Montego Bay-based Bioprist Pharmaceuticals, a company led by medical doctor and entrepreneur Dr Guna Muppuri, has signed a deal for the exclusive importation and distribution in Jamaica of the India-made COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin. Made by Indian...

Sixteen-year-old Ahyele Rodney has come to a crossroads – if not a dead end – in his pursuit of becoming a doctor and one day taking care of his mom, who is suffering from a mental illness. At least that’s how the student of Central High in......

A silent surge in mental health disorders triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has placed Jamaica on the verge of a crisis that could have devastating long-term implications, medical experts have warned. There are fears, too, that amid the escalating....

The administrators of the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, have launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of four critically ill COVID-19 patients at the facility last Thursday night. Reliable.....

As St James battles a continued rise in COVID-19 cases and a public heath system under severe pressure, rogue villas, taxi operators, businesses and illegal parties are being fingered as the major sources of concern in the fight to bring infection.....

If the father of the young man who Dante Brooks, son of dancehall artiste Movado, and his co-accused, Andre Hinds, murdered could have traded place with his son, he would. This was evident from the heartache and pain expressed in the victim impact....

In another massive blow to the reputation of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), two of its members have been charged with serious sexual offences including rape at the army’s Up Park Camp Headquarters in St Andrew. At the centre of the latest...

After loud calls from some quarters for key government officials to lead by example and to take the AstraZeneca vaccine, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton yesterday took the jab at the Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine. Tufton.....

Haunted by memories of her three-year-old daughter’s near-death experience from failing to get the diphtheria vaccine, Rastafarian Yvonne Hope intends to depart from the anti-vaccination stance of her religious community. The Rastafarian veteran.....

The distribution of care packages to 30 families of students of the Elletson Primary and Infant School on Friday will make a big difference in their lives. However, there are another 20 families which the school identified as being in desperate...

COVID-19 had a hand in Thursday’s commemoration of Global Recycling Day by Recycling Partners of Jamaica Limited, as many members of the public took the Government’s ‘tan a you yaad’ mandate to heart and opted not to turn out for the collect...

Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne has written to US President Joseph Biden, requesting that CARICOM countries be included in the provision of AstraZeneca vaccines to Canada and Mexico. Pointing out that the Caribbean is the third...

Two additional communities are on the cusp of being declared Zones of Special Operation (ZOSO) as the Government struggles to tame crime. Prime Minister Andrew Holness, who made the disclosure on Thursday, said that some communities were at war...

Contributors or mortgagors of the National Housing Trust (NHT) who have lost their jobs for 12 months or more will be able to access their contribution refunds one year in advance, effective this July. The initiative will expire in July 2022. And.....

Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Thursday blasted Opposition Leader Mark Golding for suggesting that Jamaica’s standing on the international stage has crumbled under the ruling Jamaica Labour Party. Holness declared that his administration would....

When Andrew ‘Oh Lord’ Andrews’ grandson dug a hole and placed a sculpture of two bodies beside it, residents of Mount Ogle in St Andrew were baffled. Little did they know it was an omen for what was to come. The grandson was yesterday arreste...

In sweeping criticism of Jamaica’s welfare programmes as ineffective, a leading think tank has lobbied for the implementation of a comprehensive national health insurance plan and an inclusive pension scheme. The Caribbean Policy Research...

PORT ANTONIO, Portland: Thursday’s passing of Portland councillor Derron Wood has shocked his relatives, associates, and colleagues as despite him testing positive for COVID-19 and being admitted to hospital, they had not perceived his illness to....

WESTERN BUREAU: A man who was wanted by the St James police in connection with several murders and shootings in the volatile Norwood community was apprehended during a joint police-military operation yesterday. He was reportedly found hiding in a......

WESTERN BUREAU: The nation will have to wait longer than promised for the report into Monday’s mysterious disappearance of a vial of AstraZeneca vaccine from the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, as the auditor assigned to that...