A two-vehicle collision along the Braco main road in Trelawny Thursday has left at least two persons dead and several others injured.  The identities of the victims have not yet been released.

Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has announced two more cases of the monkeypox virus bringing the island's tally to seven. Dr Tufton said the additional cases were detected on Wednesday.

The first set of vaccines to treat the Monkeypox disease is expected to arrive on the island this month, says Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton.

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have locked down Chengdu, a southwestern city of 21 million people, following a spike in COVID-19 cases.

LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has recommended the authorisation of two coronavirus vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Inc., tweaked to include protection against an early version of the omicron variant.

Among the Champions in the 2021 National Reading Competition is a duo from the Clarendon Parish Library Network, who share more than just a love for reading. Fellow contestants may have noticed that the 9-11 National Champion, Kyle Bennett, calls......

Teachers at Brown’s Hall Primary School in St. Catherine are being lauded by parents for their children’s success in the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations. Maria Whyte, who is the mother of Ihka Brown, who will be attending...

A homeless man accused of beating another homeless person was remanded when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish court on Wednesday. The court heard that on July 31 at 10 a.m., the complainant was on Church Street, downtown Kingston,.....

A man whose teenage daughter ran away from home last weekend for several days is breathing a sigh of relief after she returned home yesterday. Earlier this week the police's Corporate Communications Unit released a public advisory that the teen......

A 41-year-old Corporate Area man who is accused of hitting his 11-year-old daughter in the eye with a bottle is to return to the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on October 6. The complainant reported that on May 6, she was in her father's.....

Trying not to crumble under the pressure of a life filled with hardships, Simone Spaulding is seeking help to start her own small business. Spaulding, 47, who is originally from Waltham Park Road in St Andrew, said that she is hoping to use the......

NEW YORK (AP): Serena Williams can call it "evolving" or "retiring" or whatever she wants. And she can be coy about whether or not this US Open will actually mark the end of her playing days. Those 23 Grand Slam titles earned that right. If she......

From watching his father in action as a supervisor in the engineering department at the National Water Commission (NWC), Horace Pennant knew he wanted to be in a profession that involved working with his hands. His first job as he entered...

LONDON (AP): Erling Haaland is taking English soccer by storm. Back-to-back hat-tricks. Nine goals in five games. No player has ever made as good a start to the Premier League as the towering Norway striker. Haaland's latest three-goal haul came.....

Head of the Accident and Emergency Department at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC), Dr Mara Hosang, is urging parents and caregivers to seek medical care for sick children at the nearest health facility. Hosang explained that the first.....

Appalled by the crime rate in North West St Catherine, Arthur Bowen, a Linstead native, said he will be hosting a back-to-school treat called 'Comrade Reach Out' in the New Works Housing Scheme on Saturday. "I really hope this treat will...

According to a new study published in the Journal of Sex Research, people with strong religious beliefs have higher levels of sexual satisfaction.

In a show of solidarity, members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) are being commended by stakeholders in several resort towns for the restoration and maintenance of public order on their streets. In both Montego Bay, St James ('...

NASSAU, Bahamas, Aug 31, CMC – A High Court judge  has ruled that “there is no rape in marriage” under Bahamian law even as she acknowledged that a husband was cruel for forcing his wife to have sex against her will on...

Last weekend, National Commercial Bank Jamaica (NCB) partnered with several book and department stores to surprise more than 70 parents and guardians across the island with subsidies toward back-to-school bills.