The woman who died as a result of injuries she received in a collision in the Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine this morning has been identified as 59-year-old Valerie Ennis of the Whitehouse Housing Scheme in Linstead in the parish. Reports are...

LONDON (AP) -- A British policeman has pleaded guilty to the kidnap and rape of a woman as she walked home in south London and whose body was found a week later in the woods. A court at London's Old Bailey heard Tuesday that Wayne Couzens...

Fifty-seven-year-old Hugh Archer of Askenish district in Hanover died from injuries he received in a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Bogue Hill Road and AGS Coombs main road in St James on Monday, June 07. The police report that...

LONDON (AP) -- The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator says the bloc is ready to act "firmly and resolutely" if the United Kingdom fails to honour its commitments under the divorce deal that was supposed to keep trade...

Consumers are being encouraged to examine fruits and vegetables they purchase, to ensure that there is no visible indication of spoilage or contamination. Speaking in a recent 'Get the Facts' interview on the JIS television programme,...

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC - Antigua and Barbuda Tuesday signed a treaty on basic relations with Russia that both countries said would further enhance their cooperation in a number of areas. Prime Minister Gaston Browne and Russia's...

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The Biden administration said Tuesday that it has identified more than 3,900 children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border under former President Donald Trump's "zero-tolerance" policy on...

One woman is feared dead after a minibus plunged into the Rio Cobre in Bog Walk, St Catherine, just over an hour ago. The bus reportedly collided with a Toyota Fielder station wagon. Six persons, including the driver of the minibus, as well as the....

The Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) is appealing to relatives of the elderly and shut-ins to facilitate the process for them to receive the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. Regional Health Promotion and Education Officer at the WRHA,...

A three-vehicle collision at Crab Hill in Portland involving two cars and a hearse transporting a body has been viewed by many as somewhat sinister. The eerie accident took place shortly before 10 p.m. Monday, along the main thoroughfare of the...

Jamaica on Monday recorded three COVID-19 fatalities, increasing the tally to 974. The deceased are a 77-year-old woman from Portland, a 79-year-old female from Trelawny, and a 66-year-old woman from Clarendon. Two more deaths under investigation,.....

October 13, 2020 started like any other for John Brown* as he left early for work, but he later suffered a bone-chilling, life-changing experience as gunmen shot him 33 times and left him for dead. Miraculously, he survived . "I know that God...

Last month, Jamaica-born Dr Mitzie Ballintine, who manages a community health clinic in Orlando, Florida, graduated with a doctorate in nursing practice (honours). It marks the latest achievement for Ballintine, who had to overcome struggles in......

The police are confirming that another man is in custody following a fatal shooting incident in Irish Town, St Andrew, last Friday. Head of the St Andrew North Police Division, Senior Superintendent Aaron Fletcher, told THE STAR yesterday that......

During the last Atlantic hurricane season, Janell Mannings dreaded the possibility of a natural disaster destroying the dilapidated thatch dwelling she lived in. But this June, Mannings and her two children are in a completely different space,......

JA gets kits to identify COVID-19 variants of concern Jamaica has received 6,000 specially designed COVID-19 PCR test kits that can identify variants of the virus that are currently of concern to health practitioners. The medical testing...

As weather experts predict a very active 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season, a St Andrew family has decided to raise the height of their yard and home 16 inches above surface in an attempt to avoid getting flooded out. Blanch Allen, 57, who lives on....

The family of Romario Manning is seeking assistance to have him transferred to an intensive care unit (ICU) at Hospiten in Montego Bay to undergo at least three life-saving surgeries. The family say the Montego Bay-based institution is their...

AMSTERDAM -- Moderna Inc. has filed a request with the European Medicines Agency for its COVID-19 vaccine to be granted authorisation for use in adolescents. In a statement on Monday, Moderna said it had filed data for a conditional marketing...

Dozens of commuters were left stranded today after taxi operators who ply the Port Antonio to Manchioneal route in Portland protested over the lack of adequate parking. The taxi operators also directed their frustrations at the bus park, located...