TOKYO (AP) --Spectators from abroad will be barred from the postponed Tokyo Olympics when they open in four months. The decision was announced Saturday after an online meeting of the International Olympic Committee, the Japanese government,...

The Half Way Tree police seized forty-eight 5.6mm cartridges on Old Hope Road, Kingston 6 on Friday. Reports are that about 10 a.m., cops were on an operation in the area, during which a search warrant was executed at the premises where an...

Two Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) members, 22-year-old Michael Grant and 19-year-old Anuk Moncrieffe have been arrested and charged, after they allegedly raped a trainee at the JDF Headquarters at Up Park Camp in Kingston on Thursday. Police reports.....

Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Jamaica have surged passed 34,000, as the country recorded 695 positive results from the 1,864 samples tested in the last 24 hours, pushing total cases to 34,665 with 17,958 active. Of the new cases, 280 are males...

Several party-goers were arrested in West Kingston on Friday night for breaches under the Disaster Risk Management Act, as the police shut down two illegal parties. In a series of videos shared by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) on...

Having lost his eldest sister, 80-year-old Pauline Hutchison, to the dread coronavirus two months ago, Jamaica's Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Audley Shaw, was determined to take the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it was available.......

Prime Minister Andrew Holness said he would be announcing tighter COVID-19 measures which he said are "designed to protect our healthcare system and save lives". The prime minister, speaking during the Budget Debate in Parliament, said Jamaica is....

Councillor Derron Wood became the second member of the Portland Municipal Corporation to die in office in the last six months. Wood, a four-time councillor of the Fairy Hill Division in East Portland, died at the University Hospital of the West......

"Each time me look at him picture, tears full me eyes because me heart a grieve," said Collin Brown. This harrowing pain has been with him since last Thursday after receiving news that his father was hit from his pedal cycle by a Jamaican Urban.....

Two men, who the police say are recording artistes, were arrested and charged with lottery scamming offences on Thursday when members of the Anti-Lottery Scamming Task Force carried out a special operation in Ducketts Road, Cambridge, St James....

For Khadine 'Miss Kitty' Hylton, December 15, 2020 will forever be etched in her memory, as that is the pivotal day that her childhood dream was actualised. In her latest initiative, being celebrated on her birthday today, she will premier her......

Desperate to find closure, a St Andrew family is now prepared to offer money to anyone with credible information that leads to the discovery of Shaquille Melville, who has been missing since February 2019. Melville, 25, migrated to the United...

Sherona Peterkin was among countless social media users who initially found it amusing that a man would wade into a river, knowing he could not swim. The man, Maurice Matthews, a phone technician from 14 Miles in St Thomas, had travelled with...

Mi say, a few years back, mi and my friends went on a beach trip in Montego Bay, and while mi in the water mi see a nice empress and approach her. She was very polite, and something about her smile captivated me. She did a drink Henny and Red......

Dante Brooks, the 18-year-old son of dancehall artiste Mavado has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2018 murder of Lorenzo Thomas.He must serve 22 years before he may become eligible for parole. Brooks was also sentenced to 15 years for...

St John's, Antigua (CMC) - Prime Minister of Antigua Gaston Browne, has written to United States President Joe Biden requesting that Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries be given some of the AstraZeneca vaccines his government is...

MIAMI (AP) -- Two Royal Caribbean cruises will resume in June, ending a yearlong hiatus, but passengers 18 and older must test negative for COVID-19 before getting on a ship. The company's Celebrity Cruises subsidiary said Friday that...

Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton received his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine this afternoon. "I am happy that my time has come to take the vaccine. I am happy that many Jamaicans are getting...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Students can safely sit just 3 feet apart in the classroom as long as they wear masks but should be kept the usual 6 feet away from one another at sporting events, assemblies, lunch or chorus practice, the Centers for Disease...

The prisoner who escaped custody after disarming and shooting a policeman at the National Chest Hospital in St Andrew on Friday, March 12 has been captured. Police say the man identified as Ricardo Richards otherwise called 'Kaka', was...