Activists demanded Tuesday that Jamaica repeal a colonial-era law criminalizing gay sex, noting that the government still has not heeded a regional rights panel's recommendation two years ago to do so ...

KINGSTON – Jamaica is recording a decrease of more than 42 per cent in murder so far this year, according to the latest ...

Jamaica adopted Monday stronger domestic violence laws as the government aims to better protect victims on the island where people are reluctant to report such cases to authorities. Protection orders ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto RicoSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Jamaica adopted Monday stronger domestic violence laws as the government aims to better protect victims on the island where people are reluctant to report ...

KINGSTON (Reuters) - Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness renewed states of emergency in eight parishes on Wednesday to control an ongoing threat of crime linked to gang activity in the Caribbean ...

KINGSTON (Reuters) - A trial of dozens of alleged gang members in Jamaica is testing recent judicial reforms designed to fight the island's powerful criminal groups, widely blamed for the Caribbean ...

Opinion: I study Black girlhood in Jamaica. Here’s what I’ve learned about the “Confounding Island.” I never wanted to study violence — particularly when it came to Black girls. I had already seen it ...

Jamaica’s broadcasting regulator has banned music and television broadcasting deemed to glorify or promote criminal activity, violence, drug use, scamming, and weapons. The directive says that ...

Jamaican soldiers have been deployed in Kingston, the country's capital, to put an end to gang violence that has killed more than 20 people in the past few days. Linda Wertheimer talks with Gillian ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto RicoSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Activists demanded Tuesday that Jamaica repeal a colonial-era law criminalizing gay sex, noting that the government still has not heeded a regional rights ...