FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) -- The U.S. Coast Guard continued its search for six people Saturday, three days after their boat apparently capsized off Florida's Atlantic coast. The search began Friday morning when a boater rescued a Jamaican...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate on Saturday acquitted Donald Trump of inciting the horrific attack on the U.S. Capitol, concluding a historic impeachment trial that exposed the fragility of America's democratic traditions and left a...

A shipment containing over 1500 pounds of marijuana, with an estimated street value of $6.1 million, was seized at the Port of Kingston on Thursday. The marijuana was said to be concealed in a transhipment container. It is reported that during a...

TOKYO (AP) -- A strong earthquake hit off the coast of northeastern Japan late Saturday, shaking Fukushima, Miyagi and other areas, but there was no threat of a tsunami, officials said. Tokyo Electric Power Co. said there were no...

The Registrar General's Department (RGD) says it will be launching its premium offerings of same-day and next-day certificate production on Monday, February 22, 2021. To access both, persons are required to have been previously issued with a...

Jamaica on Friday recorded four more COVID-19 deaths, pushing the tally to 372. Those who have died are: A 70-year-old female from Clarendon A 56-year-old male from St Elizabeth A 79-year-old male from Kingston and St Andrew An 83-year-old male...

KEY WEST, Feb. 13, CMC - The United States Coast Guard says it has seized four drug vessels, detained five suspected drug smugglers and seized 4,000 pounds of cocaine with a street value of about US$69 million, after a 59-day...

Mary* was sitting by her computer one night in January when evil entered her life through her Facebook page as she received a frightening message from a man. "Death is upon yuh, that traditional curse. Yuh have a very bright future, don't allow.....

Jamaicans have been put on notice to expect more hospitalisations and even more COVID-19 deaths as the number of cases on the island, especially among the 60 years and older cohort, continues to rise. "This is a very serious situation that we are....

Elderly Jamaicans, 60 years and older, will be vaccinated with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot even though there is data suggest the jab offered only "minimal protection" against the South African strain. A Pan American Health Organization/World...

December 15, 2020 will forever be etched in the memory of Joy Carter. It was the day she was called to the Jamaican Bar, making her an attorney-at-law. The day before, her own fighting past flashed before her eyes after a baby girl was found in...

As Tehra Clarke stared at the spot where her babyfather Carl 'Jesus' Montague was shot and killed in their McIntyre Villa, Kingston 16, community, she couldn't hold back the tears. Clarke, 39, told THE WEEKEND STAR that she is still in a daze...

A former police sergeant died from injuries he sustained in a bloody motor vehicle crash on a section of the Barham main road in Westmoreland on Wednesday afternoon. He has been identified as 48-year-old Christopher McDaniel, of Whitehouse, in...

After two attacks on his life, the first of which left him requiring 337 stitches, 40-year-old Roger Foreman says he is on a mission to win souls for God. "Men attacked me and chopped me with machetes and knives in one incident, and in another I.....

The sister of a woman who died at the St Ann's Bay Regional Hospital on Tuesday, January 19, is demanding answers, alleging that her sibling fell from a wheelchair while at the institution, which may have contributed to her death. Ann Marie...

Fat Hog Quarter resident Gregory Rowe has no qualms with the weird name of his beloved community, which is located in the north western parish of Hanover. The 45-year-old Rastafarian, who is a member of a faith that has long declared war against....

ORANGE CITY, Fla. (AP) -- A Florida man stole an engagement ring and wedding bands from a girlfriend and used them to propose to another girlfriend, according to authorities. Volusia County Sheriff's deputies said Thursday they have...

The Government says it will be providing aditional COVID-19 beds for the parishes of Kingston, St. Catherine and Trelawny. Health Minister Dr. Christopher Tufton, said the additional spaces, numbering over 130, would be added shortly, bringing the....

GENEVA (AP) -- The head of the World Health Organization said Friday that the drop in confirmed COVID-19 infections around the world was encouraging, but cautioned against relaxing restrictions that have helped curb the spread of the...

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) - Two regional economists have advised Caribbean countries to join forces to buy about 20 million COVID-19 vaccine doses for the entire region, or the pandemic will continue to devastate lives and economies for...