A Clarendon family is furious and demanding answers after an ambulance in which their relative was travelling crashed last Thursday. Hazel Beckford, 72, of Kemps Hill in the parish, died on Sunday. Relatives are adamant that Beckford died as a...

Standing in front of his smashed two-bedroom board dwelling, Garnet Johnson reflected on his life with tears flowing from his eyes. "l always dream of becoming a big chef. I would like to own a restaurant or something ... but really and truly,...

President of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), Winston Smith, says the association will stand by its members' individual choices to get vaccinated or not. Smith was addressing a candlelight ceremony held yesterday for teachers who have......

Director of Family Health Services in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr Melody Ennis, is renewing her calls for more persons to get vaccinated as the Government continues its push to inoculate at least 65 per cent of the population by March.....

Residents and operators of villas and guest houses in East Portland are blaming contractors working on the Portland leg of the South Coast Highway Improvement Project for damage done to their property, alleged caused by heavy-duty equipment. The....

The Constituency of Kingston Central is reportedly being eyed for the construction of a gated housing complex. Informing fellow parliamentarians about the proposed development yesterday, Donovan Williams, the member of parliament (MP) for...

Lands have been identified in Golden Valley, Brandon Hill, St Andrew, for the establishment of a community park. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, the member of parliament (MP) for St Andrew West Rural, said that the space is being used as a dumping site......

Two charged with murder Oshawny McNabb, 23, otherwise called Ackeem, a labourer of Quarry Heights, Papine in St Andrew, has been arrested and charged with the murder of Kamar Palmer, who was shot and killed in Ferguson Square, Delacree Park in....

The United States Embassy in Kingston has donated an additional J$45 million (US$300,000) through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to support Jamaica's COVID vaccine uptake and raise awareness and reduce...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A New Jersey man who used dating apps to lure and kill three women five years ago, was sentenced Wednesday to 160 years in prison, after a trial in which it was revealed that friends of one victim did their own detective...

LONDON (AP) -- The World Health Organization recommended Wednesday that the world's first malaria vaccine should be given to children across Africa, in a move officials hope will spur stalled efforts to curb the spread of the parasitic...

LONDON (AP) -- The global outage that knocked Facebook and its other platforms offline for hours was caused by an error during routine maintenance, the company said. Santosh Janardhan, Facebook's vice president of...

Jamaica on Tuesday recorded 98 new COVID-19 cases from 717 samples tested, increasing total confirmed cases to 85,261 with 29,070 being active. The country's positivity rate is currently 16.8%. Of the new cases, 52...

Youtube has removed two official channels of disgraced R&B singer R.Kelly, who was found guilty of sex trafficking last week. On Tuesday, YouTube removed the two channels, RKellyTV which had 3.5 million subscribers, and...

One man has been arrested in connection with the seizure of an illegal firearm during an operation in Golden Heights, Denham Town in Kingston 14 on Tuesday. Reports from the Denham Town police are that about 12:30 p.m., lawmen were...

An illegal firearm was found in a plastic bag in an area off Spanish Town Road, Kingston 11 known as 'Goat Island' on Tuesday, October 5. Police say the firearm, a Sportsarm HS Special Revolver, was seized ...

A firm believer in the adage that every child can learn and every child must learn, principal of the White Marl Primary School in St Catherine Milton C. Brown has started travelling by motorcycle to find his students who are not attending online......

A God-fearing, caring, gentle and friendly giant are some the words that the father and sister of late Gleaner Company (Media) Ltd subeditor Theodore Johnson used to describe him at his thanksgiving service, held yesterday at Roman's Funeral Home.....

The Clansman-One Don Gang trial has been postponed until October 19 after two defendants tested positive for COVID-19. The case was adjourned yesterday after Chief Justice Bryan Sykes informed the Home Circuit Court that Andre Golding and Owen...

Close to 200 residents of Maverley and surrounding communities in St Andrew were on Saturday given a boost to protect themselves from COVID-19, following a vaccination drive organised by the Rotary Club of Trafalgar New Heights (RCTNH) in the...