8+ hour, 57+ min ago   (887+ words) Justice Minister Delroy Chuck says there is no longer a backlog of expungement applications following the recent amendments to the Criminal Records (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Amendment Act (2026). Chuck made the disclosure on Sunday at the Eastern Region Assize Church Service…...

8+ hour, 58+ min ago   (398+ words) There is need for greater clarity by the government on its plan to build a new, state-of-the-art prison, including timelines for construction and proposals for a public-private partnership for the project. Plans for a new prison have been on and…...

17+ hour, 17+ min ago   (115+ words) The police in St Catherine are searching for a group of men who eluded cops, leaving behind a small quantity of ammunition for high-powered rifles. Twenty rounds of 7.62 calibre ammunition used in AK-47 rifles and a single 12-guage shotgun cartridge…...

20+ hour, 56+ min ago   (197+ words) The police have released the identity of a man who was shot and killed in St Catherine on Saturday after he reportedly pointed a gun at cops. He is Shane Williams, also called "Baller", "Gaza Toussaint" and "Teachable", a 37-year-old…...

21+ hour, 34+ min ago   (170+ words) Two men and a woman were shot and killed by the security forces in St Andrew early Sunday morning during what the police say was a confrontation with armed thugs. The identities of the three people killed have not yet…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (332+ words) Councillor Scean Barnswell is urging residents and other stakeholders to intensify their vigilance and assist the police investigation into the reported abduction and sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl in Mineral Heights, Clarendon, on Tuesday morning. The child was reportedly…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (143+ words) A 20-year-old Spanish Town, St Catherine, woman who retracted a police report that her boyfriend fired shots at her following a disagreement has been charged with creating public mischief. She is Tasheke Grant, a hairdresser of a Beacon Hill address....

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (76+ words) A former missionary with an Ohio-based ministry pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges that he sexually abused two boys in Haiti, reaching an agreement with prosecutors that could lead to a prison sentence of at least 25 years. Jeriah Mast, 45, of…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (507+ words) Lorraine Narine was at a grave digging in St Mary yesterday when she was jolted by a loud sound and given the news no mother wants to hear – her son had been shot. Her son, 22-year-old Sazaree Clarke, whom she…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (296+ words) A lawyer friend once said to me that she deliberately tries not to pay too much attention to the American legal system because sometimes it simply makes no sense whatsoever. Even if Charles Dickens hadn’t famously given us the phrase…...