A hurricane warning is now in effect for Jamaica as Hurricane Elsa continues its slow strengthening while approaching the central Caribbean. This means that the following dangerous effects of a hurricane are expected to affect Jamaica in 36...

Two men were shot and killed on Rum Lane in Central Kingston this afternoon. The dead men have been identified as 24-year-old Ian 'Tiki' Reid and 28-year-old Oshane Watson. It is reported about 1:30 p.m, a gunman got out of...

NEW DELHI (AP) -- India on Friday crossed the grim milestone of more than 400,000 people lost to the coronavirus, a number that though massive is still thought to be a vast undercount because of a lack of testing and reporting. More than half...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has begun testing for the Delta and other variants of the coronavirus (COVID-19). This was disclosed by Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, who was addressing a virtual press...

The tropical storm watch for Jamaica has been upgraded to a tropical storm warning, while a hurricane watch is now also in effect as Hurricane Elsa barrels into the eastern Caribbean. This means that tropical storm conditions, including...

Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr Kasan Troupe, says that approximately 17,000 students and 3,000 teachers have, so far, indicated their interest in the National Summer School initiative,...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Elsa strengthened into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season on Friday as it battered the eastern Caribbean, where officials closed schools, businesses and airports, and it appeared headed eventually for...

A curfew has been imposed in sections of Kingston West. The curfew began at 6 p.m. on Thursday July 01 and will remain in effect until 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 03. The boundaries of the curfew are as follows: * NORTH: From the...

Sha'Carri Richardson cannot run in the Olympic 100-meter race after testing positive for a chemical found in marijuana. Richardson, who won the 100 at Olympic trials in 10.86 seconds on June 19, told of her ban Friday on the "Today Show...

Minister of Health, Dr Chris Tufton, announced there will be a blitz this weekend for persons to receive their second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The Mexican government on Wednesday donated 65,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to the...

A 30-year-old Clarendon farmer is facing firearm charges following an incident in his community on June 15. David Lewis, of Rectory Road, Bucknor in Clarendon was charged with illegal possession of firearm and assault at common law. Reports are....

A 26-year-old gym operator was charged with rape and grievous sexual assault stemming from an incident at a gym on Hagley Park Road, Kingston 10, on June 23. The accused is Howard Griffiths of Harbour View, Kingston 17. Reports are that a woman......

Sixty-four out of 198 doctors reportedly turned up for work yesterday at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) following industrial action taken by junior doctors in protest over working hours and the non-renewal of the contracts of 147 colleagues.......

Minister of National Security, Dr Horace Chang, said that the new police station that has been built in Olympic Gardens, St Andrew, must be the place where residents find respite and responsiveness from the officers. Chang, who is also Jamaica's.....

A 26-year-old yesterday admitted to the court that he tried to bribe a cop with $2,000 during a traffic stop. Andre Scott pleaded guilty to bribery when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court before Senior Parish Judge Lori-Ann...

A senior citizen yesterday found himself in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court answering to drug-related offences. Aston Cover, 65, pleaded guilty to possession of ganja and dealing in ganja when he stood before Senior Parish Judge Lori-Ann.....

A carpenter who assisted in standing the bail offer for his babymother in 2016, found himself inside the prisoner dock yesterday when she filed a report against him. John Moulton did not enter a plea to charges of malicious destruction of...

Ten more families are slated to benefit from housing through Wisynco's all-Jamaican beverage brand, BOOM Energy Drink. The company made the announcement on Tuesday, during the construction of the final of 10 BOOM-sponsored houses under Food For.....

Approximately 17,000 students and 3,000 teachers have so far indicated their interest in the National Summer School initiative, which commences on Monday. The programme forms part of the Government's 'Recover Smarter-National School Learning and....

When Jacqueline Powell was born at the Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester in 1975, a nurse at the facility convinced her mother, Joyce Miller, to place the newborn in State care. At 38, Miller had already given birth to 12 children. She......