EIGHT of the 216 schools that resumed face-to-face classes this month have been forced to retreat following the discovery of several cases of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in their ranks.

THE sport and entertainment sectors, which have suffered severely because of the distancing requirements which form part of measures to contain spread of the novel coronavirus, will get some relief in the coming weeks. ...

Projects that do not get off the ground within six months of approval by the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) unit face the possibility of being defunded, CDF director Kedesha Campbell has warned.

THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is expected to move into its new headquarters on Port Royal Street in downtown Kingston by the end of the first quarter.The multi-storey building, handed over by the Chinese Govern...

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness yesterday said numerous appeals from grieving families were the reason for the Cabinet's decision to now allow churches to resume holding “small funerals” for persons who have died, for on...

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness confirmed in Parliament last night that a deportee has been detained by the police in the search for the killer(s) of four street people on the streets of the Corporate Area Monday morning. ...

THE National Water Commission (NWC) says operations at the Iterboreale water supply plant in St Mary will be shut down today to facilitate operational maintenance work at the pumps.This will affect water supply to the Agualta Vale...

KYLA Gaynor, The Queen's School fifth former who was recently selected as the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management's (ODPEM) first youth ambassador, has already proposed several ideas to increase engagement at ...

THE Jamaica Public Service (JPS) said yesterday that it was shocked and disappointed about the Office of Utilities Regulation's (OUR) news release issued earlier in the day, indicating that the light and power company owes custome...

 Dear Mr Brown:I heard that Canada is allowing people to apply for open work permits. Please tell me the requirements.– OMDear OM:The pandemic has created additional obstacles and caused inconveniences globally, and for int...

 Question:Do I need a negative COVID-19 test result to enter the United States?

Today is the 27th day of 2015. There are 338 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1944: The German and Finnish siege of Leningrad, now St Petersburg, is lifted. At least 650,000 people died during the 872-day siege. OTHER EVENT...

TEXAS, United States (AP) — A federal judge yesterday barred the US Government from enforcing a 100-day deportation moratorium that is a key immigration priority of President Joe Biden.

HATFIELD, Manchester — A two-year-old boy and a seven-year-old girl and their 11 siblings have been left without a father after gunmen shot dead 55-year-old shopkeeper Everton Ranglin, otherwise called Ginger, in this commun...

POLICE investigators were kept busy across the island as at least 10 people were killed and a number of others left nursing wounds in a gruesome 24-hour period which ended at 6:00 am yesterday.The victims included four homeless me...

A The University of the West Indies (UWI) team of scientists and international collaborators have conducted an interdisciplinary study that found that there are potentially beneficial medicinal properties in a favourite Caribbean ...

THE Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is taking steps to regularise former sugar cane lands in Parnassus, Trelawny, which are occupied by informal settlers.The move is in keeping with Government's drive to ensure that agricult...

THE Jamaica Red Cross (JRC) has partnered with the Ministry of Health and Wellness to train some 1,500 volunteers in psychological first aid (PFA) to respond to the growing need for mental health support services amid the novel co...

DETECTIVES in St James on Monday charged a man and a woman with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition in separate incidents in the parish.The woman has been identified as 26-year-old Sutanya Earle, a resident of Norwood Gar...

JAMAICAN Dr David Walcott, founder and managing director of Novamed (Jamaica), has been specially invited by the World Economic Forum (WEF), along with 50 other young people from around the world, dubbed global shapers, to attend ...

PORT OF SP AIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Minister of Foreign and Caribbean Community (Caricom) Affairs Senator Dr Amery Browne on Monday called for a peaceful solution to the latest dispute between Guyana and Venezuela over the dete...

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday urged a “fair” distribution of coronavirus vaccines across the world, warning that the memories of countries left out in the race for the lifesavi...

UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — A new United Nations report has warned that Latin America and the Caribbean will face a “fragile and uneven economic recovery” as the COVID-19 crisis may leave lasting scars on the region's...

PARIS, France (AFP) — The announcement that the coronavirus strain sweeping Britain could be more deadly as well as more transmissible has raised fresh concerns about the variant that has spread to dozens of countries. ...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, January 27, 2021: Precocious, quick and playful, your talents manifest at an early age. You may have had to grow up too quickly. This year, accepting more responsibilities, hard as it is, assures your...