Surging admissions of COVID-19 patients have sparked a bedspace crisis at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) — a snapshot in a montage of malady threatening healthcare services across Jamaica which is in the throes of a third wave o...

TOKYO, Japan: Jamaican sprinter Rasheed Dwyer says he is looking to deliver a strong performance in the men’s 200 metres final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, after booking a somewhat surprising qualification, which he has dedicated to his coach,...

West Indies Alumina Company (Windalco) is to be charged for breaches under the Wild Life Protection Act after an investigation by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) found that the bauxite company is responsible for Monday’s fish.....

Lower-level workers at the Nature Preservation Foundation (NPF) have complained bitterly that they are forced by the non-governmental organisation (NGO) to survive on reduced income since the onset of COVID-19 last year, while higher-paid...

WESTERN BUREAU: St James health officials have expressed concern that unregulated entertainment events may pose a greater risk of coronavirus transmission than large parties like the upcoming Dream Weekend series. Parties have been banned for the.....

FOLLOWING the brazen gun slaying of her brother in Stony Hill on Monday afternoon, one woman has questioned the lack of witnesses coming forward with information on a number of murders and shootings committed in broad daylight in the co...

BUFF BAY, Portland - Four Haitian men who arrived at Spring Gardens in Portland yesterday morning have been given accommodation where they are being cared for. The men appeared to be very weak when their boat washed ashore, according to...

The Office of the Public Defender says it has launched an investigation into a complaint that 19-year-old Rastafarian Nzinga King was forcibly trimmed by a woman cop."We have commenced our investigation. It being a matter of great publi...

TWENTY-TWO of the island's female fisherfolk, who have dedicated decades of their lives in service to the local fishing and aquacultural industry, were recently honoured for their commitment, hard work and years of service by natural ga...

Today is the 216th day of 2021. There are 149 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS1966: The British Empire and Commonwealth Games begin in Kingston, Jamaica. They run until August 13. OTHER EVENTS1539: Ghent rebels fight against Ma...

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has commenced a probe into an allegation and complaint of abuse of rights for the trimming of a dreadlocked teenager, allegedly by a police officer. Princess Nzinga Candice King, 19, a...

Four Haitian males have landed in Buff Bay, Portland. They arrived on a boat in Spring Gardens shortly before 5 o'clock on Tuesday and are now awaiting an examination by the local health department. The police say the Haitians were...

Three more COVID-19 deaths have been recorded in Jamaica, increasing the tally to 1,203. The deceased are a 55-year-old man from Portland, a 59-year-old man from Kingston and St Andrew, and a 68-year-old man from Kingston and St Andrew. One...

BEIJING (AP) -- China suspended flights and trains, cancelled professional basketball league games, and announced mass coronavirus testing in Wuhan on Tuesday as widening outbreaks of the delta variant reached the city where the disease was...

Attorney-at-law Isat Buchanan has likened the trimming of a dreadlocked teenager, allegedly by a police officer, to the scalping of a member of Britain's Royal family. Princess Nzinga Candice King, 19, a Rastafarian, alleged that her hair was...