In a press briefing today, Prime Minister Andrew Holness shared that the health system of the country is now at a critical limit. Holness says it is with this in mind that the Government now has to shift policy efforts to preserve life....

JANGEBE, Nigeria (AP) -- Families in Nigeria waited anxiously for news of their abducted daughters after more than 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped by gunmen from a government school in the country's north last week, the latest in a series...

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says work is advanced on the development of a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine in Cuba. Speaking during PAHO's COVID-19 digital briefing on February 24, PAHO Assistant Director, Dr Jarbas Barbosa,...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness is set to address Jamaicans in a press conference this afternoon at 5:00 p.m. He's also expected to address matters pertaining to the country's increased wave of crime and violence, and the controversy over...

GEORGETOWN, Grenada, Feb. 27, CMC - Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell on Friday announced steps to reopen the island's tourism sector in the coming months. Speaking in an interview, Mitchell said commercial fights from the United Kingdom...

Jamaica on Saturday recorded five additional COVID-19 deaths, moving the tally to 422. The deceased are: * A 54-year-old male from St Elizabeth * A 58-year-old-female from Trelawny * A 43-year-old female from St Mary * A 49-year...

Police investigators are now probing the deaths of two men whose bodies were reportedly found in the trunk of a grey Toyota Axio motorcar off Arcadia Drive in Kingston. The men were reportedly found with gunshot wounds to the head. They have not...

A police constable is now recuperating in the May Pen Hospital after he was attacked by a man who attempted to rob him, shortly after leaving the Mineral Heights toll booth in Clarendon. Superintendent Christopher Phillips, who is in charge of...

The police in Trelawny have launched a manhunt for a prisoner who escaped from custody while awaiting trial at the Trelawny Family Court on Thursday, February 25. The escapee has been identified as Howard Fraser, a taxi operator of Zion, Martha...

Jamaica Labour Party Councillor for the Trafalgar Division in South East, St. Andrew, Kari Douglas, has strongly denied allegations by the police that she assaulted and obstructed a cop, during an incident in Swallowfield in the constituency last.....

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- An official says 42 people including 27 students who were abducted two weeks ago from a school in northern Nigeria have been freed. The chief press secretary for the Niger state governor, Mary Noel-Berje, told The...

A curfew has been imposed in sections of Capture Land / Young Street Clarendon. The curfew began at 6 p.m., on Friday, February 26 and will remain in effect until 6 p.m., Sunday, February 28. The boundaries of the curfew are as follows:...

The Japan government will be making another donation of medical supplies and equipment to Jamaica, in support of the country's effort to improve the quality of healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was announced by Ambassador of Japan...

Joint efforts of the Matilda's Corner Police and the Police Emergency Communication Centre (PECC) resulted in the recovery of a stolen motor vehicle on Old Hope Road, Kingston 5 on Friday. Police reports are that in mid-January the owner of a...

Jamaica Labour Party Councillor Kari Douglas, was last night arrested and charged for assaulting and obstructing the police during an operation in Swallowfield, St Andrew. The incident was confirmed by Commanding Officer for the St Andrew Central......

Four more Jamaicans have died from COVID-19 pushing the death tally to 417. The deceased are: an 87-year-old female and a 68-year-old male both from Kingston and St. Andrew, and a 62-year-old male and a 69-year-old male both from St. James....

The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) has come out in support of the Medical Association of Jamaica's (MAJ) recommendation that the drug IVERMECTIN be incorporated into the island's COVID-19 management protocols. "We...

The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) says that in its ongoing review of the security of the Government's systems and networks, including the JamCOVID platform, cyber investigators have observed persistent attempts to gain...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Feb. 26, CMC - Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced Thursday night that when a three-and-a-half-week lockdown ends on February 28, businesses will be allowed to reopen in phases, but a 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew will remain...

A sum of $328 million has been provided to wrap up activities under the Montego Bay Waterfront Protection Project, in the upcoming financial year. The project seeks to rehabilitate the Montego Bay groynes to reduce the loss of beachfront acreage to....