With indications by Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton that the Government's ambitious COVID-19 vaccination roll-out plan stands to be staggered, not by the lack of potions but more by a shortage of personnel to ad...

THE joint select committee of Parliament currently reviewing the Sexual Harassment Bill has been considering increasing fines for breaches of the legislation from a maximum $1 million to $3 million.However, committee members had r...

DUNCANS, Trelawny — Forty-year-old farmer Nadeen Geddes who pleaded guilty to the murder of her sister, 36-year-old Tamara Geddes, last year, was sentenced to 20 years in prison at hard labour in the Trelawny Circuit Court y...

KINGSTON Public Hospital (KPH) is the first of seven health facilities to receive medical supplies and equipment valued at approximately $260 million from the Japanese Government in aid in the fight against the novel coronavirus.T...

The global music industry yesterday joined Jamaica in mourning the passing of Bunny Wailer, a co-founder and the last surviving member of the island's iconic reggae group The Wailers that included Bob Marley and Peter Tosh.Bunny W...

Four port employees are among five people charged in connection with a major drug bust at Kingston Freeport Terminal last month.

Today is the 62nd day of 2021. There are 303 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1999: An estimated 74 million US viewers watch former White House intern Monica Lewinsky confess the details of her affair with US President Bill ...

PARLIAMENT has outlined changes to the meeting of the Standing Finance Committee scheduled to examine the 2021–2022 Estimates of Expenditure and related documents today and tomorrow.

MARK Brantley, premier of Nevis and foreign affairs minister of St Kitts and Nevis, has extended gratitude to the Government and people of India for a shipment of COVID-19 vaccines that arrived in the federation Monday.“We w...

MAY PEN, Clarendon — The Clarendon police have warned motorists to be careful when traversing the major thoroughfares in that parish, especially along the toll road, as criminals have been setting traps across the roads that...

ALL five campuses of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) yesterday began a two-day discussion with their host governments, focused on cutting their overall operational budget.

SHANTAY Bailey says that from her childhood days she has always had the dream of starting a charity for young women as she was inspired by the kind nature of her mother and grandmother who assist the needy in their Ocho Rios commu...

Dear Mr Brown:I am seeing a few advertisements on social media about jobs in Canada by working through overseas firms. I am a little sceptical since travel to Canada is restricted and parts of Canada are locked down during the pan...

 Q. What types of services are the Consular Section at the US Embassy in Kingston currently providing? 

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The plane laden with vaccines had just rolled to a stop at Santiago's airport in late January, and Chile's President Sebastián Piñera was beaming. “Today,” he said, “is a day of joy,...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) — A coalition of United States attorneys general is urging the Joe Biden Administration to withdraw its decision to terminate the Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program. ...

International food and beverage company Nestlé has launched the Parenting Index, which seeks to provide an understanding of experiences faced by parents across the world through comparable and quantifiable data.The in-depth stud...

The Government is being urged to provide clear directions on the way forward for the education sector following ambiguous announcements over the past week.

MEMBERS of at least one Muslim community in Jamaica are prepared to observe the Government's two-week ban on burials, even though this goes against a key tenet of their faith.

CHURCH leaders yesterday shared mixed views about the three-week restriction on the number of worshippers allowed in churches due to the jump in the number of active COVID-19 cases across the island.

COUNCILLOR for the Waterford Division in Portmore, St Catherine, Fenley Douglas is calling on parliamentarians to make stronger legislations and to deter would-be kidnappers.

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The two-week ban on burials imposed by the Government as it struggles to arrest a worrying spike in positive COVID-19 cases has drawn howls of protest from funeral directors fearful that they will ru...

The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) says it is ready, able and equipped to help with the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines across the island.

Today is the 61st day of 2021. There are 304 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1972: Michael Norman Manley is sworn in as Jamaica's fourth prime minister. OTHER EVENTS1678: French forces of King Louis XIV capture Ghent and Y...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) — Amid deep concerns about the “targeted” deportations of Haitians and other Caribbean immigrants, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says it is...