Jamaica on Saturday recorded two COVID-19 deaths, pushing the tally to 951. The deceased are an 80-year-old woman from Clarendon and an 95-year-old woman from St Ann. One more case was recorded as a coincidental death, increasing the number to 140.....

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's prime minister announced Wednesday an additional $800 million contribution to the U.N.-backed initiative to provide COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries, a four-fold increase of Japanese funding for the COVAX program...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Fayval Williams, says that the Government is levering the use of technology in the education system in order to improve student achievement. She said that a technology-aided system enables students to......

Director of the Meteorological Service Branch (Met Service), Evan Thompson, says the entity is ready and prepared to keep Jamaicans informed during the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season, which is expected to be active. "We want to assure you...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness, has launched the national hurricane preparedness campaign for the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, which lasts from June 1 to November 30. The campaign, which is being spearheaded by the Office of Disaster Preparedness....

A man who accidentally hit a policewoman as he fought with another man in a fast food outlet was ordered to pay $100,000 in compensation when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. Akeem Gooden pleaded guilty to...

Cedonnie Curtis, who at times went days without lunch at school, is now basking in the glory of yet another academic achievement. The 36-year-old on May 15 strutted across the stage of the La Salle University in Pennsylvania, USA, where she was.....

With relaxed COVID containment measures set to take effect tomorrow, including the reopening of beaches and rivers, some members of the entertainment industry are giving Prime Minister Andrew Holness the thumbs up. Dancehall artiste Elephant Man.....

One cannot miss the two-storey goat pen in Marilin McCarty-Gordon's yard in Milk River, Clarendon. Gordon, who lives on Bridge Road in the southwest section of the parish, said the decision to build the elevated animal house stemmed from losses....

Gender activist Nadeen Spence is suggesting that judges order investigations into the circumstances when women seek to have cases against their abusive spouses dropped. Spence said there are many factors why a woman may opt for this route,...

Vendors in the Constant Spring Arcade say they have been without running water for more than two years and are pleading with the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) to rectify the problem. "I don't know why we cannot have...

Albert McCouthy almost lost his life after his attempt to hop on to a moving train went wrong. He was 16 years old at the time. Now 68, McCouthy said that jumping on and off trains was a common practice among boys in the days that the rail...

TORONTO -- Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization says people who got the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for the first dose can be offered either Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna for the second. The advice affects more than two million...

Members of the media were this afternoon asked to withdraw from the Everton 'Beachy Stout' McDonald court hearing because of fear expressed by the prosecution that sensitive information in the murder case could be made public....

The male nurse assistant accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old patient at the Noel Holmes Hospital in Hanover was charged on Monday. He has been identified as 45-year-old Damion Bigby of a Hanover address. He is facing a charge of indecent......

The Government has earmarked $100 million for the cleaning of drains and clearing of verges across Jamaica. The National Works Agency (NWA) says the activities form part of the first phase of national preparations for the 2021 North Atlantic...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC - The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum says the early wet season is forecast to bring an increase in wet days and wet spells and that there is no major concern for shorter-term drought in the Caribbean...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- Ten years after their first date, Debby Neal-Strickland put on a cream-coloured lace gown and married her longtime sweetheart at their Florida church. Two days later, she put on a hospital gown and donated a...

Morris Campbell, otherwise called 'Hussain', a 27-year-old labourer of New Harbour Village, Old Harbour in St Catherine has been charged once again by the police. Campbell was featured in the Jamaica Constabulary Force's '...

Jamaica has recorded 37 new cases of COVID-19, increasing the tally to 48,594. Of the new infections, 21 are women and 16 are men with ages ranging from five years to 93 years. The figure for active cases has been moved to 21,784. The country's...