Organiser of the annual 10,000 Men and Family's March in Spanish Town, Bishop Rohan Edwards, says the time has come for pastors to arm themselves to protect their congregation from vicious men. Speaking against the background of the murder of...

Two men were shot and injured yesterday in Rome, a section of Maxfield Avenue, in an ongoing war that has been plaguing the community for months. According to reports from the St Andrew Central police, the men were hit when gunmen travelling in a....

Thirty years ago when Rohan Tait migrated to the United States of America in search of a better life, he vowed that he would one day return and help the people of Robertsfield, a quaint farming community located in east rural St Andrew, where he......

Vital to the job of the fisherman is his fish pot, and the fisherfolk at Greenwich Farm told THE STAR that Alvin 'Jabba Coconut' Facey is the man to speak to. Facey, 73, has been a fisherman for almost four decades, finding his niche in the...

Concerned that students have been forced to stay home due to the inability of Paradise Street Basic School in central Kingston to open its doors, a group of taxi operators who ply their trade in the area have vowed to do their best in helping the.....

A man charged with unlawfully wounding a woman in Dunrobin, St Andrew, will have to stand trial on April 30, after he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court - Criminal Division yesterday. The allegations against Clarence Murray are......

Aldaine Oakley, a Jamaican chef living in Houston, Texas, is making strides, bringing Jamaican cuisine to the taste buds of locals in his community. Oakley, who left Jamaica in 2016 to join his wife, April, said the decision to venture into the.....

(AP) - Coronavirus deaths in the United States surpassed 450,000 on Thursday, and daily deaths remain stubbornly high at more than 3,000 a day, despite falling infections and the arrival of multiple vaccines. Infectious disease specialists expect......

New York, United States (CMC) -- A 52 year old Canadian national who was extradited from Jamaica to the United States, has been charged for being involved in a multi-million dollar fraud scheme. Martin Hogan, who appeared in court earlier this...

(AP) - British scientists are starting a study Thursday to find out if it's OK to mix and match COVID-19 vaccines. The vaccines being rolled out now require two doses, and people are supposed to get two shots of the same kind, weeks apart....

The National Works Agency (NWA) is reporting that the Pedro River Bridge, located along the border of Clarendon and St. Ann, has been closed to vehicular traffic. The agency says the bridge has been closed out of an abundance of caution as its...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- A West Virginia woman who tried to fake her death to avoid being sentenced for health care fraud, has received an additional year in prison. Julie M. Wheeler of Beaver, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in...

Jamaica continues to see a rise in COVID-19 cases as of the 1,092 samples tested in the last 24 hours, 177 returned positive results increasing Jamaica's total confirmed cases to 16,250 with 3,538 being active. Of the new cases, 78 are males...

Dwight Lawrence was among 14 small business owners in Treadlight, Clarendon, to have benefited from a $2.2-million equipment support to enhance their businesses, courtesy of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). The initiative was...

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...