A Portland businessman who was badly beaten and left to die after being robbed last month, has accused the Manchioneal police of doing nothing to solve the case. The 53-year-old businessman, who operates a nightclub in the parish, said that since....

Brian Townsend is thankful that he survived his 'nightmare' encounter with the coronavirus and is anxiously awaiting his opportunity to get the COVID-19 vaccine, once it becomes available to his age group. Townsend was hospitalised with the...

The nation's police are investigating two new cases of sexual abuse, one of which was committed against a 12-year-old, allegedly by her father. Information reaching THE STAR indicates that the father of the young girl started fondling her vagina....

St Catherine resident Natasha Rhoden is dying for a decent place to call home. The 47-year-old mother of four currently lives in a dilapidated one-room board and zinc structure in Lluidas Vale. The house has no running water or electricity, and it....

MUNICH (AP): Kylian Mbappe scored twice to lead Paris Saint-Germain to a 3-2 win at defending champion Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final yesterday. Mbappe was a constant threat while Neymar had two assists as....

It has been six months since 35-year-old Jhanell Bailey went missing and her family members are having a hard time coping. Sandra Smythe, Bailey's mother, said her disappearance has taken a toll on her health. "I have been so worried, my...

Opposition Leader Mark Golding has dismissed calls for the scrapping of legislation that allows persons who plead guilty to various crimes to benefit from a reduction in sentences. Under the Criminal Justice Administration Act, persons who plead.....

The Freeport Police in Montego Bay, St James, have commenced an investigation surrounding the death of a female taxi operator who was shot and killed by armed men along a section of the Tucker main road in the parish on Tuesday night. The...

For the past year, each time Carlton Smith sees an unfamiliar number calling his phone, his heart skips a beat as he hopes to hear the voice of his daughter Theresa Smith on the other end. Unfortunately, this has never been the case as the 16-year....

Police searching for missing Clarendon teacher Natalie Dawkins, earlier today found the body of a decomposing woman in Sandy Bay, Clarendon. The identity of the body could not be immediately determined because of the state of decomposition. For...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- In the largest program of its kind, New York lawmakers have created a $2.1 billion fund to aid workers who lost jobs or income during the coronavirus pandemic but were excluded from other government relief programs because...

Prime Minister of St Vincent Dr Ralph Gonsalves has issued an immediate evacuation order for north easterly and north westerly communities in an area designed as "the Red Zone" in the immediate path of the raging La Soufriere...

(AP) - Nations around the world set new records Thursday for COVID-19 deaths and new coronavirus infections, and the disease surged in some countries that have kept the virus in check. In the United States, Detroit leaders began making a plan to......

Opposition Shadow Minister of Education and Training, Dr Angela Brown Burke, has called on the Government to make proper representation for Jamaican students to be allowed to defer all aspects of their Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) exams...

The 46-year-old farmer heard threatening a woman in a viral telephone conversation on Tuesday, March 30 has been charged with with malicious communication and preventing a person from buying or selling. Reports are that about 8:20 p.m., the man...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness began its scheduling of vaccination appointments for persons age 60 years and older, staff members from the Department of Correctional Services, Jamaica Fire Brigade, PICA and Jamaica Customs, tourism workers and....

One man has been arrested for operating an illegal cooking gas refilling and distribution centre on Hellshire Road in Portmore, St Catherine, following a raid by members of the Counter Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Branch of the...

Fifteen more Jamaicans have died as a result of the coronavirus, increasing the island's COVID death tally to 646. According to the Ministry of Health's latest clinical summary report, the deaths occured between March 5 - April 5. ...

LONDON (AP) -- The U.K.'s COVID-19 vaccination program is beginning to break the link between infection and serious illness or death, according to the latest results from an ongoing study of the pandemic in England. Researchers at...

Kingstown, St Vincent (CMC) - Prime Minister of St Vincent Dr Ralph Gonsalves, has told teachers ahead of Monday's re-opening of schools that they should have a government-approved COVID-19 vaccine or have been tested for the virus,...