The Jamaica Association of Principals of Secondary Schools (JAPSS) is calling for the government to increase investment in ...

Police Commissioner Dr Kevin Blake says 2025 has delivered massive results in the fight against crime, but he maintains that ...

Jamaica’s broadcasting regulator has banned music and TV broadcasts deemed to glorify or promote criminal activity, violence, drug use, scamming and weapons. The government said the ban is meant to ...

The U.S. government has raised its travel alert level for Jamaica amid a spate of murders in the Caribbean nation, urging Americans to reconsider visiting the island "due to crime and [unreliable] ...

Rising crime in Jamaica has caused the country’s prime minister to declare a state of emergency in several areas, including the popular tourist destination of Montego Bay. Jamaican Prime Minister ...

Administration has embarked on “one of the largest crime management strategies this hemisphere has ever seen”, Government ...

The State Department reissued a Level 3 travel advisory for Jamaica last month, asking Americans to "reconsider travel to Jamaica due to crime and medical services." "Violent crimes, such as home ...

Local crime concerns led Jamaica's prime minister Andrew Holness to declare a state of emergency last week. Yet, that announcement may soon be considered an ironic subtext in what is shaping up as the ...

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When I read the New York Times writing about a 40 percent fall in Jamaica’s murder rate (it’s still very high) I naturally wondered about Kevin Drum’s lead angle. And he says it fits the pattern: From ...

The secret of Usain Bolt’s sprinting prowess, at least according to his Aunt Lilly, lies in a substance the precocious Olympic champion has consumed for years: the mouth-watering yellow yams she still ...