An air conditioning repair technician was shot and killed along Caledonia Road in Manchester this afternoon. He has been identified as Orlando Brown. Reports are that about 1:20 p.m, Brown was seated under a tent in the vicinity of a bar and...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) -- The Trinidad and Tobago government on Monday announced further restrictions to deal with the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) as health authorities warn that the health system could collapse within a 10-day...

A second case of buggery involving a five-year-old boy has been reported to the St Ann police. A 20-year-old man has been held in connection with the allegations. Reports are that the boy's mother was bathing him yesterday when he complained...

The Christiana police say they have seized a homemade firearm and four 12-gauge cartridges at Robins Hall in Christiana, Manchester, on Sunday, May 2. The police did not arrest anyone in connection with the seizure. The Christiana police report...

GENEVA -- The World Health Organization is set to decide this week whether to approve two Chinese vaccines for emergency use against COVID-19, a top WHO official says. Such an approval would mark the first time that a Chinese vaccine had ever...

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) - The St Vincent and the Grenadines government says it has ordered 50,000 doses of the Russia-developed Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccine, as nationals continue to refuse taking the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to help curb...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Denmark on Monday removed the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 shot from its vaccination program to investigate reports of rare but potentially dangerous blood clots. Denmark, which has been very cautious...

Prime Minister Gaston Browne, has warned of the possibility of implementing a mandatory vaccination programme in Antigua and Barbuda as he criticised persons who were encouraging others not to participate in the national vaccination programme aimed....

Some 115 homeless people across the Corporate Area were treated to food packages from Righteousness Promotions Winston Mayhew told The STAR that the company's flagship event, Early Sundehzz, a street party, has not been held since March...

Jamaica has recorded six additional COVID-19 deaths, pushing the tally to 790. Those who have died are: An 81-year-old man from Trelawny A 54-year-old female from Kingston & St Andrew A 71-year-old male St Mary An 83-year-old male from St...

A 66-year-old man was rescued from a 55-foot deep hole in the Jones Avenue area of Spanish Town, St Catherine, yesterday morning. The man, who lives in Portmore in the parish, was robbed of his Nissan AD Wagon and cash last Thursday night after......

Jermaine Walker was on his way to a shop in his August Town, St Andrew community to purchase diapers for his two-year-old daughter when he was shot in 2017. Walker, now 31, received a single gunshot, which is still lodged in his spine. He is now.....

It took fishermen more than half an hour to free Donovan Haywood from the mouth of a shark that attacked and bit him while he was fishing in the Salmon Point area, located off the coast of Little London in Westmoreland, on Saturday. Haywood,...

Javier Forrester dreamt of becoming a footballer. In fact, he anticipated the weekends where he and his elder brother, Jevonne, could match their skills against each other. Javier, 11, was forced to give up the football pitch last September...

Nicholas Pusey, a 24-year-old Harbour View, St Andrew, man, says he is now living in fear as he believes he is being unfairly linked to a murder committed in Melbrook Heights, a community overlooking Harbour View, last Wednesday. The police say.....

A police constable was shot and injured in Thompson Town, Trelawny, on Saturday night after he intervened in a dispute between his relatives and other persons in the community. "Firearms were drawn and the officer was hit by the shooter to the...

COVID protest hits Bermuda Dozens of people yesterday took part in a rally against the government of Bermuda's promotion of COVID-19 vaccinations and continued imposition of public health restrictions. The death toll from the disease is 29,......

BERLIN, Germany (AP): More than 50 police officers were injured and over 250 protesters were detained after traditional May Day rallies in Berlin turned violent, the German Police Union said Sunday. More than 20 different rallies took place in...

BEIJING, China (AP): Chinese tech giant Baidu rolled out its paid driverless taxi service on Sunday, making it the first company to commercialise autonomous driving operations in China. Unlike previous Baidu autonomous driving demonstrations in.....

A group that calls itself Sisters Breaking Barriers Foundation has come to the aid of Robert Grant, a young man with cerebral palsy who was badly in need of a wheelchair. Grant, 30, was found to have the condition shortly after he was born. His......