Below-par take-up by critical groups on the priority list for COVID-19 vaccination has triggered the expansion of the inoculation of younger people that caused immunisation sites to swell with crowds and long lines on Sunday. That revelation...

Viola Scott and her husband, Stanley, have been married for more than 60 years. The couple, who live in Sunning Hill, St Thomas, have weathered many storms together, including hurricanes, floods, and recessions. No stranger to disaster, the 80-...

Jitters are now starting to set in for those waiting on the United States J-1 visa, used to access the lucrative work-and-travel programme. The Trump-era ban on the J-1 visa expired on March 31, 2021, and the Biden administration has not extended.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Weighed down under ash, thirsty for water and oxygen, accessible only by sea, predictions are it will take Vincentians three to four months to recover from the devastating volcanic eruption that has displaced 20,000 people in that......

The Reverend Canon Garth Minott, the single nominee put to the vote as the new Suffragan Bishop of Kingston, has failed to secure the required support of the Anglican Church in Jamaica. Archbishop of the West Indies and Bishop of Jamaica and The.....

WESTERN BUREAU: In its bid to inoculate 8,000 Hanoverians by Wednesday, April 20, the American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) has pumped $30 million into a Jamaica vaccine fund. The initiative kicks off on Monday, April 12, at the Hopewell Sports Centre.....

When 44-year-old farmer Kojo Stephen heard the rumblings from La Soufrière, he thought that he would not have to leave his beloved village of Chateaubelair. Little did he know that the rumblings from the mountain were only a harbinger of things to...

WESTERN BUREAU: Chairman of the Global Tourism Resilience...

LONDON (AP): Prince Philip, the irascible and tough-minded husband of Queen Elizabeth II who spent more than seven decades supporting his wife in a role that both defined and constricted his life, died on Friday at age 99, Buckingham Palace...

Charles: Royal family ‘deeply grateful’ for world’s support LONDON (AP): Britain’s Prince Charles says the royal family is “deeply grateful’’ for outpouring of support they’ve received following the death of his father, Prince Phil...

Two policemen who had held up and robbed a Manchester man of his licensed firearm and an undisclosed sum of money in 2013 are now serving time behind bars. The two lawmen, Constable Gary Gassop and Corporal Gregory Givans, were sentenced on Friday....

Robert Fowler, the 50-year-old mechanic who has reportedly confessed to the murder of 20-year-old accounting clerk Khanice Jackson is scheduled to return to the Home Circuit Court on July 8, after he was remanded yesterday. The accused made his......

Overwhelmed by a surge in the number of persons with COVID-19 visiting the health facility for medical attention, the Spanish Town Hospital yesterday received a well-needed boost with a 40-bed COVID-19 field hospital established at the...

The country remains on tenterhooks awaiting confirmation of whether a body of an unidentified female found in Sandy Bay, Clarendon, on Thursday is that of missing 44-year-old teacher Nattalie Dawkins. The gruesome discovery yesterday brought a nine...

For half a decade, two multibillion-dollar education ministry programmes, troubled by conflicts of interest concerns, saw the Western Hospitality Institute (WHI), whose leader wielded significant influence over ministry resources, earning more than....

Resume hanging with immediacy. Elevate gun and drug crimes to the level of treason – punishable by death; handpick a special-ops squad. And while all that is being done, empower communities, particularly their younger, vulnerable residents, to tak...

WESTERN BUREAU: Three months after flying the historic flight delivering the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines in the world, FedEx pilot Muriel Zarlingo still gets goose pimples. The female captain, who was invited by chief pilot Tom Gregory to......

Labelling as “overly ambitious” Jamaica’s target to have roughly 70 per cent of the population immunized by March 22 next year, The Economist Intelligent Unit says COVID-19 herd immunity will not be achieved in the island until late 2022. The...

Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has said that the people with COVID-19 vaccination appointments will be afforded free movement to and from inoculation sites during the weekend lockdown. Addressing a press conference on Thursday......

Jamaica’s chief state agency tasked with the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines has been bombarded by fraudsters seeking to cash in on the global hunger for the jab. The revelation by Howard Mitchell, chairman of the National Health Fund, is a stark...