Jamaica has confirmed its 14th case of the the monkeypox virus on the island. The patient is from Kingston and St Andrew. Overall, 13 males have been confirmed with the disease, Health Ministry data shows. Only two cases are imported.

In a release today, the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) announced that all Manning Cup matches slated for Tuesday September 27 has been postponed due to the severe weather conditions caused by Hurricane Ian. Three of Tuesday's...

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says its teams are working to restore power in several parishes several including Clarendon, as well as St Catherine, Manchester and St Thomas. However, JPS also says that as it moves to...

The police have confirmed that the man who was caught on CCTV footage robbing a Cool Oasis service station in St James has been arrested. He has been identified as 25-year-old Akeem Bailey, otherwise called 'Stamma' of Albion Lane...

HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Ian was growing stronger as it approached the western tip of Cuba on a track to hit the west coast of Florida as a major hurricane as early as Wednesday. Ian was forecast to hit the western tip of Cuba as a...

Heavy rainfall from Hurricane Ian continues to affect residents in a section of Deeside, Linstead in St Catherine, were several houses have been flooded.

The Kingston Central Police have arrested and charged one man in relation to the seizure of an illegal firearm and 13 rounds of ammunition during an operation on Church Street, Kingston.

Twenty-one-year-old Rhajni McBean was arrested and charged, after the police seized one firearm and several rounds of ammunition from his home in Steer Town, St Ann on Sunday. According to the police, McBean's home and its occupants were...

The Kingston Central Police say they have arrested and charged a Kingston man after he was caught allegedly stealing lumber from a warehouse on Georges Lane in the parish. He has been identified as 21-year-old Okeefe Langren of Hanover Street,...

Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, says that poverty is no excuse for having an illegal gun and using it to commit crimes. Noting that the poor and vulnerable are those who are most affected by these crimes, Mr. Holness said it is no longer an excuse.....

BRUSSELS, Sept 26, CMC - The European Commission (EC) has allocated Euro 600 million (One Euro=USS1.29 cents) to finance immediate humanitarian food aid, food production and resilience of food systems in the most vulnerable countries in...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, Sept 26, CMC - Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Timothy Antoine, says there are no immediate plans to make changes to the Eastern Caribbean (EC) polymer notes and coins following the death of...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Sept 26, CMC - The Trinidad and Tobago Unfired teachers Association (TTUTA), has ordered its members to return to the classrooms on Monday after the government received an ex-parte injunction preventing them from...

LONDON (AP) -- TikTok could face a 27 million-pound ($29 million) fine in the U.K. over a possible breach of U.K. data protection law by failing to protect children's privacy when they are using the video-sharing platform. The U.K....

MOSCOW (AP) -- A gunman opened fire in a school in central Russia on Monday, killing 15 people and wounding 24 others before shooting himself dead, authorities said. The shooting took place in School No. 88 in Izhevsk, a city 960 kilometres (...

Housemates of Shanoya Brown, the St Catherine woman who died after drinking a quart of vodka -- taking 21 gulps -- to mark her 21st birthday, woke up last Friday morning and tossed flour on her as she laid in bed. It was their way of saying 'Happy....

Amid a flurry of attacks from angry social media users, Tamika Harris, the court-appointed lawyer who is representing the 'Cocoa Piece butcher', Rushane Barnett, says she is worried for her safety. Harris, who is unequivocal that she "absolutely.....

Shanoya Brown's mother has never seen her with alcoholic beverage, so when she learnt that her daughter died after consuming 21 shots of vodka, she was shocked. "She is not that type of person, she is not that type. I never see she drink any...

The shooting death of Syddoo Chambers has been described by family members as a 'surprising tragedy', especially since his alleged shooter is someone he knew. Chambers, 32, died last week, days after he was shot at his Hanover house. The alleged....

Having spent hours clearing the debris-filled Duhaney River on Saturday, residents of New Haven in St Andrew went to bed confident that they would be spared from the usual flood that occurs whenever the river breaks its banks. And they were right....