A probe is underway into a break-in at the tax collectorate in Morant Bay, St Thomas. It has not yet been ascertained what was stolen. The break-in was discovered by staff members who turned up for duties this morning. It is believed that the...

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC - Grenada on Tuesday became the latest Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to launch a scheme aimed at getting nationals to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Health authorities have launched "a game of...

The United States death toll from COVID-19 topped 600,000 on Tuesday, even as the vaccination drive has drastically brought down daily cases and fatalities and allowed the country to emerge from the gloom and look forward to summer. The number of......

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC - The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says it will host a high-level panel of government and business leaders to explore the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the region. The CDB said...

The purportedly most prolific father in the world has passed away. Ziona Chana, 76, died on Sunday in the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram. Chana, who was the head of a polygamist Christian sect, is survived by an estimated 38 wives, 89...

LONDON (AP) -- The British government fended off calls Tuesday to provide more financial support to businesses and workers suffering from its decision to delay lifting coronavirus restrictions in England until July 19. Although many...

An additional COVID-19 fatality has been recorded, moving the tally to 1,012. The health ministry says the 37-year-old man from St Catherine died on Monday. One more case has been recorded as a coincidental death, increasing the tally to 148....

Three hundred and fifty students attending tertiary institutions across Jamaica will receive the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) Tertiary Education Grant for the 2021/2022 academic year. The grants are available to full-time...

Fifteen hospitals, including 13 in the rural areas, will receive mobile blood pressure machines and arm cuffs of assorted sizes, State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, has disclosed. Speaking at the handover......

In another horrific dog attack, a 61-year-old St Ann woman was mauled by two pit bulls while on her way to work last Saturday. Bavette Watson-Balfour suffered several bites and was rushed to the St Ann's Bay Regional Hospital where she underwent....

Cries for divine intervention and peace permeated the air yesterday as a group of women gathered at Third Street in Trench Town, St Andrew, to express their disgust about the loss of two young lives in the community. One of the victims, Rasheeda....

The skill and precision with which James Chen handled the highly toxic lionfish betrays the fact that he is no novice when it comes to dealing with the invasive creature. James and his wife, Deborah have made a habit of catching the aquatic...

Last Friday was gloomy for Trishauna Watson and Chaviano Blake as they were forced to bid their daughter, Tiziana Blake, farewell. Tiziana was only seven weeks old when she died at the Bustamante Hospital for Children in St Andrew on May 20,...

It has been more than three decades since residents of Comma Pen in southern St Elizabeth have had water running from their pipelines. With a current drought, their only sources of water comes from trucks, and that can cost up to $12,000....

Ashman Dewar struggled to find words to express his happiness now that he has finally seen his son Anselm fly an aircraft. A video of the father-son duo went viral last week after Anselm shared with passengers aboard a flight from South Carolina.....

The police in St Thomas are probing a gun attack on Saturday that left one man dead. He has been identified as 52-year-old Anthony Manhertz of Race Course district in Clarendon. Reports are that about 3:30 p.m., Manhertz visited the home of a woman....

LONDON (AP) -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed Monday that the next planned relaxation of coronavirus restrictions in England will be delayed by four weeks, until July 19, as a result of the spread of the delta variant. In a...

Detectives assigned to the Clarendon Police Division have arrested and charged a man for wounding with intent following an incident along Rock in Hazard Drive, May Pen on Friday, January 01. Charged is 32-year-old Ricordo McKenzie otherwise called.....

The Trelawny Municipal Corporation is to undertake major drain cleaning activities across the parish's nine divisions, as it activates its disaster preparedness plans for the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season. The period runs from June 1 to...

The National Works Agency (NWA) says repair works have begun to the road through the Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine. The works commenced last the weekend and is slated to last for six weeks. The stretch, which forms part of one of the main...