A Jamaican athlete has died and another hospitalised in serious condition following a horrific motor vehicle accident along Hope Road in St Andrew on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as 400m runner Jordan Scott, a student of the University of Technology (UTECH). Scott previously attended Mannings and Petersfield High Schools in Westmoreland. According...
A teenage has been arrested and charged for a murder in St James. The teen reportedly shot and killed 33-year-old Koyodian ‘Rasta’ Grant, a craft vendor of Lap Land, Catadupa, St James in Ironshore on Sunday, January 14. According to the Coral Gardens Police, about 3:35 pm, Grant was standing along the...
LONDON (AP) — The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle has revealed that she had a miscarriage in July, giving a personal account of the traumatic experience in hope of helping others. Meghan described the miscarriage in an opinion piece in The New York Times...
Police from the Narcotics division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is reporting a massive drug find, as just over $24 million worth of cocaine was seized at the Kingston Port on Friday. According to reports, the drug find was made by members of the Jamaica Customs Contraband Enforcement Team...
NEW YORK (AP) — In the land of lexicography, out of the whole of the English language, 2020′s word of the year is a vocabulary of one. For the first time, two dictionary companies on Monday — Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com — declared the same...
The Jamaican dollar lost 71 cents against the US dollar on Thursday as the currency ended trading at a record breaking low $131.22 JMD to $1 USD. This is the very first time the US dollar has surpassed the $131 dollar mark. Meanwhile, the British Pound Sterling closed at $172.97 from $172.62,...
Captain Horace Burrell is dead at 67. The President of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), under whose leadership the Reggae Boyz qualified for the 1998 World Cup in France died on Tuesday, June 6. Captain Burrell was diagnosed with cancer last year shortly after falling ill. He however, spent time away from...
DENVER (AP) — A judge on Friday threw out a former radio host’s case against Taylor Swift in a trial that delved into their dueling lawsuits over whether he groped her during a backstage meet-and-greet and whether she and her team ruined his career. U.S. District Judge William Martinez determined...