Paula Llewellyn, Jamaica's director of public prosecutions, is urging persons to 'be an informer' once a case of child abuse is suspected. Llewellyn, who was the guest speaker at a Rotary Club of Downtown Kingston meeting yesterday, said she is.....

A common practice in fishing is for men to venture into deep waters to sweep the sea for fish, while women are mostly responsible for preparing the day's catch for sale and cooking. However, Renea Bowen of Heartease in St Thomas has challenged......

The latest statistics from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) show that there are 379 gangs in Jamaica. Of this number, 262 are considered active gangs. Last May, Minister of National Security, Dr Horace Chang, said that based on the assessment....

For Lincoln Dwyer, there was always an undeniable passion for driving from an early age. His father, Septimus Dwyer, and brother, Arthur, were both motor-trolley drivers with the Jamaica Railway Corporation (JRC) and Lincoln had a burning desire......

It was the ominous barking of his dogs around 2 a.m. on Wednesday that alerted crab farmer Jermaine Morris that his pen had been broken into. Upon making checks he discovered that the majority of his crustaceans had been stolen. "This a nuh...

Lloyd Deen, father of missing visually impaired University of the West Indies student Jasmine Deen, said he is disappointed with news that the men held with his daughter's possessions will not be charged with murder. Director of Public...

Demar Rowe left his home in Waterhouse, St Andrew, last Thursday to purchase a cake for his two-year-old daughter, whose birthday was a few days earlier. However, Rowe never made it back. He was shot and killed only metres away from his home....

Italian artist Salvatore Garau, recently sold an invisible sculpture for 15,000 euros, which is equal to about US$18,300, and approximately JMD 2,697,972.84. The sculpture titled “Io Sono” (Italian for “I am”), is “...

GENEVA (AP) -- The World Health Organization's top vaccines expert said Thursday that immunising children against COVID-19 is not a high priority from a WHO perspective, given the extremely limited global supply of doses. During a social...

(AP) - Twitter has rolled out its subscription service that offers perks like an undo button for subscribers, starting in Canada and Australia. The "Twitter Blue" subscription service will offer features that users have long asked...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- White House officials say U.S. producers of vaccine materials and ingredients will no longer have to prioritise orders from three companies working on COVID-19 shots. The change is expected to ease global shortages of key...

St John's, Antigua (CMC) -- The Antigua and Barbuda government is offering an 8,000-square-foot parcel of land as an inducement to get nationals to get vaccinated as the island moves to curb the spread of the coronavirus. A statement...

Of the 2,644 samples tested for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, 94 returned positive results moving Jamaica's total confirmed cases to 48,733 with 21,601 active. Of the new cases, 55 are women and 39 are men. The country has a positivity rate of...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. will donate 75% of its unused COVID-19 vaccines to the U.N.-backed COVAX global vaccine sharing program, President Joe Biden announced Thursday. The White House unveiled the allocation for sharing the first 25...

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- Health authorities in Trinidad and Tobago reiterated the need for adhering to the health protocols as the country continued to register significant numbers of deaths and new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19...

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....