ORVILLE Purnell, 27, who was awaiting extradition to St Lucia to answer a murder charge, escaped yesterday from Central Police Station in Kingston.Purnell, who is from Belgium Road, Buff Bay in Portland, allegedly fled to Jamaica in Oct...

THE lead police investigator in the case against 33 individuals accused of crimes committed by the St Catherine-based Klansman gang yesterday gave a glimpse into the events following the 2018 predawn police operation when alleged leader...

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness says a policy decision has been taken to return the National Housing Trust (NHT) to its original mandate of building houses for Jamaicans, while pointing out that governments have over the years been guilty...

Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton says there was no ill-intent in the Government's decision to impose travel bans on several African countries.Last Saturday, the Government announced the travel bans and Tufton defen...

Patrick Lalor didn't have to think twice when asked to share his most heart-warming and heartbreaking experiences working with HIV patients.While his Jamaica AIDS Support for Life (JASL) colleagues gave separate occurrences, Lalor, the ...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - The Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) is waiting to collect about $2 billion in unpaid mortgages so it can present roughly 7,000 Jamaicans with titles that are tucked away in its vault. But an even greater challeng...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - The police here have advised people to be more vigilant when conducting business and adopt increased security measures as the Christmas season approaches.Superintendent Lloyd Darby, who heads the Manchester poli...

New homeowners Dewight and Dawn-Marie Bailey pose with the keys to their property at Twickenham Glades in St Catherine, yesterday. Prime Minister Andrew Holness handed over the keys to the homeowners at the National Housing Trust scheme...

Today is the 337th day 0f 2021. There are 28 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1961: Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares himself a Marxist-Leninist who will lead Cuba to Communism. OTHER EVENTS1244: Pope Innocent IV arrives at Lyon...

THE health ministry is projecting that Jamaica could see up to 11,000 new infections at the height of a fourth wave of the novel coronavirus, and possibly up to 400 deaths if the spread goes unabated.Portfolio minister Dr Chrstopher Tuf...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Former Prime Minister Bruce Golding is confident that a Beliefs, Values and Attitudes (BVA) programme introduced in Manchester can help to reduce social delinquency and crime, although a similar initiative launc...

Inside the Kellits Market in Clarendon on a week day is much different from the scene during the weekends when loud calls from sellers seeking buyers and packed stalls of produce, clothes or household items are the standard.Instead, it'...

The Push-Start Foundation, a charity registered in the United States but executes all its work in Jamaica, is collaborating with the Government to renovate and overhaul the Chapelton Community Hospital in Clarendon.Work on the first pha...

 BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus kept the world off balance yesterday as infections from the mutant coronavirus cropped up in more corners of the globe, with one official lamenting that the wait fo...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, (CMC) - The 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom) grouping has congratulated Barbados on the country's 55th anniversary of political independence from Britain and its transition to republican status.Caricom Secret...

JAMAICA AIDS Support for Life (JASL) is urging lawmakers to quickly pass the occupational safety and health law which will force companies to implement policy to guide workplace treatment of people living with HIV/AIDS.According to JASL...

The Government has given the nod for importation and use of COVID-19 self-testing kits approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton mad...

WITH the aim of providing holistic care, Jamaica AIDS Support for Life (JASL) has been extending psychological help to the children of its clients as a way of enhancing their mental health.Medical director at JASL, Dr Jennifer Brown Tom...

The lead police investigator in the case against the 33 individuals accused of crimes committed by the St Catherine-based Klansman gang yesterday positively identified another 13 against whom he had laid charges and further revealed tha...

Corporal Damion Auld was yesterday freed in the Home Circuit Court of a wounding charge stemming from a 2015 shooting incident. The allegations were that the complainant was shot in the back by Corporal Auld, who was represented by atto...

LONDON (AP) - Consumer prices across the 19 countries that use the euro currency are rising at a record rate as a result of a huge spike in energy costs this year, official figures showed Tuesday.Eurostat, the European Union's statistic...

Today Is The 335Th Day Of 2021. There Are 30 Days Left In The Year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1955: Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, defies the law by refusing to give up her seat to a white man aboard a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus. She is arres...

SOME pastors and herbalists are negatively impacting Jamaica's ability to win the fight against HIV/AIDS by encouraging their followers and patients not to take prescribed medication.Non-governmental organisation Jamaica AIDS Support fo...

THE Government has now given all primary schools the go-ahead to return to face-to-face learning, as well as all secondary schools which have a 65 per cent or higher vaccination rate among students.Education Minister Fayval Williams mad...

Senior Superintendent of Police James Forbes ended 41 years with the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) yesterday - five days after celebrating his 60th birthday - putting behind him "a bitter period of anguish for me and my family".Forbe...

THE Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday expressed sadness at the passing of human rights attorney Nancy Anderson"Ms Anderson was an American attorney who practised in Jamaica for many years. She served in several roles during her...

Dear Mr Brown,My study permit application was already submitted, but I worry about it not being processed in time, based on delays at the Canadian High Commission. I am currently enrolled in my programme online. Would it affect my eligi...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) - The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) says the potential for floods and cascading hazards should be moderate to high in the Caribbean during the three-month period - December 2021 to F...

CLOSE to 600 Jamaicans have now been vaccinated during two immunisation drives organised by the JN Foundation.The philanthropic arm of Jamaica National Group, the country's third-largest financial conglomerate, launched its campaign on ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AFP) - Fireworks filled the sky over Barbados Monday night as the Caribbean island nation declared itself the world's newest republic, lowering The Queen's flag as it severed colonial-era ties to the British throne...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Tourism officials expect smaller players to get their share of the half-billion US-dollar windfall generated from visitors who have been staying longer in Jamaica and spending more.Director of Tourism Donovan Whi...

FROM helping people who tested positive for HIV/AIDS to die with dignity, Jamaica AIDS Support for Life (JASL) has moved to assisting people with the virus live a long and fruitful life."The organisation has grown from a very small NGO;...

RESIDENTS from Portmore, St Catherine, are set to benefit from a dental and wellness fair this weekend.The dental and wellness fair scheduled to be held on two Saturdays, December 4 and 11, on the grounds of the St Francis Xavier Cathol...

MAY PEN, Clarendon - Illiterate until he learned to read from the Bible at age 16, Jervis Johnson is now almost one year into his job as an electrical technician. His next goal - enrolling in college in 2022.The 22-year-old is still a...

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - Some 2.9 billion people - 37 per cent of the world's population - have still never used the Internet, the United Nations said yesterday, despite the novel coronavirus pandemic driving people online.The UN's I...

CALIFORNIA, United States (AP) - With less than four weeks to go until Christmas, Kristyn Begari has been rushing to find enough doll styling heads to give to kids in need.But, the purchasing coordinator for the California-based non-pro...

UNAIDS yesterday warned that, if the transformative measures needed to end AIDS are not taken, the world will also stay trapped in the novel coronavirus crisis and remain dangerously unprepared for the pandemics to come."This is an urge...

PARIS, France (AFP) -COVID-19 vaccines began to show promise just months after the novel coronavirus started spreading across the globe. So why have decades of HIV/AIDS research yielded so little progress on a jab to prevent a disease t...

BRUSSELS, Belium (AP) - New findings about the coronavirus' Omicron variant made it clear yesterday that the emerging threat slipped into countries before their defences were up, as two distant nations announced their first cases and a ...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - More than $800,000 raised during the annual St Ann/St Mary breast cancer awareness pink run will be used to save lives. The cancer society will use the funds to pay for mammograms, Pap smears and prostrate exams for ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AFP) - The Caribbean island nation of Barbados last night severed centuries-old ties to the British monarchy, ditching The Queen as head of state and declaring itself the world's newest republic.The Royal Standard ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) - Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) countries have suffered significantly as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic, with at least 50 per cent of households not being able to recover the income levels befo...

SPECIAL projects manager at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Andrine Davidson was one three people chosen as Civil Servant of the Year for 2021/2022.She copped the award after topping the field of entrants in the category of manage...

BROWN'S TOWN, St Ann - In 2018 Jayon Dunbar was ecstatic after he received an acceptance letter from The University of the West Indies to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Economics. It would make him the first person from his rural commu...

IT was Caton Daley's consistent drive and determination to stay disciplined and not squander his mother's money that caused him to secure 10 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) subjects. The 17-year-old Wolmer's Boys' Schoo...

The Klansman gang trial yesterday heard that on the Sunday when Stephanie Christie, the sole female among the 33 accused, was arrested on the premises of her church in Yallahs, St Thomas, she pleaded with the arresting officer to allow...

THE Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) said it lost just over $2 million in revenue from yesterday's strike by drivers which impacted almost all of its morning bus schedule. The strike, which created a financial boom for taxi and priv...

Drama accompanied the arrest of accused Fabian Johnson, otherwise called Crocs - one of the 33 alleged members of the St Catherine-based Klansman gang now on trial - on Beeston Street in West Kingston in June 2019, the lead investigator...

THE Ministry of Health and Wellness says unless people are travelling before mid-December there is no need to rush to update their vaccination cards, as it will start rolling out digital vaccination certificates in another two weeks.Goi...

Today is the 334th day of 2021. There are 31 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2000: South and North Korean relatives, separated for half a century, are reunited in the North Korean capital Pyongyang. OTHER EVENTS1652: Dutch defea...