Jamaica ended 2025 with 673 murders, marking the first time the homicide rate has fallen below 700 in 31 years. &n ...

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

Legislation and policing alone cannot remove the tools of crime from criminals. In this regard, I call on every citizen to ...

Jamaica’s state of emergency may threaten its tourism industry as crime continues to increase in the country and local authorities struggle to clamp down on it. “That is all the government is trying ...

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 ...

After recording the highest murder rate in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2020, Jamaica is already seeing an uptick in violence this year, with an average of more than 100 homicides per month. The ...

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] ...

In May of 2010, the streets of Kingston, Jamaica erupted in fierce gun battles between security forces and followers of drug lord Christopher “Dudus” Coke. It took most of us in the international ...

For the second time in as many weeks, the State Department is citing increased crime on another Caribbean island nation and warning American citizens to "reconsider travel" to Jamaica. The warning, ...

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 ...