(AP) - The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday defended the decision to ease mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, stressing that increasing political pressure had nothing to do with the abrupt shift in...

LONDON (AP) -- Travellers in England were packing their bags, bartenders were polishing their glasses and performers were warming up as Britain prepared Sunday for a major step out of lockdown -- but with clouds of worry on the horizon....

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3, rocked three countries in the Eastern Caribbean early Sunday. The Seismic Research Centre at the University of the West Indies (UWI) said the quake occurred just after 8:00...

Nine persons from the parish of Manchester are among seventeen Jamaicans who have been reported in the Ministry of Health's latest clinical summary, as having died as a result of COVID-19, pushing the tally to 860. According to the Health...

Edwin Allen High School will take the girls champs trophy back to Frankfield, Clarendon as they won their seventh consecutive title, and eight overall, with a total of 340 points, at the end of the fifth and final day of the 2021 ISSA/GraceKennedy.....

Orlando, Florida (AP) -- Visitors to Walt Disney World and Universal Studios-Orlando were allowed Saturday to remove their masks when outdoors, except when on attractions, in line or riding transportation. Florida's major theme parks are...

Four persons are now in custody following the seizure of a firearm and ammunition in Effortville, Clarendon on Friday, May 14. Police say the suspects were arrested during an operation between 5:30 a.m. and 8 a.m., during which the firearm--a...

One firearm and 13 rounds of ammunition were seized during a joint police/military operation in Friendship Pen district, St. Thomas on Friday, May 14. Coordinated efforts between lawmen in the parish, the Specialised Operations Branch of the...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- An Israeli airstrike on Saturday targeted and destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets. Hours later, Israel bombed the home of Khalil al-Hayeh...

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has declared May 23 a National Day of Prayer as the country continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Office of the Prime Minister (...

Five more Jamaicans have died as a result of COVID-19, pushing the tally to 843. The deceased include two men from Kingston and St Andrew aged 81 and 77, a 55-year-old woman from St Catherine, and two men from Manchester aged 65, and 85. One...

After being dragged last week for a post and delete of a pending collaboration with Rap Queen, Nicki Minaj, dancehall artiste Skillibeng had the last laugh. Social media has been in a frenzy since it was announced last night that the Eastsyde...

The 13-year-old who was allegedly buggered by five men in St Ann has reportedly changed her account of the incident. It is reported that when the matter was heard in court this morning, the 13-year-old reportedly told investigators that she was not....

The Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) has donated 70 tablets valued at $1.5 million to seven schools in Manchester. The institutions are Mile Gully High, Somerset Primary, Coley Mountain Primary and Infant, Huntley Primary and Infant, Comfort Hall...

TOKYO (AP) -- An online petition with more than 350,000 signatures calling for the Tokyo Games to be cancelled was submitted Friday to local organisers, the International Olympic Committee, and others. The Olympics are scheduled to open in...

Jamaica on Thursday recorded four more COVID-19 deaths, pushing the tally to 838. The deceased are a 58-year-old man from Manchester, a 74-year-old woman from St Catherine, a 33-year-old woman from St James whose death was formerly under...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries will be rolling out its 'Farming as a Business' training course this year. Giving details of the programme during his 2021/22 Sectoral Debate presentation in the House of Representatives on May...

LONDON -- Britain is saying goodbye to months of tough lockdown restrictions, thanks to an effective vaccine rollout program. Starting Monday, all restaurants, bars and museums can largely reopen, and people can socialise indoors. It's...

Nineteen-year-old Tavoy Senior, a resident of Red Hills in Westmoreland, did four brain surgeries in one week in January 2017 following the discovery of an abscess on his brain. The sequence of events leading to Senior's brain surgeries came as a....

A Christian woman has sounded a warning that Jamaica will soon by hit by a weather system of monumental proportions. Nadine Lynch, who is also an attorney-at-law, said God told her that the country will be hit by a typhoon, which is the name given....