In the Press - Jamaica

Better days for INDECOM, police relations

After a rough start with distrust on both sides and court battles, the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) and the police seem to have arrived ...

Crump bowing out - Businessman says no to calls for him to continue as chamber president

Davon Crump, the outgoing president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is crediting a team effort for the numerous achievements it achieved ...

Cruel by choice - Thousands of Jamaican children intentionally injured by adults annually

Less than 48 hours after Jamaicans joined the rest of the world in marking International Children's Day, there is confirmation that scores of the nation's ...

Slain cop buried with full constabulary honours

MEMBERS of the Jamaica Constabulary Force were shocked when news broke that one of their own, Sergeant Courtnie Anthony Simpson, was shot to death at ...

Murdered Bethel College principal laid to rest

PRINCIPAL of the Bethel College in Clarendon, 27-year-old, Kenrick Orlando Tyndale, who was found died in his motor vehicle in February, was laid to rest ...

Gayle’s RCB remain in IPL playoff contention

BANGALORE, India (CMC) - Chris Gayle’s Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) remained in contention for play-off berth beating Chennai Super Kings by 24 runs in their ...

RSS soldier critical after being stabbed

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados CMC - A Belizean soldier attached to the Caribbean defence pact headquartered in Barbados remained hospitalised in critical condition after being stabbed in ...

Education ministry working to cut costs - Thwaites

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Education Minister Ronald Thwaites says the ministry is working to cut costs within its agencies this year by sharing facilities, expertise and ...

One dead in St Catherine car crash

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Twenty-four-year-old Chris-Renale Robinson of Whitehouse in Ewarton, St Catherine is now dead and another person injured in a motor vehicle crash on ...

Beckham captains PSG in last home game

PARIS (AP) - David Beckham has been named Paris Saint-Germain's captain for Saturday's French League game, his final home match before retiring. ...

Police list ‘Mansaw’ and ‘Buck Major’ as 'persons-of-interest'

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Detectives from the Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) have listed two men as ‘persons-of-interest’ whom they believe can assist in a matter currently ...

Ananda Alert: 15-y-o Danieke Williamson of Kingston 19 missing

KINGSTON, Jamaica - An Ananda Alert has been activated for 15-year-old Danieke Williamson otherwise called ‘Angel’ of Hill View Terrace, Kingston 19, who has been ...

Police seize two firearms in Kingston 11

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Detectives assigned to the Half Way Tree Police Station seized two firearms during an operation on Seaward Avenue, Kingston 11 on Friday. ...

Police seized two firearms in Kingston 11

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Detectives assigned to the Half Way Tree Police Station seized two firearms during an operation on Seaward Avenue, Kingston 11 on Friday. ...

Met Service fully prepared for 2013 Hurricane season

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) - Director of the National Meteorological Service (Met Service), Jeffery Spooner, says the agency is fully prepared to provide timely and accurate ...

US warns nationals about Bahamas crime situation

NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) – The United States is urging nationals travelling to The Bahamas to be wary of the crime situation in the country after ...

Police fatally shoot man in Santa Cruz

SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - A man was fatally shot Friday afternoon in a confrontation with the Police in Warminster, Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth. ...

Fraser-Pryce wins Shanghai 100m, Jeter injured

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Double Olympic champion Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce easily won the 100m in 10.93 at the Shanghai Diamond League in China Saturday. ...

Weir wins Shanghai Diamond League 200m

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica’s Olympic bronze medallist Warren Weir won the 200 metres in 20.18 ahead of Justin Gatlin 20.21 at the Shanghai Diamond League ...

Weir wins Shanghai Diamond League 200

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica’s Olympic bronze medallist Warren Weir won the 200 metres in 20.18 ahead of Justin Gatlin 20.21 at the Shanghai Diamond League ...