PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. 30, CMC - Health officials have been monitoring the emergence of a very infectious skin disease that is similar to scabies. According to the Ministry of Health, this skin disease has affected residents of several...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (CMC)-- -The United States Coast Guard earlier this week, transferred custody of two suspected smugglers and US$8.5 million in seized cocaine to US federal agents at Coast Guard Base here following the interdiction...

The Narcotics Police have arrested a 59-year-old businessman of Westgate Hill, Montego Bay, St James in connection with a multi-million dollar drug seizure on Friday, January 29. Reports are that about 7:15 p.m., lawmen were conducting anti-...

Detectives from the May Pen Criminal Investigation Branch are investigating the robbery of a PC Bank located at Gordon Street, May Pen, Clarendon on January 28. Reports are that three men entered the bank posing as customers. A firearm was...

The Ministry of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change says it is actively seeking to improve access to and management of the nation's public beaches, through the development of the Beach Access and Management Policy. "...

Jamaica on Friday recorded three more COVID-19 deaths, pushing the tally to 348. Those who have died are: * A 56-year-cold female from St Catherine * An 30-year-old male from Trelawny * An 89-year-old female from Westmoreland whose death was...

Jamaica will be passing laws to grant immunity to vaccine producers from liability if someone suffers harm having taken the COVID-19 vaccine. Representatives of the Ministry of Health and Wellness, appearing before a Special Select Committee of......

Horace Johnson, a former gang member who used to 'bun God', said he is imploring the youth to walk the straight and narrow and never allow the pressures of life to lead them into crime. Now a born-again Christian, the 32-year-old said he first......

The defence team for Dantay Brooks, the teenage son of dancehall deejay Mavado, says they will be looking to proceed to the next step in the judicial process following his murder conviction. Brooks’ lead attorney, Peter Champagnie QC, told THE......

A man who is said to be a dancehall artiste was arrested yesterday in Eight Miles, Bull Bay, in St Andrew, after he was reportedly held with a firearm and several rounds of ammunition. Reports from the Elletson Road police are that about 11:30 a.....

The police were called to a property in Frome, Westmoreland, recently after residents who gained access illegally were taking water from a broken main. The property owner, a Chinese national who gave his name as Moo Young, told THE WEEKEND STAR......

It has been almost 13 years since 46-year-old Winston Pittison lost his sight, but that hasn't stopped him from looking for love. Pittison, who resides in Golden Spring, St Andrew, says he has had may flings but is now on a quest to locate his......

The Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW), through its Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and Injury Prevention Unit, is partnering with various entities to provide islandwide cancer screening offered at discounted rates for the month of February......

The Barrett Town All-Age School in St James received a major boost on Thursday, with the official opening of its newly constructed computer lab. The lab, which houses 10 computers and other equipment, was made possible by Sheila Johnson, CEO and.....

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP): A new coronavirus variant identified in South Africa has been found in the US for the first time, with two cases diagnosed in South Carolina, state health officials said Thursday. The two cases don't appear to be...

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A male vendor who was shot mulitple times Friday morning on Princess Street, in downtown Kingston, has succumbed to his injuries. The deceased has been identified as 32-year-old Omar 'Bull Rat' Scale, a vendor of Metcalfe Road, Kingston 5....

Minister of National Security Dr. Horace Chang, says that amendments to the Firearms Act should be completed before the end of this financial year. "The final drafts are being done now," he said. He was speaking following a tour of the...

Police are currently processing a crime scene, after they were alerted to a body seen lying in a clump of bush with a gunshot wound to the head, along Eve Avenue, off West Hero's Circle Road, Kingston. The police confirmed to The STAR that the...

BERLIN (AP) -- Regulators authorised AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine for use in adults throughout the European Union on Friday, amid criticism the bloc is not moving fast enough to vaccinate its population. The European Medicines...