposium hosted by the Commonwealth...
The University of Technology Jamaica (UTech) has partnered with the science, technology and sport faculties of two other regional universities for the second biennial staging of the Frontiers of Research in Caribbean Science and Technology (...
With Jamaica just concluding its observance of Child Month in May, a time dedicated to honouring and uplifting the nation’s youths, there is an urgent issue that needs attention, childhood eye diseases, particularly myopia. This condition is...
For two days, May 21-22, tourism stakeholders, buyers and sellers, and others took over the hall in Building A at the Montego Bay Conference Centre in St James. There were many attractive booths set up and operated by tourism businesses from all...
WESTERN BUREAU: Members of the Special Operations Team of the St James Police Division now have their own operational and administrative base in the form of a container mobile office at the St James Police Divisional Headquarters in Freeport,...
The Rose Garden Community Centre, which, in its heyday, brought the community together, was renovated recently by residents with support from Project STAR and Carreras Limited. Residents of Rose Garden came out in full force, rolling up their...
WASHINGTON DC(ANI): A recent study discovered that greater sleep health was linked to lower levels of loneliness, with the association being stronger among younger persons. The findings of the study were presented at the SLEEP 2024 annual meeting...
Sophia Taylor Salmon was excited to collect her grand prize of a $250,000 Courts voucher from JMMB Money Transfer CEO, Sharon Gibson. She was named the grand prize winner of the JMMB Money Transfer Visa prepaid card three month campaign. Taylor...
WESTERN BUREAU: Oppley Ebanks, the St James man who reportedly used a stone to beat another man to death during a confrontation on January 14, will learn whether his case will be tried in the St James Circuit Court when he attends his scheduled...
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite a slight reduction in the year-on-year decline in the number of murders committed in the county of Cornwall since 2024, the western region remains bloody with more than 150 killings so far this year, the latest police...
A 15-year-old Homestead, Spanish Town, St Catherine boy has been charged with murder in connection with the stabbing death of a 16-year-old during an altercation. The teen was charged on Saturday following a question and answer session in the...
The police in Clarendon have charged a 50-year-old man for allegedly raping a woman and stoning her while she was escaping from his home. Charged with false imprisonment, rape, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm is Delroy Buckley, otherwise...
The Ministry of Tourism is reporting that Jamaica recorded over two million visitors in the first five months of 2024, which it notes is a historic achievement. It says preliminary data reveal that the country saw 1,265,830 stopover visitors and...
