Two baby brothers perished in a fire which destroyed their home at Barrett Hall in Lilliput, St James, yesterday after their mother left them alone in the dwelling and went to a nearby shop. The bodies of the boys, Aden Flowers, three, and his...

Angry residents in Great River, Hanover, have launched a manhunt for a man who they say set his girlfriend on fire after dousing her with gasolene yesterday. Reports are that the couple, who operate a car wash and bar in Great River, have...

Sainna Christian, 23, is a history-making Jamaican, having been named one of three valedictorians of the LeMoyne-Owen College in Tennessee, USA. Christian and two other women attained a grade point average (GPA) of 4.0, resulting in a tie for...

The mother of 18-year-old Oneil Chambers, who was shot in a confrontation with police on Tuesday night in Greenwich Town, Kingston, is adamant that her son was not a wrongdoer. "Him never yet in any trouble, nobody never come to me yet bout him......

Years before Woman District Constable Sashawna Ingram joined the police force, she admits she had many passions. She recalled the words of her father Noel Ingram, who told her that "when you are young you should explore, so as you get older you......

The Government will be spending $300 million on the first phase of the 'Paint the City, Paint the Town' project. It will generate employment through beautification, mural painting, street-sign installation and the improvement of selected markets.....

For more than 40 years, Isaiah Thompson has been using his special mixture of herbs to heal people in his Burnside Valley, Red Hills, St Andrew, community. The 65-year-old, who is hailed as the 'Bush Doctor' in the area, believes God laid the...

Jamaica has spent more that US$35 million since 2014 exploring for oil and gas. The figure was revealed on Tuesday by Daryl Vaz, minister of science, energy and technology. A private entity, United Oil and Gas (UOG), which has been given the go-.....

Shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic reached Jamaica's shores last year, Denise Williams Daley decided to leave her job in the food service business and focus on her budding agricultural venture. Three years before the pandemic, Williams Daley,...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Matthew Samuda, has lamented the volume of contraband that find their way into the island's prisons. "We have seen the number of cellular phones go above 2,000 seizures in......

A total of 6,000 young people will be engaged under the Youth Summer Employment Programme (YSEP) this year. Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Desmond McKenzie said that the new cohort will begin the programme in August and will....

(AP) - The Atlantic hurricane season will be busier than normal, but it's unlikely to be as crazy as 2020's record-shattering year, meteorologists said Thursday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasted that the...

NEW YORK (AP) — People who get vaccinated at select state-run vaccination sites in New York next week will receive a lottery scratch ticket as the state tries to boost slowing vaccination rates. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the pilot program at 10...

The police in Portland seized approximately three thousand pounds of ganga during an operation at San Shy Fishing Beach in Bryan's Bay in the parish on Wednesday. Reports from the Port Antonio police are that between the hours of 8:05 p.m....

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) will launch the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Programme, which will assist firefighters to better manage emergency situations. Making the disclosure during his contribution to the 2021/22 Sectoral Debate in the House of...

BRUSSELS (AP) -- The head of the World Trade Organization says it's paramount to diversify vaccine manufacturing and develop production in Africa and Latin America to contain the coronavirus pandemic. On the eve of a global health summit...

Four women and four men from Manchester, account for eight of the ten Jamaicans who have been reported as having died from COVID-19 in the latest clinical summary from the Ministry of Health, increasing the death tally to 902. The deaths occured...

WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) -- Even as some Caribbean countries relax entry protocols for travellers who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has strongly advised against going that route. PAHO...

Additional mobile telecommunication services are to be provided for Jamaica, following Cabinet's approval for a third service provider, Rock Mobile, to be granted a licence to operate on the island. The disclosure was made by Minister of...

The brother of Triston Graham, the 17-year-old Lennon High School student who collapsed and died in May Pen, Clarendon, on Monday afternoon is saddened by allegations that his sibling did not receive assistance immediately. Triston's family said.....