Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) President Patsy Edwards Henry is moving to crush a rebellion within the ranks of public nurses who launched an islandwide sickout on Wednesday that crippled operations at hospitals already hobbled by the COVID-19....

Customers of medical marijuana distributor Epican could end up without their fix in coming months after the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) ordered the entity to destroy more than 1,000 plants cultivated after its licence to operate expired at.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Accustomed to perennial poor service at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH), many persons who showed up at the Montego Bay-based facility yesterday were initially unaware of a sickout among nurses, with almost half of the cohort...

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s favoured position in travel and tourism will be heavily weighted on the success of its vaccination campaign, the country’s minister of tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has said. Bartlett was responding to news that Jamaica’s...

The Corporate Area-based Hope Zoo, which had been teetering on the brink of closure as COVID-19 ravaged its revenue streams, has been given a lifeline to help sustain its operations, including more than 1,100 animals, by Lifespan. Lifespan CEO...

Before the vaccination site at the Mona Ageing and Wellness Centre at the University of the West Indies, Mona, was opened yesterday morning, more than 50 people were already eagerly in line to receive the single-shot Johnson...

Nursing managers in hospitals across the North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA) region moved quickly on Wednesday to fill the void created by the sickout of nurses, thus avoiding a critical drop in healthcare delivery in St Ann, St Mary, and.....

A homeless man on the streets of Kingston is advising the Government to mount an effective grass-roots campaign to educate the public on the possible side effects of the COVID-19 jabs and clear up concerns over the different brands to drive up...

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Floyd Green has directed the management of Newport Fersan, the country’s sole manufacturer of fertiliser, to report to him in a week’s time on possible adjustments that can be made to provide cheaper products f...

WESTERN BUREAU: In 18 days, Camille Campbell lost two sisters, a brother, and her common-law husband. Four family members in the height of a pandemic is a mountain of sorrow for the 46-year-old former gas station attendant. Other cases like hers...

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaicans applying for permanent residence in the United States must be vaccinated as part of the green card process. The new requirement released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) comes into effect October 1......

Almost 23 years after his life appeared to have been shattered by a gunman’s bullet, Kevin Robinson is opening a new chapter – literally. The 38-year-old released his book, True Pain: A R eal Life Story, on August 2 narrating a tale of triumph ...

Administrators of The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, have sought to allay fears of deregistration raised by third-year medical science students after communication was sent on Monday outlining the need to pay outstanding fees. An email....

WESTERN BUREAU: Ginger, garlic, bird pepper. Washing money with bleach and water. That’s the sum total of the immunity or resistance summoned by many residents in Westmoreland, a parish haunted by a rash of coronavirus deaths but where vaccine......

Jamaica achieved a one-day record of 21,000 COVID-19 vaccinations on Tuesday, bolstering hope that the country could meet its target of 65 per cent herd immunity by March 2022. Consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist Dr Leslie Meade has called......

Last Saturday, a family in Trelawny woke up to find their 15-year-old daughter missing. The usually reserved and well-behaved teenager who had an appointment to get vaccinated on Saturday went into hiding to avoid taking the jab. Her frantic...

WESTERN BUREAU: The American tourist who died from COVID-19 complications at the Cornwall Regional Hospital on Monday was reportedly three months pregnant and suffered from a comorbidity. Thirty-four-year-old Kaishundra Davis died 24 hours after......

The Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network (JYAN) is appealing to the health ministry to facilitate the vaccination of children 16 and older against COVID-19 without parental consent. Some 200,000 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines have been earmarked by......

WESTERN BUREAU: COVID-19 left a trail of death in its path in western Jamaica last weekend, taking with it a high-school teacher, two family-operated gas station proprietors, an auto parts worker, and a popular boutique owner. The diverse profiles....

WESTERN BUREAU: After refusing to be vaccinated, Westmoreland gas station operator Mike Urel Bacchas saw his wife, Marcia, pass away last Monday from COVID-19, and as he, too, was dying days later, he hoped to recover from the illness to take the......