BLACKNESS, Westmoreland — Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says last week’s flare-up of violence in Spanish Town may just be the chance to free the area from gangs that have held it in a vice grip for decades.

The communities of Ellerslie Pen and Tawes Meadows in Spanish Town, St Catherine are now under curfew. The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) says the curfew will remain until 6:00 pm on Friday, January 25.

The business community in Spanish Town is worried that the State of Emergency (SOE) imposed Tuesday morning in the St. Catherine North Police Division will lead to a significant downturn in commercial activity.

Police in Jamaica have killed a top gang leader whose death has unleashed a violent backlash near the capital of Kingston and prompted authorities to raise the threat level to extreme.

The Police High Command says the security forces are maintaining order in Spanish Town, St. Catherine following the disturbanc

Jamaica's Olympic 100m silver medallist Kishane Thompson made a convincing return to the track on Saturday, clocking 6.48sec to win the 60m at a meeting in Spanish Town.

Whatever the case may be, the sad reality is that whether it is the criminals, agents of the State, or any other authority, the predicament is that they will all continue to indulge in this recurring reactive retribution, and they will do it every time.

Many of us experienced déjà vu on hearing and reading comments by some residents of Tawes Meadows in Spanish Town following the death of Mr Othniel “Thickman” Lobban in an

The Great American Conference announced the third men’s track & field athletes of the week for the indoor season. Northwestern Oklahoma State’s Kareem Small won the Track award and Southern

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In the province of Granada, there is a town famous for something really unique: it has more than 2,000 cave houses carved into the mountains – a remarkable testament to human ingenuity in adapting to the environment.

Kennedy once again betrays his ignorance about Medicaid. “The premiums are too high, the deductibles are too high, and everybody’s getting sicker,” he said. But Medicaid has no premiums or ...