A suggestion by one of Jamaica's foremost cultural experts for incarcerated deejay Vybz Kartel to be included in the public vaccination campaign has found favour with Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton and his opposition counterpart, Dr Morais.....

Cradling their two-week-old son, Simone Scott-Harris and her husband, Dwayne Harris, yesterday made the trek to the National Arena in Kingston to get their COVID-19 jabs. Despite a massive crowd turning up to get their shots as part of a...

Dorothy Nugent is hoping that she will benefit from one of the one-bedroom units - complete with a bathroom and a kitchen - that will be constructed in Belrock, off Olympic Way in St Andrew, for fire victims who lost their homes in 2018. The 53-.....

A staggering 91 deaths have resulted from crashes on the nation's roads that have taken place during curfew hours. The majority of these deaths, according to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Gary McKenzie, resulted from speeding. "We have......

Clinical child and family psychologist, Dr Susaye Rattigan, says the best way she sees for people to maintain their mental health during lockdown is for them to remain hopeful and optimistic. "People need hope, hope and optimism, that this isn....

GENEVA (AP): The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) declared FIFA and other football bodies to be victims of corrupt former officials and said yesterday they would get more than US$200 million from cash forfeited in a sprawling...

Residents of Brae Head in northern Clarendon are calling for attention to be placed on a waterfall in the community, which they say could provide earning opportunities for the people. According to businessman Glenroy Anderson, the falls is just....

Up until age 13, Ricardo Baker had been enjoying what could easily be considered a normal childhood. He was attending school, running around with his peers and was indulging his passion for music by playing the drums. However, shortly after his......

A teenager was formally charged on Tuesday for the July shooting death of 40-year-old Winston Muir otherwise called 'Baggie', along East Road in the vicinity of Sixth Street in Kingston. The teen a 17-year-old boy has been...

LONDON (AP) -- The international scientists dispatched to China by the World Health Organization to find out where the coronavirus came from said Wednesday the search has stalled and warned that the window of opportunity for solving the...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness reports that over 21,000 Jamaicans were vaccinated on Tuesday, August 24 as it continued its four day special vaccination blitz across the island. This number represents a record for the highest number of...

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC) - Grenada's Health Minister Nickolas Steele says he is prepared to suffer the financial consequences after he was photographed recently in the company of American actor and martial artist Steven Seagal...

Jamaica on Tuesday recorded 367 new COVID-19 cases from 1,033 samples tested, increasing total confirmed cases to 63,831 with 14,128 being active. This brings the country's positivity rate to 44.4%. Of the new cases,...

(AP) - OnlyFans says it has suspended a plan to ban sexually explicit content following an outcry from its creators and advocates for sex workers. The subscription site said in a prepared statement Wednesday that the planned ban was "no...

Tiffany Taylor STAR Writer The latest social media challenge is crushing all the fun, leaving its participants seriously injured. It's called the milk crate challenge, where persons are tasked with climbing wobbly crates that are stacked as a...

A woman in Belgium has reportedly been banned from a zoo, after she confessed to having an 'affair' with a chimpanzee. Reports are that Adie Timmermans had been visiting Chita, a 38-year-old chimpanzee, each week for the past four...

One single action browning pistol was handed over to the police by residents in Adelphi, St James on Monday, during a communitry patrol.  Reports are that about 10:30 p.m., cops were on patrol along the Adelphi main road...

A St Catherine man has been arrested and charged for stabbing his stepson to death during a fight at their home on Thurday, August 12. The deceased has been identified as 24-year-old Shawn Wynter. Charged with murder is 33-year...

Six persons were arrested and charged for breaching the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA), and 13 others warned for similar breaches in the St Catherine South police division between Sunday and Monday, following operations aimed at...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC)-- Barbados health officials have denied reports that a woman collapsed and died last weekend after receiving her second dose of COVID-19 vaccine. In a statement, Barbados' Ministry of...