Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Everald Warmington, says close to $200 million will be allocated to carry out much needed infrastructural roadworks in the parishes of Westmoreland and Hanover....

The Trelawny Police have seized one M16 rifle and several rounds of ammunition during an operation in Scarlett Hall district in the parish on Thursday. Thirty-nine-year-old Courey Brown, a fisherman, has been charged with illegal possession of...

LONDON (AP) -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed Monday that his government plans to scrap laws requiring face masks and social distancing later this month, though he acknowledged that lifting the restrictions will drive surging...

A motive has not yet been established for the murder of a Portland man in the district of Windsor in the Rio Grande Valley on Saturday evening. Sixty-seven-year-old Lorraine Ming, a former cricketer, was attacked inside a bar shortly...

Jamaica has recorded six more COVID-19 fatalities, pushing the tally to 1,094. Those who have died are: * An 82-year-old woman from St Elizabeth. * A 61-year-old man from Kingston and St Andrew. * A 45-year-old female from St James. *...

Every time Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce steps on the track, some sort of record is in jeopardy. At the top of that list, of course, is Florence Griffith Joyner's 33-year-old mark in the 100 meters. At the upcoming Olympics, Fraser-Pryce, the 34-...

HAVANA (AP) -- Tropical Storm Elsa swept along Cuba's southern coast early Monday, and forecasters said it could make landfall on the island's central shore by mid-afternoon. By Sunday, Cuban officials had evacuated 180,000 people as a...

The Hanover police have reported that a search is being carried out for a Hanover teen who allegedly stabbed his older brother to death during a dispute over a motorcycle at their home in Upper Rock Spring last Thursday. The deceased has been...

Sections of the island were blanketed yesterday by heavy rains produced by Tropical Storm Elsa. Here are some of the scenes from the Corporate Area, rural St Andrew, St Thomas and Clarendon.

Two men were gunned down and three others shot and injured in St James on the weekend. The deceased have been identified as 28-year-old Conroy Campbell, otherwise called 'Rat Bat' of Church Hill, Flankers, and 29-year-old Ian Elliot, of a Gordon.....

Residents of New Haven, St Andrew, are breathing a sigh of relief that yesterday's rains did not bring a repeat of the catastrophic events of last year's flooding caused by Tropical Storms Eta and Zeta. They were thankful that their homes were...

Haunted by the Plantain Garden River that rises every time it rains, residents of Bachelor's Hall in St Thomas are again sounding an alarm for help. Describing their situation as desperate, residents of the small farming community told THE STAR......

Dozens of homes in Bull Bay, St Andrew, are without running water after two pipes burst, as heavy rains from Tropical Storm Elsa yesterday triggered a torrent of mud and debris. Corrol Jolly, who lives near to Beach Road in 11 Miles, said that in....

Farmer Oshane Robinson is hoping that a potato he reaped from his plot will bring him good luck and a bumper crop. Robinson, who has leased land from the Sugar Company of Jamaica Holdings Ltd, has planted sweet potato, pumpkin, plantain and...

Being named valedictorian for this year's cohort at the Church Teachers' College did not come as a surprise to Kevaughn Knight. In fact, it was a goal that he had set for himself when he enrolled at the institution in 2017. Knight, the first in......

The St Andrew South Police have recovered stolen lumber in Delacree Lane, Kingston 11, following a break-in at a Hardware Store on Hagley Park Road in St Andrew. The Jamaica Constabulary Force says the facility was broken into during the...

A Tropical Storm warning remains in effect for Jamaica as Tropical Storm Elsa continues to produce widespread rainfall and flash flooding across the island. This means that conditions associated with a tropical storm will continue today. According.....

HAVANA (AP) -- Cuba evacuated 180,000 people amid fears Sunday that Tropical Storm Elsa could unleash heavy flooding after battering several Caribbean islands, killing at least three people. The Cuban government had opened shelters and moved...

The Newport West Police Station in Kingston has been flooded amid heavy rains associated with Tropical Storm Elsa. Several parts of the Corporate Area including Marcus Garvey Drive have also been inundated. On the forecast track, Elsa will ...

Sections of Jamaica are being pounded by heavy rains on Sunday as Tropical Storm Elsa continues to move in a west-north-westerly direction, in close proximity to the island. In an update on Sunday morning, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and...