The Ministry of Health and Wellness has revealed that four more persons have died from COVID-19 on Friday, pushing the tally to 964. The deceased are: a 79-year-old male from St Catherine, a 41-year-old male from St Catherine, a 69-year-old male...

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC - The Cayman Islands has started genome sequencing of local COVID-19 cases making the territory the first in the region, outside of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), to do so. This was revealed by...

The Traffic Ticketing System will soon be able to update payment and warrant records in real time, following technological support from the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology. Upgrading of information and communications technology (ICT)...

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC - The government of St Kitts Nevis has introduced one of the strictest travel protocols due to COVID-19. According to the St Kitts Tourism Authority, only vaccinated travellers will be welcomed based on a new...

A judge yesterday expressed dismay that persons are content with breaching the Disaster Risk Management Act, despite there being an abundance of evidence that the flouting of measures imposed under the legislation can lead to a spike in COVID-19......

The deplorable state of the principal's cottage at Padmore Primary in rural St Andrew has forced the head teacher, Keisha Hayle, to take up accommodation elsewhere. Hayle, who occupied the cottage located in Padmore, Red Hills, said she was...

A man was denied bail yesterday as he failed to present even one dollar to begin the compensation process when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. Kenroy Granville pleaded guilty to fraudulent conversion when he last appeared....

Vaccination blitz for second dose this Saturday The Ministry of Health and Wellness will host a special vaccination blitz at the National Arena this Saturday, June 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The blitz is intended to provide the second dose of....

Two men were killed and two others injured following shootings in the neighbouring communities of Norwood and Glendevon in St James, between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning. Dead are 31-year-old Vernon 'Punch' Boswell, a wrecker driver......

The Hanover police have vowed to come down heavily on sex offenders, as they search for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl in Lucea several weeks ago. Commanding officer of the Hanover police, Superintendent Sharon Beeput,.....

As a deadly gang feud between the Genasyde and Darkside gangs continues to plague central Kingston, relatives of several gunshot victims told THE WEEKEND STAR that living has simply become an afterthought. "Is like wi no see the purpose of living....

A lot has happened for Jaydi-Ann Chambers over the past six months since she was fitted with hearing aids. The five-year-old, who was diagnosed as being deaf by doctors earlier last year, benefited from the gift of the hearing devices last...

Wayne Edwards shared an extremely close bond with his son, Yashain Edwards. The senior Edwards says they were more like twin brothers, than father and son. Yashain, 23, was brutally taken away from his family after he was murdered by unknown...

Shonalee Johnson, an auto body repair specialist who hails from Duncans, Trelawny, says she has oftentimes been ridiculed for her work. But the 30-year-old, who professed to be a devout Christian woman, said she has learned how to use the...

Embattled Member of Parliament for Westmoreland Central George Wright has resigned from the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). The party made the disclosure in a statement today. It said that Wright submitted his letter of resignation to JLP...

The Denham Town Primary School and Denham Town Infant School, located in West Kingston, have been officially renamed in honour of late former Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for the area, Edward Seaga. They are now the Edward Seaga Primary.....

(AP) - Regulators on Friday said a new version of a popular diabetes medicine could be sold as a weight-loss drug in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration approved Wegovy, a higher-dose version of Novo Nordisk’s diabetes drug semaglutide...

Acting Director General, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson, says islandwide shelter preparation activities got under way last year in readiness for the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from....

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigeria's government said Friday it was suspending Twitter indefinitely in Africa's most populous nation, a day after the company deleted a controversial tweet President Muhammadu Buhari made about a...

(AP) - Facebook said it is suspending former President Donald Trump's accounts for two years following its finding that he stoked violence ahead of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection. "At the end of this period, we will look to experts to...