'Not every man without sight is without vision' is the mantra that Meeks Campbell, 44, continues to live by. Campbell, though being blind for eight years, has been bestowing vision to others, both children and adults, by granting them the gift of....

While they welcome the latest curfew imposed in the volatile Norwood community, residents in the Hollywood and Dacatone Square areas told THE WEEKEND STAR that they were still living in fear. "Is a shame and disgrace fi know seh a di Minister of.....

Chairman of the St Catherine Municipal Corporation Norman Scott has called on the government to reconsider its ban on burials. "Funeral directors are highlighting the fact that there are 10 weeks in backlog of bodies in the parlours. With an...

Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is assuring Jamaicans that there is overwhelming evidence to support the efficacy and safety of the AstraZeneca vaccine. "We don't bring vaccines here unless they passed clinical trials and are......

Cavan, who won the first season of the Digicel Rising Stars competition in 2004, says he has found another occupational passion in farming. "I have always been connected to nature and it's a way, for me, to get in touch with God," said Cavan,...

Dr Devonee Dawson of the Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester is urging Jamaicans to 'mask up' through the lyrics of one of his latest singles. Mask Up by the 26-year-old surgeon, who goes by the moniker Lyrical Doctor, has even caught......

Sierra Leone's Ambassador to Jamaica Sidiqui Wai has commended THE WEEKEND STAR for helping his countrywoman, Etta Findlay, to be reunited with her relatives in the West African country. The January 22 publication highlighted the plight of...

The Westmoreland police have ramped up their drive to rid the parish of motorcycle gunmen, following another attack on Wednesday night. The attack left four persons, including three females, nursing gunshot wounds in hospital. Reports by the...

Stephen Witter, the man who was arrested after berating cops at Hellshire Beach in St Catherine, was convicted on Thursday for several breaches in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. Witter, 42, was videotaped on Sunday, March 7, telling...

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A Clarendon farmworker has been charged by the Narcotics Police after being found with cocaine hidden in food items in his luggage at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston. He is Ochena Demetri of Gimme-Me-Bit in Clarendon. He was...

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC - Cayman Islands' Premier, Alden McLaughlin, on Wednesday announced that the mandatory quarantine period across the territory, will be reduced to 10 days, starting March 22. The Premier made the...

Jamaica is to receive technical assistance from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to strengthen its health systems and services. This follows Cabinet's approval for the Ministry of Health and Wellness to enter into an agreement with...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Denmark has temporarily suspended use of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine after reports of blood clots in some people, but its health authority said Thursday it has no evidence the vaccine was responsible. Other...

The South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) is to be provided with 175 new hospital beds. This follows Cabinet's approval of the award of a $70.89-million contract to Advance Procurement Limited to supply and install the beds. SERHA...

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC - The Government of The Bahamas is scheduled to begin its COVID-19 vaccination programme next week, following the arrival of 20,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Wednesday. According to Prime Minister Dr...

LONDON (AP) -- The European Medicines Agency on Thursday gave the green light to Johnson & Johnson's one-dose coronavirus vaccine, handing the European Union's 27 nations a fourth vaccine to try to speed up the bloc's...

The Government has allocated $10.5 billion to the Ministry of Health and Wellness for special expenses related to the coronavirus (COVID-19). This includes $6 billion for the procurement, storage, distribution and administration of vaccines; $1...

The Government has announced changes to the 2021 sitting of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP). Addressing a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday, Education, Youth and Information Minister, Fayval Williams, said that the Grade Six Ability......

Jamaica on Wednesday recorded 12 more COVID-19 deaths, pushing the tally to 475. One other death has been listed as coincidental, while another is now under investigation. Meanwhile, there were 695 new cases with ages ranging from four days to 91......