HIS accent is bound to give him away, but Gary Sadler, one of the most dynamic salesmen to come out of Jamaica, is the just-appointed global ambassador for American Airlines' (AA) preflight COVID-19 test programme — Let's Ge...

GOVERNMENT says a security vulnerability associated with the file storage service on the JAMCOVID-19 application which was discovered on Wednesday has been rectified.

THE Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has delivered a landmark ruling that the country's buggery laws should be repealed immediately, finding that the Jamaican Government is responsible for violating the rights of ...

PARLIAMENT resumes today with the conventional ceremonial opening at Gordon House highlighted by the annual throne speech from the governor general in the morning and the tabling of the annual estimates of expenditure by the Gover...

FORMER president of the People's National Party (PNP) Dr Peter Phillips has provided the clearest signal yet that he is in the departure lounge of representational politics.

THE Indian Government and Jamaica are engaged in talks to distribute the India-manufactured COVAXIN vaccine to Jamaica once it gets approval from the World Health Organization (WHO).

DIRECTOR of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Dr Carissa F Etienne has urged countries in the region, that are in the lead to receive the first tranche of COVID-19 vaccines under the COVAX facility, to make the most of t...

A row which has been simmering over the past two weeks between trade unions and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) about who has jurisdiction over redundancy disputes began showing a glimmer of hope for an early sol...

Jamaicans have been encouraged to become familiar with and to utilise a host of estate planning tools to improve the process of estate administration after death. In addition to making a will, persons can employ other strategies ...

THE Integrity Commission says it has now completed the delivery of a specially developed series of 12 anti-corruption, good governance and integrity sensitisation workshops for Jamaica's prime minister and members of his Cabinet. ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sharply criticised the “wildly uneven and unfair” distribution of COVID-19 vaccines yesterday, saying 10 countries have administered 75 per cent of all...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — President of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association (JGRA) Dianne Parram is questioning Government's strategy of lengthening nightly curfews as a means to tackle the sharp rise in coronavirus cas...

SOME young farmers have expressed satisfaction with what they termed the 'long-awaited inclusivity and recognition', following the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries partnership with Sagicor Jamaica to offer registered farmers ...

ORGANISERS of the Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run have extended the registration period for the race to this Friday, February 19, giving members of the public more time to contribute to the worthy cause.The virtual run period, which b...

A new state-of-the-art elevator was officially commissioned into service at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) in downtown Kingston on Tuesday.The project was undertaken by the National Health Fund (NHF) as part of a $143-million...

JAMAICA is benefiting from a bonus grant under the ninth cycle of the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF), being implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF).Managing director of JSIF Omar Sweeney told JIS News that Jamaica ...

A group of researchers is recommending the reclassification of the causes of pregnancy-related deaths, regardless of whether the complication was obstetric or medical. This is intended to help identify the human and other resource...

NEW ORLEANS, United States — A clergy member from Munholland United Methodist Church spreads ashes on the forehead of a congregant in the drive-thru Ash Wednesday prayer and imposition of ashes yesterday in New Orleans, Loui...

NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — New York City's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has appointed Haitian-born Dr Michelle Morse to serve as the agency's first chief medical officer.

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US Justice Department charged three North Korean military intelligence officials yesterday in a campaign of cyberattacks to steal $1.3 billion in crypto and traditional currencies from b...

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Facebook said yesterday it would restrict news content sharing in Australia, refusing to bend to a regulatory push that would force the social giant to share revenue with media outlets.Austr...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, February 18, 2021:Magnetic, philosophical and empathic, you follow the beat of your own drum. This year, however, you embark on a project with others that proves very successful. Hire a manager to look...

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Insisting that he won the US election and brawling with his own party's top senator, Donald Trump was back to demanding national attention this week. President Joe Biden just yawned.“I...

TBILISI, Georgia (AFP) — A court in Georgia yesterday ruled to place the country's top Opposition leader in pre-trial detention, in a case denounced by the Opposition as a political witch-hunt.The move to arrest Nika Melia &...

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Rush Limbaugh, the firebrand right-wing radio host and a founding father of America's conservative talk show landscape, has died at age 70, his family said yesterday. ...