Fifty-year-old mechanic Robert 'Backra' Fowler of Portmore, St Catherine has been charged with the murder of 20-year-old accounting clerk Khanice Jackson. He was charged a short while ago. Fowler is to appear in court on April 9, to answer...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is reporting that 12 persons were arrested and charged for breaches of Disaster Risk Management Act, and over 200 persons warned for the prosecution to include party goers, over the past weekend of lockdown...

A team of officers assigned to the St Andrew South Police Division, say they have seized one 9mm pistol and two 9mm cartridges during an operation in Majesty Gardens, Kingston 11 on Monday, March 29. Reports from the Hunts Bay Police are that about....

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - A policewoman is among three people charged with gun trafficking following the discovery of a firearm with ammunition and a silencer at a house where the trio reside. Kurl Ann McEachnie, an acting police...

The man suspected of murdering 20-year-old Khanice Jackson has been interviewed by police detectives. Deputy commissioner of police in charge of crime and security, Fitz Bailey, said that during the interview, the suspect gave a statement under...

The National Water Commission (NWC) is reminding landlords that they must ensure that water bills attached to their properties are settled on time and in full. Based on the legal provisions that guide the operations and policy of the NWC, the...

The much anticipated return of cruise shipping in the Caribbean will be realised on June 12, 2021, when global cruise giants Royal Caribbean International will set sail from new home port, Nassau, The Bahamas. The cruise line, the second biggest in....

Jamaica on Monday recorded one more COVID-19 death, pushing the tally to 587. The deceased is an 72-year-old male from Kingston and St Andrew. One other death has been listed as coincidental. Meanwhile, there were 334 new cases with ages ranging...

BERLIN (AP) -- Several health authorities in Germany announced Tuesday that they are again suspending the use of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine for residents under age 60 amid fresh reports of unusual blood clots in people who...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - Guyana on Monday received a consignment of 24,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine through the COVAX facility - the first quota of vaccines Guyana has received through the global initiative for pooled...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security says its St Ann office, located at 4 Windsor Road, St Ann's Bay, will be closed to the public today. This closure is to facilitate a comprehensive sanitisation exercise, the ministry said. The office...

As Jamaican women seek to wrestle with the monsters of abduction and rape, many have signed a petition seeking the legalisation of pepper spray for personal protection. The online appeal was launched on the Jamaica House Petition online portal on....

Carey Carter said that his life was heading down a path of destruction until Dr Jephthah Ford intervened. A former ward of the State, Carter said that the late medical doctor was a father figure whose mentorship contributed to him becoming the man....

At a 103 years old, Vincent Wilson says that he has no interest in becoming technology savvy and as such would rather that his utility bills are delivered to his mailbox. However, as the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is transitioning to a...

Mayor of May Pen Winston Maragh, who came under scrutiny following COVID vaccine comments he made at an event in Chapelton last December, received his first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine last Wednesday. Maragh, 64, got his jab at the...

Lloyd Deen and Richard Dean are two men who know the pain of losing their daughters. Lloyd's daughter, Jasmine Deen, a visually impaired student of The University of the West Indies, has been missing for over a year. Richard's 11-year-old daughter....

Man swims under ice for three minutes A freediver has set a new world record by swimming under ice. Arthur Guerin-Boeri set the record last week by swimming 394 feet underneath a lake in Finland. Guerin-Boeri completed the swim in three minutes.....

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC - A 5.6 magnitude earthquake was recorded off Barbados in the early hours of Monday. According to the University of the West Indies (UWI) Seismic Unit, the quake occurred around 2:35 a.m. The epicentre was located...

The Government of Canada announced it would contribute CAN$1,200,000 (approximately USD$950,000) to support the efforts of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) against COVID-19 in six Caribbean countries. Several countries in the Caribbean......

Just over $5.5 billion in loans and grants are expected to be disbursed to some 13,325 applicants by the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) during 2021/22. These form part of the overall 13,858 eligible applicants on whose behalf the SLB will be...