KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) - Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves yesterday made an impassioned plea for assistance for the homeless as the authorities continue to put measures in place to deal with the impact of an erupting La Soufriere ...

Today is the 103rd day of 2021. There are 262 days left in the yearTODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1981: Washington Post reporter Janet Cooke receives a Pulitzer Prize for her feature about an eight-year-old heroin addict named "Jimmy". Cooke relinqui...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Sandals Foundation, in collaboration with Flanker Primary and Junior High School, recently distributed more than 40 care packages to families of students of the learning institution as part COVID-19 relief effort...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - Dozens of Americans are rolling up their sleeves for a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine - this time, shots tweaked to guard against a worrisome, mutated version of the virus.Make no mistake: The vaccin...

DIGICEL Group yesterday announced the donation of US$500,000 worth of much-needed items to support the urgent relief efforts in St Vincent & the Grenadines caused by the Le Soufriere volcanic eruption.The telecommunications company,...

MINNESOTA, United States (AP) - The judge in the George Floyd murder case refused a defence request to immediately sequester the jury yesterday, the morning after the killing of a black man during a traffic stop triggered unrest in a su...

LONDON, England (AP) - Princes William and Harry paid tribute to their grandfather, Prince Philip, remembering his wit, sense of duty and barbecue skills.The brothers, who are at the centre of a royal family rift, issued separate statem...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, April 13, 2021: Resourceful, dedicated and persuasive, your independent streak makes life interesting. This year, you work on a team that encourages individual expression. A secure income stream relieves anxi...

MINNESOTA, United States (AP) - The police chief in a Minneapolis suburb where a black man was fatally shot during a traffic stop said yesterday that he believes the officer who fired intended to use a taser, not a handgun. Brooklyn Cen...

A justice of the peace (JP) who worked with the police at four different sections of the Corporate Area on Sunday, April 11 has expressed surprise and disappointment at the number of Jamaicans who breached the no-movement order during t...

ST JOHN'S, Antigua and Barbuda (AFP) - Massive power outages struck the Caribbean island of St Vincent before dawn yesterday, as officials recorded more explosive activity at a long-dormant volcano that launched into a series of eruptio...

HOPEWELL, Hanover - Over 8,000 individuals are being targeted to benefit from a COVID-19 vaccination programme being staged by American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) at Hopewell ...

Rohan Williams can only recall special moments with his 11-year-old son Shemar who, he said, he has not seen since Sunday, February 28. "He is a guy like this: after eating dinner, at a certain time in the night he would say, 'Daddy, I...

ROBERT Chin's branding of Easter buns distributed in his Manchester Southern constituency did not go down well with his boss, Prime Minister Andrew Holness."When I saw it I made sure to enquire whether or not public funds were used, and...

Customs brokers and freight forwarders are appealing to be relieved of some of the liabilities imposed on them under the proposed new Customs Act, and to instead have those responsibilities focused on clients who fall in breach.The brok...

Two entities have reached out to struggling staff at Kitson Town Basic School in St Catherine with gifts of tablet computers and care packages valued over $200,000.The gifts were donated by the Office of the Governor General and the Des...

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) - A regional volcanologist yesterday warned that the ongoing eruption of La Soufriere volcano in St Vincent is in keeping with the events surrounding the 1902 eruption, which claimed 1,600 lives at a time whe...

OFFICIALS in the Ministry of Health and Wellness yesterday expressed confidence that at least half of the number of Jamaicans targeted for the islandwide four-day vaccination blitz had been inoculated over the weekend.Chief Medical Offi...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Tourism officials in western Jamaica are imploring workers in the sector to get vaccinated in the Government's COVID-19 inoculation programme as a strong rebound in the sector is expected."It's their decision, no...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) - The number of COVID-19 patients under 40 in intensive care in Brazil surpassed older groups last month, a researcher said yesterday, amid a deadly surge driven partly by a new coronavirus variant.The numbe...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) - The idea of forgiving debt held by poor countries in exchange for "green" investments gained ground last week during the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, with...

Did you have an encounter with the novel coronavirus? Veteran journalist Desmond Allen, who got the virus but got over it, invites you to share your experiences with him and encourage others to face this dreaded enemy. Tell us how you a...

Today is the 102nd day of 2021. There are 263 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to fly in space, orbit the Earth and make a safe landing.OTHER EVENTS1606: Great Britain adop...

People know them as the men who live under the St Mary bridge. And for Daniel Stewart and Nicholas Rowe they would love to have that situation changed quickly.The uncomfortable surroundings in which they sleep at night - out in the cold...

THE Jamaica Government has reached out to its friends in the United States Government, and other friendly jurisdictions around the world as it seeks to increase the amount of COVID-19 vaccines available for Jamaicans.Last month the US a...

Robert Chin should step away from politicsThe vulgarity that this country witnessed in the days leading up to the Easter holiday, in the form of Member of Parliament for Manchester Southern Robert Chin handing out custom-baked and packa...

CHILDREN living with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) continue to face challenges accessing appropriate educational services, a recent local study has revealed.The study, 'Challenges of ASD in children: Exploring coping strategies employe...

TASHAUNA Wallace is demanding information surrounding the death of her aunt, Merlene Wallace-Sinclair, at Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine.Wallace said the 60-year-old teacher was neglected by doctors, nurses and porters during her...

IN our column this week we have decided to shed light on a potentially catastrophic complaint that is often treated with levity in Jamaica.Chest pain due to heart vessel blockage can cost you your life if you ignore it. Patients experie...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Chief Public Health Inspector for Manchester Charmaine Palmer-Cross says congestion in town centres in Manchester, in anticipation of weekend lockdown measures, resulted in blatant breaches of COVID-19 protocols...

Various players in public health have expressed that all health-care workers will need therapy post-COVID-19.And representatives from at least three hospitals across the country have said their staff is physically and mentally overburde...

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness is defending his Administration's handling of the novel coronavirus pandemic despite recent criticisms following a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases, a shortage of hospital beds and problems in getting ...

Do all menKill the thingsThey do not love?- ShakespeareNot only are we suffering from a pandemic of that terrible novel coronavirus, we are also under siege from that other virus called crime. That's why I created the word Crimedemic. ...

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - He often grabbed headlines for his gaffes, but Prince Philip was portrayed by royalists as the silent stalwart who shelved his personal ambitions to support Queen Elizabeth II over seven decades.Born into ...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett views Frontier Airlines' recent decision to add three new weekly non-stop flights between Montego Bay, Jamaica, and Miami, USA, starting next month as another strong signal that t...

WORLDWIDE, one in four people will suffer from a depressive episode in their lifetime.While current diagnosis and treatment approaches are largely trial and error, a breakthrough study by Indiana University (IU) School of Medicine resea...

IF you could be one age for the rest of your life, what would it be?Would you choose to be nine years old, absolved of life's most tedious responsibilities, and instead able to spend your days playing with friends and practising your ti...

ONE source records that 13 times the amount of people who are living are dead. This would mean that there are way more dead than those who are alive.Death has ruled as king among the living and is so powerful that various cultures have ...

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - The World Health Organization (WHO) reiterated Friday that there was "no adequate data" on switching COVID-19 vaccines between doses, after France said under-55s who received an AstraZeneca first jab should g...

Corporal Ryon Martin of the Buff Bay Police gives nurse Sasha Francis the elbow after Francis, representing Ashish Health Care, presented bun and cheese shortly before the Easter holiday.Inspector Romeo Henry, sub-officer in charge of t...

Police investigators and prosecutors are giving themselves a three-month period to gather additional evidence in the Khanice Jackson murder case before the matter can proceed in the Home Circuit Court, Kingston.Murder accused in the cas...

The Government of the Republic of Korea is providing humanitarian assistance to the Government of Jamaica in the form of goods equivalent to US$200,000.The Government of the Republic of Korea will provide: polymerase chain reaction (RT-...

Reggae Sumfest boss Joe Bogdanovich is encouraging event promoters, suppliers, and other stakeholders in the local entertainment industry to throw their support behind the Government's COVID-19 vaccination efforts. He noted that widesp...

SOME medical doctors are claiming that there was misappropriation of vaccines at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) to those that were not in the target demographic resulting in a temporary closure of the vaccine centre o...

Adam Stewart has announced the promotion of Sophia McKenzie to the position of group manager, Procurement Division, Sandals Resorts International, effective April 5, 2021.McKenzie spearheads this critical division impacting centralised ...

ST JOHN'S, Antigua and Barbuda (AFP) - Ash and hot gravel rained down Friday on the Caribbean island of St Vincent after powerful eruptions from a volcano that had been dormant for decades sent thousands of panicked locals fleeing to sa...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Police here are reporting that of the seven categories of serious crimes, robbery is up by 21 per cent in this south-central parish with migrant criminals carrying out daylight robberies due to the present curfe...

As Jamaicans wait with bated breath to see if the Government will extend the weekend lockdowns, which have been in place for the past three weeks, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has signalled that this will only be a last option.Instead...

Former Minister of National Security KD Knight has asserted that more women will die in Jamaica if there isn't widespread behavioural change soon, especially among young men. He said at present, there is a popular belief that has been ...

SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - Up to a few weeks ago, Natesha Waite, who was found dead with her throat slashed at her home in Burnt Savannah last Tuesday morning, had plans to travel to the United States to care for a sick relative.As it...