‘Not every man without sight is without vision’ is the mantra that Meeks Campbell, 44, continues to live by. Campbell, though being blind for eight years, has been bestowing vision to others, both children and adults, by granting them the gift ...

State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Leslie Campbell, says the Government is committed to ridding the country of the crime of human trafficking. Campbell, who was addressing a virtual Jamaica Diaspora Round......

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr Christopher Tufton, says that details about the process of registration for persons 60 years and older, to receive the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, will be provided in short order. The inoculation of members of......

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan will not take part in China's offer -- accepted by the International Olympic Committee -- to provide vaccines for "participants" in the postponed Tokyo Games and next year's Beijing Winter...

Could Netflix and Chill be coming to an end? It was recently revealed that Netflix is testing a way to crack down on password sharing. The popular streaming service has been using popups to ask some users to verify their account via email or text,.....

The Police are seeking the public's assistance in locating a man identified as Ricardo Richards, otherwise called 'Kaka', after he disarmed a policeman and shot him. The incident reportedly happened at the National Chest...

March 19 has been set as the new sentencing date for Dante Brooks, the teenage son of dancehall deejay Mavado, who was found guilty of murder, illegal possession of firearm, and arson. Brooks, 18, was scheduled to be sentenced in the...

Forty-two-year-old Stephen Witter, who was arrested and charged by members of the St Andrew North Division for several breaches, was convicted when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. Witter, who was seen in viral videos...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, has reported that 2,718 persons, or 83 per cent of those targeted to be inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine on the first day of activating the COVID-19 Vaccine Implementation Programme on...

Jamaica on Thursday recorded five more COVID-19 deaths, pushing the tally to 480. Those who have died are: A 64-year-old female from Manchester A 56-year-old female from Kingston and St Andrew A 61-year-old male from Hanover A 41-year-old......

While they welcome the latest curfew imposed in the volatile Norwood community, residents in the Hollywood and Dacatone Square areas told THE WEEKEND STAR that they were still living in fear. "Is a shame and disgrace fi know seh a di Minister of.....

Chairman of the St Catherine Municipal Corporation Norman Scott has called on the government to reconsider its ban on burials. "Funeral directors are highlighting the fact that there are 10 weeks in backlog of bodies in the parlours. With an...

Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is assuring Jamaicans that there is overwhelming evidence to support the efficacy and safety of the AstraZeneca vaccine. "We don't bring vaccines here unless they passed clinical trials and are......

Cavan, who won the first season of the Digicel Rising Stars competition in 2004, says he has found another occupational passion in farming. "I have always been connected to nature and it's a way, for me, to get in touch with God," said Cavan,...

Dr Devonee Dawson of the Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester is urging Jamaicans to 'mask up' through the lyrics of one of his latest singles. Mask Up by the 26-year-old surgeon, who goes by the moniker Lyrical Doctor, has even caught......

Sierra Leone's Ambassador to Jamaica Sidiqui Wai has commended THE WEEKEND STAR for helping his countrywoman, Etta Findlay, to be reunited with her relatives in the West African country. The January 22 publication highlighted the plight of...

The Westmoreland police have ramped up their drive to rid the parish of motorcycle gunmen, following another attack on Wednesday night. The attack left four persons, including three females, nursing gunshot wounds in hospital. Reports by the...

Stephen Witter, the man who was arrested after berating cops at Hellshire Beach in St Catherine, was convicted on Thursday for several breaches in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. Witter, 42, was videotaped on Sunday, March 7, telling...

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A Clarendon farmworker has been charged by the Narcotics Police after being found with cocaine hidden in food items in his luggage at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston. He is Ochena Demetri of Gimme-Me-Bit in Clarendon. He was...