Apresiding judge in Jamaica will have the authority to prescribe whether a defendant who is granted bail should wear an electronic tracking device or ankle bracelet when the new Bail Act 2022 takes effect.

With a rise in Jamaican-related gang activities in Turks & Caicos Islands, the Territory’s Governor, Nigel Dakin, is appealing for support from the Jamaican Government to bring the situation under control.

When Norman "Pedro" Campbell was deported from Canada more than a decade ago his sister Michelle "Ann-Marie" Roache took him in.

While acknowledging a "worrying trend" on Tuesday, Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson, reported a 3.8 per cent increase in major crimes across the island so far this year, when compared to the corresponding period in 2021.

The Home Circuit Court this morning heard that DNA on a toothbrush belonging to social media influencer Donna Lee Donaldson matched forensic evidence found in the apartment of her boyfriend Constable Noel Maitland.

After months of closure following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the tourism sector said it has, to date, raked in over US$5.7 billion in earnings since reopening its borders in June 2020.

SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD Mozein Sutherland was named winner of the televised Digicel Rising Stars talent contest on Sunday evening.

Jamaica’s national senior women’s football team will host Paraguay in two friendly Internationals, next month.

Abartender who was shot several times by two gunmen at a bar on Seaward Drive, St Andrew, has been hospitalised.

ABritish national was arrested Saturday after being held with US$400,000 worth of cocaine at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James.