The National Works Agency (NWA) says works are set to start this month on another five contract packages under the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP). As such some roadways in sections of East Rural St Andrew and Western St Thomas....

Portland businessman Everton 'Beachy Stout' McDonald has been charged in connection with the murder of his first several years ago. In 2009 McDonald's first wife, Merlene, who was shot and killed outside her home in the community of...

Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of crime, Fitz Bailey, has indicated that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has arrested the main suspect in yesterday's murder of Andrea Lowe-Garwood. DCP Bailey has also revealed that the motive...

Trinidad and Tobago has been allocated an initial 100,000 to 120,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine via the COVAX Facility, which will be delivered by March, according to Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh. He said over the...

The National Commercial Bank (NCB) says it is deeply saddened by the tragic shooting of its team member, Andrea Lowe-Garwood. Lowe-Garwood was among those worshipping at the Agape Christian Fellowship Church in Falmouth yesterday, when a man...

The Yallahs High School in St Thomas says it will be suspending face-to-face classes this week after a student tested positive for COVID. The school said the student last attended classes on January 15. However, the student has two other two...

Jamaica is among 36 Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) member countries which have been notified about estimated doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines they could be receiving under the first phase of delivery, beginning in...

Jamaica on Sunday recorded two more COVID-19 deaths, pushing the tally to 352. The deceased are a 62-year-old male of a Clarendon address and a 71-year-old female of a St Mary address. One more case was recorded as a coincidental death, moving that....

The Trelawny police have confirmed that one of the three men who was taken into custody in connection with yesterday's murder of Andrea Lowe-Garwood in Trelawny is the victim's stepson. Head of the Trelawny police, Superintendent Carlos Russell,.....

Popular clergyman Rev Al Miller says that the reverence Jamaicans have for God continues to wane, following the murder of a woman during a church service yesterday. Andrea Lowe-Garwood, 50, was shot while attending church at the Agape Christian...

As Jane* and Jill* looked at the spot where their father, Harry McLeod was murdered, they couldn't help but clutch each other tightly, weeping. McLeod, 51, was gunned down yesterday morning on Darling Street, downtown Kingston. Nicknamed 'Harry....

It has been almost two months since Marie* decided to walk away from her troubles and seek refuge on the streets. The lanky mother of five cuts a dejected figure as she sat on a piece of cardboard which covered the cold pavement, with her back...

While the COVID-19 pandemic has placed a halt on many businesses in the country, persons who rummage at the Riverton City Dump in St Andrew say their livelihood has never stalled. They continue to sort for gold, copper and scrap metal, which are....

The woman who was featured on national television sleeping on the street with her young child is getting help. The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, says the woman has been taken from the street "and at this...

Last Thursday, Kerdell Pinnock became a centenarian. When asked how it felt to have reached the milestone, she exhaled and answered swiftly "It feels good Miss, and it is a blessing to be here." Pinnock, who is the 11th of 13 children for her...

When her mother died in 2003, June Lawrence and her siblings were forced to separate. Lawrence, who was seven at the time, recalls having a younger brother, Donavan Lynch, whom she hasn't seen since. The 24-year-old revealed that after searching....

A 5.7 magnitude earthquake was felt in parts of Guyana this afternoon. The country's Civil Defence Commission (CDC) said it received reports of an earthquake of shallow depth of 10 kilometres (km) with an epicentre near Boa Vista on the...

The police say they have taken three persons of interest into custody in connection with the murder of Andrea Lowe-Garwood in Trelawny today. Lowe Garwood, an employee of the National Commercial Bank, was shot several times at about 10:30 a.m., in....

National Security Minister, Dr Horace Chang, told reporters this afternoon that investigators have assured him that they already have a suspect on their radar for the murder of Andrea Lowe-Garwood. Lowe-Garwood, 51, was gunned down...

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, Jan. 31, CMC - The British Virgin Islands has implemented a ban on flights from Brazil and South Africa in the wake of reports of new strains of COVID-19 emerging in both countries. The announcement was...