Dorothy Forbes (centre) is presented with a month's supply of food, sanitiser and personal care products from Sean Paul Foundation representative Steve "Urchin" Wilson (left) and Food For the Poor Executive Director Kivette Silvera, at ...

Today is the 258th day of 2021. There are 107 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1935: The Nuremberg laws are passed, making discrimination against Jews part of Germany's national policy and making the swastika the official symbol o...

Jamaica is to receive an additional US$5.2 million in COVID-19 assistance from the American Government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)."The US$5.2 million in funding will advance vaccination and st...

IN an effort to solidify its role in overcoming the current pandemic, the popular ride-share app Uber introduced a number of COVID-19 safety measures for its lessor partners and users to utilise and keep safe while moving. In a release,...

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC) - Grenada's Acting Director of Medical Services Dr Tyhiesia Donald says most of the COVID-19-related deaths at the general hospital in his country are as a result of infected persons seeking hospital care at t...

MINISTER of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton says that more COVID-19 vaccines are expected in the island this week."We will see vaccines coming in every few weeks or, at least, every month going into the new year," he said, not...

JAMAICA has developed a climate resilience assessment framework, which will enhance climate-related risk management, climate responsibility and financial good governance of Jamaican small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).The framewor...

JAMAICAN-BORN commissioner for Broward County in Florida, Dale Holness is among a large field of candidates seeking to represent the State's 20th congressional district in the United States Congress.He is set to face off against 10 othe...

GEORGIA, United States (AP) - COVID-19 deaths and cases in the US have climbed back to where they were over the winter, wiping out months of progress and potentially bolstering President Joe Biden's argument for his sweeping new vaccina...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria is seeing one of its worst cholera outbreaks in years, with more than 2,300 people dying from suspected cases, as Africa's most populous country struggles to deal with multiple disease outbreaks.This year's...

An online petition launched September 10, 2021 by Merl Grove High past students has already received over 900 signatures, an indication of the intense interest the events leading to the suspension of the school's principal, Dr Marjorie ...

• There is a dire need for intervention from the Past Students Association, cause "SUMN NUH RIGHT YAH"... Either they support the principal who has a job to do, and doing so with results, or she leave the post for some other quali...

Professor Neville Ying (centre) reads an excerpt from his latest book Shaping a Servant Leader to Grace Baston, principal, Campion College, and Earl Jarrett, deputy chairman and chief executive officer,the Jamaica National Group, at the...

On the evening of September 6, 2021 Merl Grove Board Chairman David Hall summoned an emergency meeting of the school board, citing unrest at the school related to actions by the Principal Dr Marjorie Fullerton.Following is the text of H...

Past students of Merl Grove High have urged the Rev Dr Peter Garth, 30-year chaplain of the school and head of the Associated Gospel Assemblies which operates the school, to intervene in the crisis sparked by events there, leading to th...

The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) has added its voice to the call for Jamaicans to get vaccinated with a new social media campaign dubbed 'Trust the Facts; Get the Vax'. The campaign, MOCA said in a news releas...

THE People's National Party (PNP) has decided to postpone its 83rd annual conference which was slated to be held this weekend.This has opened fresh wounds in the already fractured party with some senior PNP insiders claiming they had no...

The débâcle at the church-run Merl Grove High School deepened yesterday with revelations that the education ministry late last year had to intervene in the financial running of the institution, and that 50 teachers, most disgruntled,...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - A massive security presence in this resort town ensured that the outrage among some Jamaicans did not reflect in the treatment meted out to cruise ship passengers who spent hours here yesterday. Several of those pass...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Facing allegations of bias, the Ministry of Tourism has declared that it does not ultimately decide which of the designated attractions cruise ship passengers visit when they arrive on the island.The ministry made th...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - There is uncertainty as to when operations will resume at the Melrose Yam Park which was last month closed by the health department.This follows pronouncements by officials at the local municipal corporation who...

LUCEA, Hanover - For those weary of the lockdowns imposed by the Government to limit spread of the novel coronavirus, Lucea Mayor Sheridan Samuels had a simple message at last Thursday's monthly meeting of the Hanover Municipal Corporat...

MAY PEN, Clarendon - Describing Sunday's brutal slaying of four people in Havana Heights as "a whole new level" of the crime plaguing the community, Opposition Leader Mark Golding said he and his team were compelled to visit to show res...

Today is the 257th day of 2021. There are 108 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1985: The American sitcom The Golden Girls debuts on television; known for its focus on older women - played by Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Beatrice A...

PORT MARIA, St Mary - An unusually high number of complaints about mosquitoes in this parish have pushed local health authorities to appeal for additional resources to intensify what is being described as an integrated approach to tackl...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, September 14, 2021: This year you could find your ability to communicate drawing new people toward you. Old friends and loved ones also relish talking to you. Enjoy socialising and expanding your immediate ci...

NEW YORK, United States (AP) - School started yesterday for about a million New York City public school students in the nation's largest experiment of in-person learning during the novel coronavirus pandemic.The first day of school coin...

OLYMPIA, Washington (AP) - Washington state troopers, prison correctional officers, ferry workers and other public sector employees have filed a lawsuit to try to overturn Governor Jay Inslee's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.The Northwest New...

At age seven she lost her father and, soon after, her mother became mentally ill, leaving Phelisia Ricketts-Graham in the care of an ailing grandmother whose very best efforts were sometimes not enough. There were days when the youngste...

THE local tourism industry yesterday provided data showing that Jamaica's adherence to strict COVID-19 protocols has resulted in the island being safe for visitors, and said that the increased availability of vaccines will enhance that ...

THE Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) is reporting that it has arrested and charged three people, including a wife and husband, for alleged fraud related to activities at the Human Employment and Resource Training/...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - While frowning on what they see as "never-ending lockdowns", tourism stakeholders and residents say they have no problem with a cruise ship being allowed to dock on a no-movement day.The comments come following a...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at postgraduate levels, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and Islamic dress is compulsory, the Taliban Government's new higher educat...

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - The United States military said yesterday missile tests conducted by North Korea over the weekend posed 'threats' to the country's neighbours and beyond."This activity highlights DPRK's continuing focus...

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - The UK Government has dropped a plan to make people in England show vaccine passports to enter crowded events such as nightclubs, the health minister said yesterday.The Government had previously said these...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Europe was Friday pessimistic about vaccines' ability to put an end to the novel coronavirus pandemic, as new variants dash hopes of reaching herd immunity.Face...

Emotional and painful. That was how 21-year-old Sheriffa Cousins described her experience while receiving medical treatment for a broken toe at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) last Wednesday night.Cousins, who is a thi...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Over the last two months there has been a ninefold increase in the number of children in this parish who have contracted COVID-19, sparking concern among health officials. "We have 652 active cases and 95 ...

The frightful scenes of a roadway plunging below to the valley after being hit by tropical storms Eta and Zeta and the bitter complaints about the inevitable overcharging by taxi drivers that followed, have given way to a bright new ro...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - About 48 of the 377 nurses assigned to the Cornwall Regional Hospital are now in quarantine after being exposed to COVID-19 patients and suspected of contracting the respiratory disease while on duty at the facil...

"CLEAN up your police record and reapply." Those were the last words 36-year old Sheril Bailey wanted to hear after she finally landed a job, following three years of searching, as part of a plan to put her drug trafficking conviction b...

THE dreaded rectal exam which has scared off many men over the years is no longer as critical in the test for prostate problems, if orthopaedic surgeon and general practitioner, Dr Paul Wright is to be believed.It would mean great news ...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Every weekday morning, Donna Marshall, a teacher at the Savanna-la-Mar Infant School, gathers her schoolbooks and double checks that she has an active data plan on her phone before making the trek to Mount...

Today is the 256th day of 2021. There are 109 days left in the yearTODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2005: US President George W Bush says that "I take responsibility" for failures in dealing with Hurricane Katrina, and says the disaster raised broader ...

The American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) has lauded Sandals Resorts International (SRI) for continuing to play a leading role in helping Caribbean tourism recover, with the region's top tourism group still very much on course to f...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - With family fights contributing to the slight increase seen in murders in St Ann, senior superintendent (SSP) of police in charge of the parish, Dwight Powell, is calling on residents to settle domestic disputes with...

MAY PEN, Clarendon - It will cost taxpayers more than $400 million to fix damage done to Clarendon roads by tropical storms Grace and Ida, according to estimaes provided by Acting Chief Engineering Officer Clevon Watson at Thursday's mo...

SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - The flood waters of recent tropical storms have long subsided but residents of this parish have another problem on their hands. "We have received a flood of calls about mosquito infestations in various commu...

PORT MARIA, St Mary - Farmers in this parish are estimated to have lost crops valued at more than $360 million last month due to Tropical Storm Grace that made landfall here, as well as the subsequent heavy rainfall associated with a tr...

Months of bitter quarrels over conflicting governance styles at the Merl Grove High School community exploded last Thursday when the board of management suspended Principal Dr Marjorie Fullerton, setting off a crisis at the beginning of...