It has been a few days since Paulette Hinds tragically lost her daughter, 33-year-old Rose Marie Gayle, and her granddaughter. Gayle died at the Port Antonio Hospital in Portland, three hours after giving birth on Saturday, January 30. Hinds was....

Kaffir McKenzie was diagnosed with a debilitating blood condition when he was two years old. He has what doctors call beta-thalassemia, which is a disorder that causes the body to make less haemoglobin than normal. The eight-year-old boy...

Attorney-at-law Courtney Rowe has urged the police to be more vigilant when making arrests on matters that could ruin an individual's life. He was commenting after one of his clients, Michael Brown, 33, was acquitted of several charges in the Gun....

National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang said that Jamaica did not experience a spike in murders in January. The country recorded 131 murders last month, which is 11 more than were recorded in January 2020. Some 149 murders were recorded in...

Up-and-coming dancehall deejay Shokryme pleaded guilty to charges of illegal possession of firearm and ammunition on January 15. The deejay, given name Jason Pinnock, will be sentenced later this month when he reappears in the Gun Court....

Jamaica is set to move full speed ahead in enacting laws to give protection to the manufacturers of the COVID-19 vaccines that are set to arrive in the country by mid to late February. Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton said that before the...

Residents of Facey, a district just outside Troja in the hills of North East St Catherine, are convinced that the roads leading to their community are among the worst in Jamaica. They are laced with countless potholes, many of which transform into....

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology Daryl Vaz has announced plans to have at least three Wi-Fi hotspots in each of the country's 63 constituencies. "We have an ambitious plan. I have written to the MPs for them to submit their three sites....

Skipping breakfast is key to long life, says rich man A multimillionaire who plans to live to 180 years old has suggested that skipping breakfast is the key to longevity. Dave Asprey has spent over $1 million in a bid to live as long as he...

Washington, United States (CMC) - Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Dr Carissa Etienne warned that the health, social and economic effects of COVID-19 are disproportionately impacting women and called for heightened...

(AP) - AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine does more than prevent people from falling seriously ill -- it appears to reduce transmission of the virus and offers strong protection for three months on just a single dose, researchers said...

Cabinet has given approval to a proposal for increased benefits to government pensioners with effect from April 1, 2020. Minister of Education, Youth and Information Fayval Williams, gave details during the Post Cabinet Press Briefing held at...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Almost six months after a rare face and hands transplant, Joe DiMeo is relearning how to smile, blink, pinch and squeeze. The 22-year-old New Jersey resident had the operation last August, two years after being badly burned in...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- China on Wednesday announced a plan to provide 10 million coronavirus vaccine doses to developing nations through the global COVAX initiative as part of its ambitious diplomatic and business efforts to distribute Chinese...

A Montego Bay businessman who was on Friday arrested during an anti-narcotics operation along the Flanker main road in St. James, has been charged in connection with the multi-million dollar drug bust. The police have identified him as Hugh Frazer.....

LONDON (AP) -- Britain's health chief has hailed a new study suggesting that a single dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine provides a high level of protection for 12 weeks, saying it supports the government's contentious...

Castries, St Lucia (CMC)--Another State of Emergency (SOE) that includes a 10-hour nightly curfew and a reduction in the hours that businesses are allowed to operate, will take effect in St. Lucia on Wednesday as the country grapples with...

Two more Jamaicans have died as a result of COVID-19 pushing the death tally to 355. The deceased are q 41-year-old male from St. Elizabeth, and a 49-year-old female from Hanover. Meanwhile, of the 829 samples tested in the last 24 hours, 100...

The National Water Commission (NWC) says it is not to be blamed for the overflow of sewage on Harbour Street in Port Antonio, Portland, that affected the operations of some businesses along that strip and forced the police to redirect vehicular.....

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said they have wrapped up preliminary investigations on the Rocky Point plane crash. This after dancehall artiste Skillibeng shot an entire music video at the now-famous crash site. Released last night, the...