President of the Jamaica Medical Doctors Association, Mindi Fitz-Henley, says it's high time that citizens realise that the novel coronavirus "is not a joke", following revelations that hospital bed space is reportedly running out following a...

While clutching her five-year-old grandson in her arms, Cherry Anderson muttered, "Jay, a me a your mother and grandmother now, mommy gone to rest." Anderson couldn't hold back her tears as she thought of her only daughter, Sashane Berry, 27,...

It is impossible to travel along Barry Street in downtown Kingston and not take a second glance at a roadside hairdresser who bears a strong resemblance to a black human-sized Barbie doll. Marian 'Blackie' Nugent said that she has grown...

The joy could not be hidden as curator of the Hope Zoo, Joey Brown, interacted with the attraction's latest additions. The zoo welcomed three camels, Riatta, Katy and Moses on January 25, after they were donated by adventure attraction Yaaman...

As she treads through the hills of Aberdeen, St Elizabeth, Emelyn Banton balances a bottle on top of her head, focused on making it to her destination without spilling the liquid inside. Banton, 79, revealed that she had just walked a mile from.....

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), has confirmed that an employee of its Spanish Town depot has tested positive for COVID-19. JUTC says all employees who may have come in contact with the staff member, have been requested to stay home,...

A teenager has been arrested and charged in connection with the seizure of a firearm on Sylvester Drive in Old Harbour, St. Catherine on Sunday, February 14. Reports from the Old Harbour police are that about 1:45p.m., lawmen were conducting...

A Manchester man who had sex with his wife’s 14-year-old niece has been sentenced to a total of 33 years in prison. His name is being withheld to protect the identity of the victim. He was given the mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- Guinea has officially declared it has an Ebola epidemic after at least three people have died and four others have been infected in the West African nation. Neighboring Sierra Leone and Liberia have put their citizens on...

(AP) - The makers of COVID-19 vaccines are figuring out how to tweak their recipes against worrisome virus mutations -- and regulators are looking to flu as a blueprint if and when the shots need an update. "It's not really...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was appointed Monday to head the World Trade Organization, becoming the first woman and first African to take on the role amid disagreement over how the body decides cases...

(AP) - The World Health Organization has granted an emergency authorisation to the coronavirus vaccine made by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, a move that should allow the company's partners to ship millions of doses to countries worldwide...

The Department of Correctional Services has confirmed 36 new COVID-19 cases at the South Camp Adult Correctional Centre in the past 24 hours. On Friday, five cases were confirmed at the women's prison. Of the new cases, 28 are inmates and...

Three persons, including a one-year-old girl were shot and injured when gunmen invaded their home on Featherbed Lane in Spanish Town, St. Catherine on Sunday, February 14. One of the men succumbed to his injuries. Dead is 23-year-old Andrew Thomas.....

The bodies of a man and a woman were found in an open lot across from the National Commercial Bank in Portmore, St Catherine this morning. The discovery was made by passers-by. The bodies were found lying on the ground outside a Honda motor car.......

Jamaica continues to see a rise in COVID-19 cases as of the 1,309 samples tested in the last 24 hours, 270 returned positive results increasing Jamaica's total confirmed cases to 19,305 with 6,096 being active. Of the new cases, 160 are males...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expecting their second child, their office confirmed Sunday. A spokesperson for the couple said in a statement: "We can confirm that Archie is going to be a big brother. The Duke and...

Detectives attached to the Kingston Eastern Division have arrested and charged 39-year-old Satchmore White, a taxi operator of Albion Heights, St Thomas on Thursday, February 11. Reports from the Elleston Road Police are that about 11:35 a.m.,...

The United States Embassy in Jamaica says it is aware of reports of a U.S. citizen who had recently travelled to Jamaica and claimed to have been held against her will. In a statement today, the Embassy said it was unable to release any...

The Hanover Police say they have charged 32-year-old Shaniel Flemmings, otherwise called, 'Blacks' of Claremont district in the parish with murder following an incident on Willie Delliser Boulevard, Lucea in the parish on Thursday,...