After telling a Falmouth, Trelawny audience (Saturday, November 6) that Jamaica is on the verge of administering one million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, Minister of and Health Wellness, Dr the Hon Christopher Tufton, on Sunday, November 7...

"I got a call from the doctor at the hospital and she said that it seems like Kordell has less than an hour and I should come right now." It was a phone call that Marvin Murphy was not expecting. His wife, Kordell Clarke-Murphy, had given birth......

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (CMC): Chris Gayle has labelled his just concluded campaign in the Twenty20 World Cup as his "worst" ever, after scraping only 45 runs from five innings. In his last World Cup appearance against Australia on...

Residents of Blenheim in Manchester say they have been left in a state of confusion and sadness since the gruesome killing of 54-year-old Lorna Lake, a farmer from the community. Lake, who was also the mother of popular Youtuber and up-and-...

Walking on one's hands may sound complicated but, for Raheem Williams, it a task that he does with ease. Williams' disability that has not been diagnosed by doctors affects his capacity to stand upright. However, the 27-year-old told THE STAR...

Santa on wheels US-based stunt biker Darnell Meyers dons a Santa Claus suit as he rides a bicycle, which was gifted to a young fan at Queens Crescent, off Richmond Park in St Andrew yesterday. Meyers, known for his daring tricks, has been...

Having got his voice back, political powerhouse Audley Shaw has served notice that he will soon revert to the powerful presentation style for which he is known. The Minister of Industry, Investment, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries recently......

Creamy Palace, one of the newest eateries in downtown Kingston, will host 'Old Time Puddin Festival', an event that is intended to pay tribute to the 'good ole time' Jamaican pudding. "Many of us remember trips to the country when our...

The forced reduction in consular services at the US embassy in Kingston, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has dealt a devastating blow to residents in the nearby community of Standpipe, who, for years, have made a decent living from offering allied......

Jamaica's COVID-19 vaccination rate reaches 15 per cent Approximately 15 per cent of the population is fully vaccinated. The target is to get the vaccination rate to a minimum of 65 per cent by next March. As at 2:30 p.m., yesterday, the...

Three persons who dared to breach the containment measures under the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) and hosted a party were ordered to pay hefty fines when they appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court last Friday. Anna-Kay...

Senior Parish Judge Lori-Ann Cole-Montague last Friday stressed that a message needed to be sent to persons who are attempting to engage in drug trafficking. Cole-Montague, while sentencing an American to a combined $650,000 fine or 18 months'...

A judge was shocked when it was reported that a thief stole a woman's earrings while she was still wearing them. Kenardo Gardener pleaded guilty to larceny when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. It is reported...

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) and its western regional arm, Western Parks and Markets (WPM) Waste Management Limited have launched a solid waste-reduction programme in the community of Chambers Pen in Hanover. The pilot...

Jamaica on Thursday recorded 117 new COVID-19 cases from 1,417 samples tested, increasing the total confirmed cases to 89,466 with 27,856 being active. The country's positivity rate is currently 11.5%. Of the new cases...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Seven more bodies have been recovered from a high-rise apartment building that collapsed while under construction in Lagos, bringing the death toll to 43, a Nigerian Red Cross official said. Among the dead is Femi...

The Culture, Health, Arts Science and Education (CHASE) Fund has provided $36.5 million in scholarships to tertiary-level students pursuing undergraduate degrees in early-childhood education for the 2021/22 academic year. Scholarship recipients are....

For her 100th birthday celebration, Muriel 'Miss Birdie' Crosse sang and danced at the Church of the Nazarene in Aberdeen, St Elizabeth. One could tell that she was enjoying every bit of it. In fact, she did not miss a beat as she belted out one......

A former member of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) was fined for illegal possession of ammunition when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. The 21-year-old pleaded guilty to the offence. His attorney, Kymberli...

Several residents of Brighton Avenue in Riverton Meadows are on tenterhooks as they face the possibility of eviction from the place they have called home all their lives. The residents have been told that the lands they now occupy are owned by...