Twenty-two-year-old Xavier Wollery, recording artist, of East Avenue, Linstead, St Catherine, has been reported missing since Thursday, January 14, 2021. She is of brown complexion and slim build. Reports are that about 6:00 p.m., Wollery was last.....

The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising that effective Sunday, January 17, the Savage Pen Road in St Andrew will be closed to vehicular traffic. The roadway will be closed between the hours of 7:00 a.m and 4:00 p.m. The closure is necessary to.....

Three persons have died and another four are in hospital following a motor vehicle crash on the western leg of the Portmore Toll Road early this morning. The names of the deceased have not been released. The accident occurred about 12:40 a.m after.....

Jamaica on Saturday recorded one COVID death, increasing the tally to 324. One other death has been deemed coincidental. Meanwhile, there were new infections pushing the total to 14,161. At the same time, another 35 patients have recovered....

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazil hasn't approved a vaccine yet, and independent health experts who participated in its immunisation program say the plan is still incomplete. Members of the expert committee and former health officials interviewed...

The St. Andrew Central Police say they have charged 52-year-old Miguel Hall, a taxi operator of Umpire Way in Arnett Gardens, Kingston 12 with robbery with aggravation, following an incident along Colliston Green Avenue, Kingston 6 on Monday,...

The Universal Service Fund (USF) says it has started work to identify potential sites, to install free, secured Wi-Fi access to the public in Black River, St Elizabeth. Following the monthly meeting of the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation in...

BEIJING (AP) -- China on Saturday finished building a 1,500-room hospital for COVID-19 patients to fight a surge in infections the government said are harder to contain and that it blamed on infected people or goods from abroad. The hospital...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jan. 16, CMC - Health officials across the country on Friday announced that the Takutu River Bridge, which links the town of Lethem to Bonfim in Brazil, will remain closed as part of precautions to guard against the spread...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, CMC - The deployment of COVID-19 vaccines in the Caribbean and other countries across the Americas, under the World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access (COVAX) Facility, is anticipated to get underway...

Jamaica on Friday recorded 104 additional cases of COVID-19, with ages ranging from 1 month to 85 years, increasing the tally to 14,096. Of those cases, 1,936 are active. There was no new fatality, keeping the death tally at 323. One more case was.....

"Every time me see a police vehicle me run and hide," said Devani Kenyon, a Clarendon man whose photograph was erroneously published on the list of the parish's most wanted men last year. Kenyon, 20, said he has been enduring emotional trauma and....

Earlier this week, Vincent Wilson, a senior citizen, walked into the news team's offices seeking the signature and stamp of a justice of the peace. He was assisted, but everyone marvelled when his identification card highlighted that he was...

A new study has found that behaviours surrounding oral sex may increase the risk of cancer in the mouth and throat. The ground-breaking research, which has been published in the medical journal, Cancer, found among other things that the risk of...

When one thinks of home, it should automatically bring a sense of peace, relaxation and somewhere you feel cared for. However, home for 91-year-old Omroy Harrison is anything but. Wasp nests fill his dwelling. A pungent odour constantly permeates.....

Five-year-old Andre Arnett likes to suck his thumb and enjoys watching cartoons, but currently the youngster's life is anything but fun. Andre is a patient at the Bustamante Hospital for Children where he is battling a rare cancer, Burkitt...

Since last March when the onset of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) forced the lockdown of schools, thus curtailing face-to-face learning, students have transitioned to online learning. However, three of Jasmine Gillepsie's children have not...

Christopher Reckord, an information technology consultant, has urged Jamaicans to be careful in sharing personal information with online applications such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter. The caution comes as some WhatsApp users flee the...

Investigations have confirmed that rats have infested sections of Spanish Town and other sections of St Catherine. This was confirmed by Chief Public Health Inspector for St Catherine, Grayson Hutchinson, who told the monthly general meeting of......

Dushyant Savadia, a man who was kicked out of his parents' house at 19 and became an alcoholic and chain smoker five years thereafter, says he sees himself in the eyes of many young Jamaicans. Dushyant, founder and CEO of Amber Group, a...