Jamaica a short while ago received its first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. The 50,000 doses of Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine touched down at the Norman Manley International Airport at about 4:45 p.m., this afternoon. The vaccines were donated to the.....

Crime scene investigators are now trying to locate the head of a man whose body was discovered along a dirt track in Sandy Bay, Hanover this morning. The victim is believed to be a pastor from St James. Investigators say he was last seen alive...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Fully vaccinated Americans can gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing, according to long-awaited guidance from federal health officials. The recommendations also say that...

An earthquake was felt in parts of Jamaica this morning. The Earthquake Unit at the University of the West Indies says the quake measured 3.4 and was located at approximately five kilometres south of Port Antonio, Portland. The unit said that it...

The Meteorological Service is reporting that a cold front is expected to move across Jamaica today. Cooler temperatures and increased rainfall are expected across sections of the country this week. The Met Service says persons should expect...

LONDON (AP) -- Britain and its royal family absorbed the tremors Monday from a sensational television interview with Prince Harry and Meghan, in which the couple said they encountered racist attitudes and a lack of support that drove the...

Investigators are now at the scene of a suspected murder and arson along Beeston Street in downtown Kingston. It is reported that about 3:30 this morning residents saw smoke coming from a premises and summoned the fire department. A woman, who...

Jamaica on Sunday recorded one more COVID-19 death, pushing the tally to 454. The deceased is a 63-year-old man from St James. Meanwhile, there were 878 new cases with ages ranging from eight months to 98 years, pushing the total to 26,904 with 11,....

The Portmore Police say they have seized one Browning pistol with one round of ammunition during an operation in Greater Portmore, St Catherine on Saturday. Reports are that about 7:45 a.m., lawmen conducted an operation in the area when a premises....

A heavy detachment of police personnel have been deployed in the communities of Peace View and Cassava Walk, in Albion, St James, following a flare-up of gang rivalry on the weekend, which has left two persons dead, including a teenager. The...

Two men from the Red Ground community in Negril were among four persons shot and killed by armed men in Westmoreland on the weekend. The deceased have been identified as Arceno Samms, 28, and Devon Mosley, 34, otherwise called 'Bandoo', both...

A St James man was shot and killed on Saturday at the home of a woman he had gone to visit. The deceased has been identified as 35-year-old Jermaine Brown, otherwise called 'Jail Bud', painter of Fairfield, Irwin. Reports by the police are that......

Joseph Bryan has been living under the bridge on Glenmuir Road in May Pen, since January 2020, and he is hoping that soon he will be able to return to his community of Woodhall in Clarendon to live in a house there. Whether there is rain or...

Ruby Hayden has been selling naseberries and snacks to visitors to the Meadowrest Memorial Gardens in St Catherine for years, but she now fears the worst due to the Government's two-week ban on burials, a measure to help stem the spread of COVID-.....

Alcian Gracie is still trying to come to terms with the fire that gutted her home-based restaurant last Friday. "I don't know what to feel right now," said Gracie, known as 'Karen' to the people in Coorevillle Gardens, St Andrew. It is reported......

A thief is currently on the run in St Elizabeth after he reportedly used a machete to chop and injure an elderly woman last Tuesday, as he was stealing pineapples off her farm. Information reaching THE STAR is that the man illegally entered a...

A St Catherine family currently fears the worst over the disappearance of their relative, Dorothy Brown, who has been missing for a month. Relatives of the 71-year-old said that she was last seen on Monday, February 8, around 5:30 p.m. wearing a.....

Detectives attached to the St Andrew South Criminal Investigations Branch have arrested and charged a man with murder stemming from an incident last December. Hr is 32-year-old Kemo Green, of Swain Spring Road in St Andrew. He was charged with...

Hailed as an unsung hero and good Samaritan in her community, Novlet Samuels has devoted her life to making the needs of those who seek her help a priority, sometimes to the point of denying her own. The former early childhood teacher and...

Opposition Spokesperson on Health and Wellness, Dr Morais Guy, says he shares the nation's collective shock and concern at the high number of positive COVID-19 cases and is calling for a national approach to the burgeoning crisis. Commenting on...