LONDON (AP) -- The British government declared Sunday that every adult in the country should get a first coronavirus vaccine shot by July 31, at least a month earlier than its previous target, as it prepared to set out a "cautious...

Nassau, Bahamas (CMC) -- Investigations are now underway in The Bahamas following an incident in which a plane crashed in waters off North Cat Cay on Saturday afternoon with three people on board. According to the Air Accident Investigation...

A Clarendon man has been arrested following the seizure of a quantity of cocaine along Joe Walters Street, Kemps Hill in the parish on Saturday, February 20. Police reports are that about 3:30 p.m., cops were on operations in the area when a white.....

Jamaica has surpassed 21,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, as of the 1,819 samples tested in the last 24 hours, 458 returned positive results for a tally of 21,382 with 7,846 active. Of the new cases, 180 are males and 278 are females, with ages...

Hamilton, Bermuda (CMC) - The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have pushed the cash-strapped government in Bermuda to offer foreigners the chance to become long-term residents if they invest a minimum of US$2.5 million in the island. The...

Georgetown, Guyana (CMC) -- The police in Guyana have arrested a 23-year-old woman who was held at the Eugene F Correia International Airport in Guyana early Saturday with a quantity of drugs wrapped in condoms, that were inserted in her...

Miami, United States (CMC) — The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency says that officers at Miami International Airport apprehended a Jamaican smuggler with cocaine in a pair of sandals and in the smuggler's body....

A 25-year-old Kingston man has been arrested and charged for breaches of the Firearms Act, after an illegal gun was found in a car he was driving on Thursday. Charged with illegal possession of firearm, and illegal possesion of ammunition is...

A Kingston man who was involved in a March 2020 shooting incident, was arrested and charged at the Sangster International Airport on Thursday, after he attempted to leave the island. The man identified as 31-year-old Dujon Pitter, higgler of...

LONDON (AP) - The British government has announced a small step out of lockdown, allowing nursing home residents to have a single friend or family member visit them indoors. Residents and their visitors will be able to hold hands, but not hug. The.....

A St. Mary man was fined over JM$100,000 for breaches of the Disaster Risk Management Act following when he appeared in the Parish Court on Tuesday, February 16. The man has been identified as Maurice Lawrence of Gibbs Hill in St. Mary. Lawrence...

As Jamaica's COVID-19 confirmed cases continue to trend towards the 21,000 mark, 343 more Jamaicans have tested positive for the virus, from a sample of 1,109 tests in the last 24 hours, pushing the total to 20,924, with 7,442 active. Of...

Clinical Coordinator at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in St. James, Dr. Delroy Fray, says plans are "well under way" to create an additional 16 bed spaces at the facility for COVID-19 patients. Addressing a virtual forum hosted...

The St Elizabeth police have commenced an investigation into the murder of a popular spiritual healer, who was shot and killed at his home in Denbigh Castle on Wednesday night. The deceased has been identified as Bishop Jerome Hilton. Reports by.....

The St Catherine North police said that a breakthrough has been made in the upsurge of crime by the newly formed Bed Bug criminal gang. According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Linroy Edwards, the breakthrough resulted in the arrest of the...

Retired policeman Radcliffe Lewis wants the nation's judges to be dread in handing out sentences for murder and gun-related offences. Lewis, who retired at the rank of Senior Superintendent of Police in 2013, said that a lot of the sentences being....

A 49-year-old Jamaican woman claims she was badly beaten by two of her patient's children in The Bahamas, where she works as a caregiver, last Saturday. "They almost kill me. If I never bawl out for Jesus and bit one on the hand I wouldn't...

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck says the recent ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) - that existing laws in Jamaica violate the rights of a gay people - is "not binding on a sovereign state". Chuck, contacted by THE WEEKEND....

With a 20-year age difference and contrasting personalities, dancehall artiste/social media sensation Queen Ladi Gangsta and Dwayne 'Dewy' Scarlett seem like an odd couple. But the chemistry is clear as they lovingly make eye contact and laugh......

Richard Curry yesterday defeated incumbent Colonel Ferron Williams in the election to select the new leader of the Accompong Town Maroons. Curry beat Williams by 281 votes in Thursday's polls, held at nine polling divisions across four parishes......