WASHINGTON -- The effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine wanes slightly over time but it remains strongly protective for at least six months after the second dose, according to company data released Wednesday. The findings are one piece of...

Jamaica is this week to get 300,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from the United Kingdom, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced today. British High Commissioner to Jamaica Asif Ahmad today tweeted that the vaccines will arrive on....

Three more COVID-19 deaths have been recorded in Jamaica, increasing the tally to 1,182. The deceased are a 67-year-old man from Kingston and St Andrew, a 55-year-old woman from St Catherine, and a 65-year-old man from Kingston and St Andrew. And......

A love triangle involving members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) turned ugly yesterday following altercations involving a male constable and two female cops, both of whom are said to have borne a child for him. One of the females, who is....

Watching his men remove the body of a 82-year-old woman, who appeared to have been raped before her throat was slashed by lowlifes on Ashoka Road in Waterhouse, St Andrew, was by far the most difficult task for Superintendent of Police, Kirk...

St Ann resident Shaquille Higgins has become the third person to be jailed by the police after openly voicing his displeasure at COVID-19 containment measures announced by Prime Minister Andrew Holness. Higgins was taken into custody by the St...

Eleven residents of East Avenue in downtown Kingston were left cowering in fear as heavily armed men surrounded their home in a before dawn fire which destroyed their 12-bedroom dwelling. They alleged that the fire, which started just after 3 a.....

Many persons don't live to see 100, and Mercella Victoria Pearson is proud to have achieved the milestone. For the occasion, Pearson's relatives and loved ones gathered at her home in Marlie Acres, Old Harbour, St Catherine, to help her celebrate....

Children's Advocate Diahann Gordon Harrison says that the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information-endorsed Safe Spot, which is a free 24-hour counselling service for children and teens, is already reaping dividends a mere three months after......

The man seen in a video making expletive-laced remarks against Prime Minister Andrew Holness has been taken into custody. The police say Shaquille O'Neal Higgins was accosted today by the St Ann Police. Higgins was reportedly taken into custody...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Authorities in Haiti arrested a top official who served as general security coordinator when President Jovenel Moise was assassinated, his attorney told The Associated Press on Monday. Jean Laguel Civil joins...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Jul 27, CMC - St Lucia's outgoing Prime Minister, Allen Chastanet, said the results of Monday's general elections that resulted in his United Workers Party (UWP) suffering a heavy defeat has come as a...

Jamaica has recorded one more COVID-19 deaths, pushing the tally to 1,179. Those who have died are a 76-year-old man from Kingston and St Andrew, whose death was previously under investigation. And one more fatality is under investigation...

TOKYO (AP) -- It wasn't the ending that Naomi Osaka -- nor her multitudes of fans across Japan and worldwide -- had expected. The start of the Tokyo Olympics, however, will forever be a bright memory for the tennis superstar....

TOKYO (AP) -- Simone Biles came to Tokyo as the star of the U.S. Olympic movement and perhaps the Games themselves. It all came to a stunning halt in the women's gymnastics final on Tuesday night with an uncertain vault. In a flash, the...

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's capital, Tokyo, reported its highest number of new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, days after the Olympics began. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga urged people to avoid non-essential outings, but said there was no...

The change in the time for the nightly curfews has left event promoters and entertainment players disappointed but thankful that the sector that was reopened last month has not been shut down again. Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday...

Jamaicans have been placed on notice to expect tighter restrictions next month as the Government moves to stave off a possible third wave of COVD-19 infection on the island. Prime Minister Andrew Holness, in a media briefing yesterday, said the.....

Bishop Rowan Edwards said that he believes there would be an immediate change in some violent-prone communities if local churches were to be included in certain social outreach programmes. "If you arm the church and give them financial aid --...

Residents of downtown Kingston have been targeted for participation in an ambitious mushroom-growing project which is aimed at improving the lives and livelihood of residents in inner-city communities. Mushrooms, protein-rich organisms, have...