Caribbean tourism experts are urging regional governments to seriously consider allowing visitors with proof of vaccination and a negative COVID-19 test result to forego current quarantine requirements.The suggestion was raised We...

The Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ) yesterday urged the Government to authorise the use of Ivermectin, an antiparasitic drug used to treat several neglected tropical diseases, in an effort to reduce hospitalisations caused by...

If the Municipality of Portmore in St Catherine is to become Jamaica's 15th parish, squatter communities in Gregory Park, Newlands, Naggo Head and Old Braeton should be redeveloped, as far as the National Environment and Planning ...

A $32-million investment by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries will see approximately 170 farmers at Ebony Agro Park in Toll Gate, Clarendon, benefiting from a state-of-the-art, solar-powered irrigation system installed by ...

Amid the maelstrom of public suspicion triggered by allegations of vulnerability of its Jamcovid-19 application, the Government yesterday said it is undertaking a comprehensive review of security on all its websites and networks ...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association President Dianne Parram says the continued increase in gas prices is having a “devastating impact” on petroleum retailers.

Today is the 57th day of 2021. There are 308 days left in the year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2006: Portia Simpson Miller is elected president of Jamaica's centre-left political party founded by Norman Manley in 1938, the People's Nationa...

THE Government has reallocated $48.7 million of the funds budgeted for the coronavirus vaccine risk mitigation programme to hire additional health staff and improve conditions for workers.Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday,...

MINISTER of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton has declined to give a date for the arrival of the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines until it has been loaded on an aircraft en route to Jamaica.Tufton toured two locations in K...

WITH lower school students in public schools forced away from face-to-face classes because of the spike in the number of COVID-19 cases across the island, the Ministry of Education is pushing even more on its One Laptop or Tablet ...

OPPOSITION spokesman on tourism Senator Janice Allen says the failure on the part of Government to provide a clear timetable for a roll-out of a national vaccination programme is causing heightened concern among hoteliers and othe...

THE Jamaica Coalition for a Healthy Society (JCHS) wants the Government to plug all loopholes in the Matrimonial Causes Act, which could facilitate uncommon marriages without attracting attention.

WITH discussions on the proposal to make the Portmore municipality in St Catherine Jamaica's 15th parish, the National Works Agency (NWA) is recommending that some 25 roadways which service the area be put under its control.The re...

LONDON, England (AP) — Health officials in Britain say the country's COVID-19 alert level should move down from the highest level because hospitalisations have decreased.The UK's four chief medical officers say although heal...

ABOARD THE OPEN ARMS (AP) — The February storm is unforgiving, violently shaking the humanitarian rescuers' vessel as they try to revive a faulty engine and save African migrants drifting in the Mediterranean Sea after fleei...

NEW YORK, United States (AP) — A New York prosecutor has obtained copies of Donald Trump's tax records after the Supreme Court this week rejected the president's last-ditch effort to prevent them from being handed over. ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Israeli secret nuclear facility at the centre of the nation's undeclared atomic weapons programme is undergoing what appears to be its biggest construction project in decades, satellite ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A crisis over the supply of medical oxygen for coronavirus patients has struck nations in Africa and Latin America, where warnings went unheeded at the start of the pandemic and doctors say the shortage...

CHIEF Justice Bryan Sykes has responded to recent reports of disquiet amongst some members of the constabulary about what they contend are “light sentences” handed down in some courts.At the same time, he said in due c...

LUCEA, Hanover — Some school principals in western Jamaica have given the Ministry of Education's adjustment to face-to-face classes their full support.Fayval Williams, the education minister, announced yesterday that effect...

REGISTERED political parties and candidates who contested the September 3, 2020 General Election are required to submit their final disclosure reports by March 2, 2021. Two registered political parties and 139 candidates, includin...

THE Sickle Cell Support Foundation of Jamaica (SCSFJ) has welcomed Cabinet's decision to allow more people living with the disease to fill their prescriptions for free at public pharmacies.

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Education Minister Fayval Williams' announcement yesterday of an immediate end to face-to-face classes for students in lower grades in primary and secondary schools has received support from a numb...

THE Ministry of Health and the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) are facing strong criticisms following confirmation yesterday that an inmate of the South Camp Adult Correctional Facility has died from COVID-19.But ministe...

This police service vehicle was damaged yesterday following a crash with a taxi at the intersection of Orange and North streets in donwtown Kingston. (Photo: Karl Mclarty)