PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has urged residents of the region not to neglect to protect themselves against mosquito-borne diseases, even as they battle the COVID-19 pandemic. During the last...

HONOLULU (AP) -- A doctor and a team of neonatal medical professionals were in the right place at the right time -- helping a Utah woman deliver her baby onboard an hourslong flight to Hawaii. Lavinia "Lavi" Mounga was...

MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian authorities gave regulatory approval Thursday to a single-dose version of the country's Sputnik V vaccine, arguing that the move could accelerate the process of achieving herd immunity against the coronavirus....

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has revealed that four more persons have died from COVID-19 on Wednesday, pushing the tally to 798. The deceased are: an 84-year-old female from Kingston and St Andrew, a 95-year-old female from Kingston and St......

WASHINGTON, CMC - Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr Carissa Etienne, says the entity is taking steps to boost COVID-19 vaccine uptake among healthcare workers in member countries, especially those on the frontline in the...

Minister of Justice, Delroy Chuck, wants to see the expungement of the criminal records of more ex-offenders who have long given up on a life of crime and are now upstanding citizens. Expungement involves the formal removal of a conviction from an.....

George, 66, had every intention of fulfilling his daily routine of operating his informal taxi service from his base in St Catherine, and returning home safely at the end of the day. However, last Wednesday, his anticipation of a smooth day was......

A taxi man who slashed his ex-girlfriend during a dispute pleaded guilty when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Wednesday. Aubrey Bailey, 30, is to return to court on June 18 to further settle the matter. It was reported......

A father and son, who got into a fight following an argument about their home, were able to resolve their issues at the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. Chief Parish Judge Chester Crooks ordered Kerron Miller, 21, and his father to.....

St Catherine resident Horace Thomas has been using wicker to produce various craft items for years. However, despite his best efforts, he is unable to find an apprentice. The self-taught Thomas, who hails from High Mountain, Bog Walk, said the...

Four inmates and one correctional officer from the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre who received scholarships to attend the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) are said to be doing extremely well in their programmes. The five...

There will be no National Labour Day projects this year. In making the announcement in the House of Representatives yesterday, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange said Jamaicans are being asked to "stay home and...

When Ryan Mitto abandoned his mechanic job of 11 years to pursue a career in bartending in 2010, many thought he was foolish. He had grown weary of the day-to-day routine working at his father's mechanic shop and longed for a change. As fate...

One man has been charged in connection with the murder of two men whose bodies were discovered in a motor car on Maple Leaf Avenue, Kingston 10, on Thursday, March 18. The accused is 32-year-old Rameish Reid of Sunrise Crescent, Kingston 19....

Floyd Green, the minister of agriculture and fisheries, said that the agiculture sector has continued to grow. "We have identified the beekeeping industry as one of the areas in which we could develop a competitive advantage, as there is a...

Too close for comfort A man is unable to access the side of his house after his neighbour added an extension to within just a couple of inches from his property. Stuart Smith has been angered by the "overlapping" development and the case is...

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is reporting that some 525 streetlights have been stolen across the island since the start of 2021. The company said the highest incidences of theft occur in Portmore, Linstead and Guy's Hill in St...

Over $30 million was provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries through training and capacity building to 23 beekeeping projects island-wide in 2020. Additionally, in response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry, the......

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- A Malian woman has given birth to nine babies after only expecting seven, Mali's Minister of Health said Wednesday. The 25-year-old Halima Cisse gave birth to the babies by cesarean section on Tuesday in Morocco...

Jamaica on Tuesday recorded one more COVID-19 death, pushing the tally to 794. The deceased is a 94-year-old woman from St Elizabeth. Three more cases have been recorded as coincidental deaths, increasing the tally to 120. And two more fatalities......