THE Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA) has reinforced its support of medical interns at the Mandeville Regional Hospital (MRH) who have voiced their dissatisfaction with being asked to conduct COVID-19 swabs and attend to ...

It's either fatigue or complete disregard, mayor of Port Maria, Councillor Richard Creary said of the behaviour of residents of St Mary in recent times.Creary has expressed that he is disgruntled by the reduced level of compliance...

The Amber Group and its subsidiary Amber Innovations Limited (Amber) says it wants to reassure the public that it is fully engaged with the Government and people of Jamaica in fighting the novel coronavirus pandemic. ...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — President of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association (JGRA) Dianne Parram says a more stringent approach has been taken in observing safety measures at petrol stations in recent times, even as the...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — February 21, 2020 is a day Lyden “Trevor” Heaven will never forget. On that day, fire resulted in the death of 59-year-old Daniel Farquharson, the injury of several people and $100 millio...

MEDICAL interns at Mandeville Regional Hospital (MRH) are agitated by inefficiencies and hazards that they have become exposed to at the Type B facility, located in central Jamaica.At the top of the list of challenges is the sched...

T he man accused of driving the getaway car that was linked to the killing of banker Andrea Lowe-Garwood on January 31 this year continues to shock some of his former co-workers who find it hard to accept that he would become inv...

Star athlete Brianna Williams paints a section of Knutsford Boulevard in New Kingstonyesterday, to prepare for today's Sigma Run 2021. (Photo: Karl McLarty) 

Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Jamaica National Group Earl Jarrett (right) and Professor Colin Gyles, acting president of University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech), sign a memorandum of understanding on academi...

Salada Foods Jamaica Manager Dianna Blake Bennett (right) and Jebb Memorial Basic School Principal Leonie Salmon Wong-Sue (left) show class 3 students DanielSmith and Jada Brown how to use their newly acquired tablets, courtesy of...

AS the amount of testing being done and the number of hospitalised COVID-19 patients continue to rise, more and more patients are facing time alone at home with the notoriously dangerous virus. This can be scary, confusing, and st...

A disgusting $422-million Health Ministry vaccine education budgetThe initial stench emanating from the announcement by Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Chris Tufton of a $422-million spend on COVID-19 vaccine public education a...

Thirty-seven student advocates wowed social media with their creative digital designs during the Digicel/NSSC Safer Internet Collage competition, from February 1-13.Following two weeks of intense competition, student leaders Krist...

IF you notice a tingling sensation in one of your teeth or sharp pain when eating something hot or cold that goes beyond regular tooth sensitivity, you may be dealing with pulpitis.Pulpitis occurs when the inner pulp portion of th...

ARE you feeling lazier these days? Does it feel like a mountain trek walking up a mere staircase? Are you suffering from exhaustion?With the onset of COVID-19, it is much easier to lead a less than active lifestyle in the context ...

Hardly anything about the February 18 Ceremonial Opening of Parliament looked like it did a few years ago, not even the fashions!Because restrictions remain in place as COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Jamaica, the regular pomp...

MANDALAY, Myanmar (AP) — Two anti-coup protesters were shot dead by riot police who fired live rounds Saturday in Mandalay, Myanmar's second-largest city, local media reported.One of the victims was shot in the head and died...

LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) — Prince Charles went to a London hospital on Saturday to visit his father Prince Philip who was admitted earlier this week for “observation and rest” after falling ill. ...

WASHINGTON, USA (AP) — Add Mother Nature to the pile of crises on President Joe Biden's plate.A month into the job and focused on the novel coronavirus, Biden is seeing his disaster management skills tested after winter stor...

LAS VEGAS,USA (AP) — Before the coronavirus pandemic, tourist-dependent Nevada had a notorious attraction: It was the only place in America where someone could legally pay for sex.These days, even in the state known for sin,...

Absence from those we loveIs self from self,A deadly banishment.— ShakespeareIT is said that after God created man, He saw that he was lonely, so He created woman to be his companion. It's also been said that God has a great...

WADE Blackwood, the confessed trigger man in the 2018 contract killing of St Andrew businesswoman Simone Campbell-Collymore, is to know his fate on March 11 this year.In January this year, the 24-year-old labourer, who has been in...

CONSULTATIONS with stakeholders and international partners are far advanced as the Jamaica Education Transformation Commission carries out its task of conducting a comprehensive review of all levels of the public education system....

GOVERNMENT will be using the slowdown in tourism activities due to the novel coronavirus pandemic as an opportunity to upgrade the sector's infrastructure and improve the quality of Jamaica's product.

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) — Caribbean American Congresswoman Yvette D Clarke on Thursday joined California Congresswoman Linda T Sánchez and New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez in introducing the bicameral United Stat...