BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC - A 5.6 magnitude earthquake was recorded off Barbados in the early hours of Monday. According to the University of the West Indies (UWI) Seismic Unit, the quake occurred around 2:35 a.m. The epicentre was located...

The Government of Canada announced it would contribute CAN$1,200,000 (approximately USD$950,000) to support the efforts of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) against COVID-19 in six Caribbean countries. Several countries in the Caribbean......

Just over $5.5 billion in loans and grants are expected to be disbursed to some 13,325 applicants by the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) during 2021/22. These form part of the overall 13,858 eligible applicants on whose behalf the SLB will be...

The Transport Authority says it will be implementing new measures for submission of applications for all categories of public passenger vehicles and commercial carriers to reduce the risk of exposure to the COVID-19 virus. The Authority says that......

Sixty-year-old Peter Stewart, neighbour of slain accounting clerk Khanice Jackson, says that he knew her from she was a baby and wishes that he could have protected her. "Every little thing her mother want to get done like to take Khanice on an.....

Investigators say they have not yet determined the origin of yesterday's fire which nearly claimed the life of a young woman and her seven-month-old baby in Flankers, Montego Bay, St James. The fire destroyed the Consumer's Real Choice Hardware......

Whenever one is in Brown's Town, it is not uncommon to hear a soft voice singing praises to the Lord, accompanied by the gentle strumming of a guitar. Roydell Edwards, at 73 years old, has lived most of his life as a Christian. He was baptised......

Alexia Ford, daughter of prominent physician Dr Jephthah Ford, was plunged into mourning having witnessed her father take his last breath. THE STAR understands that Ford died sometime Sunday morning. The police's Corporate Communications Unit...

Monica Watson, 71, is hoping to be a testament against anti-vaxxers. "I am going down the street now to tell a young guy to come take the vaccine because him say him a fi see me tek it first. So I am going to tell him that I took it and I don't......

Nestled in cool Point Hill is the small farming community of Fairfield in which yam cultivator Kerisha Facey tills the soil. Facey, who says "I just love farming", was busy chopping grass with a machete when the STAR news team passed by. "This is....

A fight between two men are both allegedly of unsound mind resulted in one of them being stabbed to death yesterday morning in Montego Bay, St James. Up to press time, the police said that the victim remained unidentified. Reports by the police......

Medical doctor, Jephthah Ford, has died.Reports are that he died this morning. Ford had been involved in several high-profile cases, including the case of Jodian Fearon, the young mother who died hours after giving birth at the Spanish Town Hospital....

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says work to develop a coronavirus vaccine in Cuba has advanced to the phase three clinical trial stage. Speaking during a recent COVID-19 digital briefing, PAHO's Assistant Director, Dr. Jarbas...

LONDON (AP) -- Britain is taking another small step out of lockdown as it looks nervously at a new virus surge inundating its European neighbours. With U.K. coronavirus vaccination rates outstripping those of European Union nations, Prime...

Albany, N.Y. (AP) -- New York is poised to join the growing number of states that have legalised marijuana after state lawmakers reached a late-night deal to allow sales of the drug for recreational use. Democrats who now wield a veto-proof...

Four centenarians, inclusive of a 102-year-old woman, were among the approximately 612 senior citizens over the age of 75 to receive their first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, at the Health Ministry's first vaccination blitz at the...

Over 20,000 Jamaicans are currently accounted for as active cases of COVID-19 as the country surpassed the 38,000 mark for confirmed cases. In the latest clinical summary released by the Ministry of Health, of the 1,462 samples tested for...

NEW YORK (AP) -- A woman lost her personal injury lawsuit after her lawyer refused to wear a mask in court and the judge threw out her case, which had been set for trial. The New York Daily News reported Friday that Brooklyn Judge Lawrence...

One of two men who allegedly tried to rob a gambling outlet in Maidstone, Manchester this morning was shot dead by a licensed firearm holder. Head of the Manchester Police, Superintendent Gary Francis, confirmed the incident, which took place some.....

Detectives from the St Andrew North Police Division are seeking the public's help to identify a thief who broke into a car and stole approximately $500,000 on March 17. In an appeal on social media, the police shared video footage of a man...