Forty-eight-year-old Allister Christie was arrested after he was caught attempting to smuggle a quantity of cocaine through the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Tuesday.

Ahigh-level team from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), headed by Deputy Commissioner in charge of the crime and security portfolio, Fitz Bailey, met with senior executives from Beryllium Limited on Wednesday afternoon.

Wednesday, 03 May 2023 10:30

Young offenders spared the courts

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MORE than 160 children between the ages of 12 and 17 accused, implicated, or suspected of breaches of the law, avoided the formal justice system in the last fiscal year as they benefited from the child diversion programme.

OPPOSITION spokesman on transport Mikael Phillips has blasted the Andrew Holness-led Government over its handling of the transport portfolio, in particular its management of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC).

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has disclosed that the ministry has been receiving applications for same-sex marriages, although same-sex marriage is not legal in Jamaica.
Effective immediately, farmers will see a 22 per cent cut in the price of granular fertiliser.
Wednesday, 03 May 2023 09:37

Murders on the decline in 2023

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There has been a 16 per cent reduction in murders so far this year, although several police divisions across the island have seen increases in shootings and killings.

A US citizen was last week convicted in the St James Parish Court for concealment of criminal property and possession of criminal property after cash was found in women's wigs in his luggage at the airport in Montego Bay, St James. 

Wednesday, 03 May 2023 08:45

Indecom looking into gunfire at Montaque's home

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The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing an incident that resulted in a firearm being discharged at the Oracabessa, St Mary home of former National Security Minister Robert Montague.

Wednesday, 03 May 2023 08:41

Chuck urges parties to settle 'dead lef' disputes

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Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck is urging beneficiaries of deceased persons whose matters are before the Administrator General’s Department (AGD) to agree to settle them quickly to prevent the devaluation of whatever assets may be in dispute.

The police remain in pursuit of a group of gunmen who staged another attack on a Beryllium courier vehicle in Albion, St Thomas Saturday morning.