SAVANNAH CROSS, Clarendon - A four-year-old child fled her house in the early hours of yesterday morning to get help after her mother's throat was slashed in this deep-rural community. Dead is Danecia Fearon, who would have turned 27 ne...

SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - Former Member of Parliament for St Elizabeth North Eastern Kern Spencer says he is giving thought but is yet to make up his mind regarding calls for him to contest for chairmanship of the Opposition People's N...

WITH COVID-19 cases cramming hospitals islandwide, attention is being drawn to the "overwhelmed" state of the island's already limited intensive care units (ICU), with doctors now more than ever being forced to make life and death decis...

A member of the Ganja Growers and Producers Association of Jamaica is calling for cops to stop destroying cannabis plants in the current economic climate, after armed men believed to be members of the police force were accused of choppi...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - President of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) Janet Silvera is recommending that Government construct a second all-boys' school in St James to add to the more than century-old Cornwall Col...

REPEATED warnings by local health officials that the latest wave of the novel coronavirus ravaging the island could lead to a shortage of beds in public hospitals have become a painful and life-threatening reality for almost 30 people a...

"If you're willing to learn, they're willing to train. At Sandals Resorts, they're just waiting for you to put up your sail so they can apply the wind."That is how Sandals South Coast's newly appointed Guest Experience Manager Marland ...

Today is the 224th day of 2020. There are 141 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1961: The East German Parliament votes to erect a wall separating east Berlin from the western part. It goes up the same night. OTHER EVENTS1499: Turk...

MINISTER of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change Pearnel Charles Jr says that Jamaica is well advanced in its preparations for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26). The minister note...

MURRAY MOUNT, St Ann - Andrew Matthews has still not recovered from a fire that ravaged his house and turned his life upside down last December. The farmer came home to the devastating sight of his four-bedroom house engulfed in flames....

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The US Government said yesterday that it will deliver nearly 837,000 Pfizer vaccines to Caribbean nations as the region with limited resources struggle with a spike in COVID-19 cases amid violent anti-vaccin...

LOCAL manufacturer of animal feed, Nutramix, and the United States-based Gold Mine Boers International have received high praises for the recently concluded GOAT seminar at the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon.About 50 small ruminant far...

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday announced major international trials of three drugs to find out whether they improve the condition of hospitalised COVID-19 patients.Artesunate, imatinib and infl...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban seized three more Afghan provincial capitals and a local army headquarters yesterday, completing a blitz across the country's north-east and giving them control of two-thirds of the nation as the US...

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) - All teachers in California will have to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to weekly virus tests, the state's governor announced Wednesday, as authorities grapple with exploding infection rates.T...

The Jamaican father of one of the men shot dead at a party in Brooklyn, New York, early Sunday morning believes that the killers targeted his son after seeing him in a photo with Donald "Likkle Danny" Nash, the alleged leader of the Da...

MORANT BAY, St Thomas - For young athletes from Morant Bay High School (MBHS) who dream of sporting glory, a chance to welcome home freshly minted Olympic gold medallist Hansle Parchment has made them even more determined to shine."[His...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - As the number of COVID-19 cases continue to increase, operations at Mandeville Regional Hospital have been scaled down to emergencies after the facility exceeded its COVID-19 ward capacity.Senior medical officer...

PORT ANTONIO, Portland - For 153 years the girls of Seaside Primary have outshone the boys in all major exams. This year's Primary Exit Profile (PEP) exam was different for the school nestled in Hector's River overlooking the Caribbean ...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Chairman of the Mandeville Ministers Association and minister at the Ridgemont United Church, Rev Anthony Chung, says he is encouraging his congregation to get vaccinated against the infectious novel coronavirus...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - With news surfacing that the parish now has the country's highest rate (26 per cent) of increase in COVID-19 cases, some Westmoreland residents are becoming increasingly worried. The numbers increased from...

More than half of the 143 doctors who were last month left jobless after their contracts with State-run facilities were not renewed have moved on to brighter prospects, even as the Government - now faced with caseloads which outmatch m...

The British Government has agreed to foot the bill to quarantine Jamaicans who were last night deported to the island as fears mount that they could be carrying the worrying Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus.Yesterday, efforts were m...

Today is the 223rd day of 2021. There are 142 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2010: Reasearchers say two ancient animal bones from Ethiopia show signs of butchering by human ancestors, moving back the earliest evidence for the us...

SOME of the young men who wipe windscreens at major intersections in the Corporate Area, in order to put bread on their tables, are happy with offers of skills training and are now looking forward to completing courses and earning certi...

Dear Mr Brown:I heard that the Canadian borders are now open for US travellers. I am wondering when those from other countries can enter as well.- CTDear CT,Due to the pandemic, the Canadian Government had prohibited American citizens a...

Q. What can I do on a B1/B2 visa?A: The B1/B2 visa consists of a "B1" component that covers travel for professional reasons and a "B2" component that covers travel for personal reasons.With the B1 component, prospective travellers may c...

ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Michelle Thomas is proposing amendments to the Domestic Violence Act to provide more protection for men who are being abused in their homes. Although Thomas said having the legislation is a guideline for rule of law and ...

THE islands municipal corporations raked in $204.7 billion last year for building/planning applications.The estimated value of applications approved was $145.2 billion, while those that were still being processed at the close of the yea...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) - Caribbean countries are monitoring the progress of a weather system that was likely to become a tropical storm last night.The Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said that tropical storm warnings hav...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed issued a call yesterday for all eligible civilians to join the armed forces as fighting rages in multiple regions of Africa's second most populous nation."Now is the righ...

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, facing possible impeachment over sexual harassment claims from 11 women and mounting pressure to quit from fellow Democrats, announced his resignation yesterday. The 63-yea...

ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC) - Prime Minister Gaston Browne yesterday described Sir Lester Bird as a "great son of the soil" as he led the country in mourning the death of the island's second prime minister.A statement from the Office of ...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness last night expressed concern about recent human rights issues, including the complaint of a teenaged Rastafarian woman who accused the police of forcibly cutting off her locks."I want to place on record an...

With the island about to enter a new 21-day regime of tightened COVID-19 restrictions, given rising infection rates heralding a third wave, Prime Minister Andrew Holness is signalling that Jamaicans might find themselves under at least ...

A shooting incident in Brooklyn, New York, on Sunday morning which left three men dead, including a man believed to be the head of the ruthless Darksyde gang which mainly operates in the Kingston Central constituency here, has further i...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - While most poultry farmers were hit by the unforeseen crisis brought on by the novel coronavirus pandemic, Pamela Crammer cannot say the same. The 43-year-old is convinced that God has had a hand in her good fortune....

With heightened fears about the arrival of the deadly Delta variant in the country, Jamaican-born critical care nurse in the United States Sandra Lindsay says it is even more crucial to take the COVID-19 vaccine. "It is extremely impor...

With large numbers of Jamaicans baulking at accepting jabs under the Government's national vaccination programme, the Administration last evening announced its intention to "pivot to a more community-based approach" to have the populac...

CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) - The flag of the St Lucia-based Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is being flown at half mast as the region pays tribute to Sir Lester Byrant Bird, who died yesterday after a prolong period of i...

Today is the 222nd day of 2021. There are 143 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1977: US postal employee David Berkowitz is arrested after being accused of being the "Son of Sam" gunman responsible for six random slayings and wound...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Following the vindication of one of two Rick's Café Negril executives charged in connection with the controversial hosting of Mocha Fest, Queen's Counsel Peter Champagnie is calling for equity in the pros...

OPPOSITION spokesman on health Dr Morais Guy says Jamaica should not consider joining other countries to push for mandatory COVID-19 vaccination.Guy, in an interview with the Jamaica Observer, said the Administration should consider usi...

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) - A 56-year-old woman pleaded not guilty yesterday to a charge of wounding Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves during a protest last Thursday that had been organised by the main Opposition New Democratic Party ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - Trinidad and Tobago registered its first mother-to-child transmission of the novel coronavirus, health authorities have confirmed. However, the woman died from the virus soon after giving birth.Director ...

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) - A former Haitian legislator is calling for the appointment of five judges to investigate the assassination of President Jovenel Moise on July 7, even as the justice authorities are finding it difficult to g...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent, according to a report released Monday that the United Nations called...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, August 10, 2021: You are an independent person who needs a lot of freedom in their life. You crave variety, and you love stimulation and change. You are competitive personally and professionally. Financial se...

LUCEA, Hanover - The Hanover police have so far ruled out foul play in the sudden death of the parish's most wanted gunman who reportedly died in his jail cell Saturday night. Bryan Jackson, otherwise called Not Nice, of a Green Island ...

Jamaican restaurateur Richard Thomas admits that his business, like many others in the United States, saw a decline in sales last year at the height of the novel coronaviorus pandemic. However, his quick turn to marketing on digital pla...