THE Caribbean Company yesterday got a positive response from staff for its vaccination drive, which saw dozens of employees turning up at the Girl Guides Association of Jamaica offices in St Andrew to get their COVID-19 jab.It was part ...

JAMAICAN-AMERICAN nurse Dr Sandra Lindsay, who was the first person in the United States to take the COVID-19 vaccine, comes home today for a 10-day visit, the first time since attaining overnight fame as the image of her taking the his...

LUCEA, Hanover - With COVID-19 wards crammed beyond capacity, the Noel Holmes Hospital in Hanover and the Savanna-la-Mar Public Hospital in Westmoreland are buckling under pressure from the current spike in cases. According to senior me...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - A Manchester taxi operator charged with attempted murder was remanded in police custody until September when he appeared in court yesterday morning.Senior Parish Court Judge Justice John Tyme ordered a psychiatr...

THE vibrancy of the Caribbean is slowly melting away. The culprit: climate change.In fact, on the heels of a World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) warning that the region will become the "most at-risk tourist destination" in the world...

RESIDENTS of Stony Hill in St Andrew fear that a triple murder in the community yesterday, believed to be a reprisal for the killing of 58-year-old Dave Nooks in the community on Monday evening, will intensify the deadly violence betwee...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Unlike some parts of the island, the latest vaccination drive in St Ann has gone better than expected in many communities."With each day there are more persons than those who would have made appointments. In St Ann's...

TOKYO, Japan - It is not often someone finishes one place outside the medal podium and is extremely satisfied with his/her result.That's the message Janieve Russell sent when she spoke to the media following her fourth-place finish in t...

Lincoln Thaxter, custos of Portland, lights a candle during a church service and candle lighting ceremony yesterday, in remembrance of Jamaicans who died from COVID-19. The service took place at St Theresa Roman Catholic Church in Viney...

Today is the 217th day of 2021. There are 148 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1962: At midnight the Union Jack flag is lowered and the new flag of Independent Jamaica unfurled. OTHER EVENTS1772: In St Petersburg, rulers of Russi...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - With almost 46 per cent of bed spaces now occupied, health authorities here are hoping that COVID-19 cases requiring hospitalisation in the southern region remain minimal.Regional technical director at the South...

THE Climate Prediction Center of the United States-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has warned that Jamaica, and the rest of region, is still projected to face an above-average hurricane season.In its annual ...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Coach of Manning's School's under-16 football team Garey Spence was among those who prayed that 17-year-old Kavian Richards would beat COVID-19, recover from a neck injury and walk again. Though his prayer...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) - The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Dr Carissa F Etienne yesterday said that 617,000 indigenous people have been infected with the novel coronavirus in the Americas and urged...

STONEHENGE, St James - For many members of this rural community their main source of income comes from growing and selling pineapples so they were thrilled at the recent return of the Pineapple Festival and Business Fair.Last Friday, ev...

AFTER decades of negotiating, Jamaica's micro financing institutions and the Government have reached common ground on how the institutions should operate as a source of loan funding for micro- to medium-sized businesses and other cash-s...

JAMES HILL, Clarendon - Shaquila Gunzell dreams of having her own art gallery, having her work on show in museums around the world - and that's just the tip of the iceberg."I have no limits for my future. I would love to open an art gal...

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - With nearly 200 million people known to have had the novel coronavirus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday it was deeply concerned by the unknown numbers who may still be suffering with long C...

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) - The Mexican Government sued United States gun manufacturers and distributors yesterday in US federal court, arguing that their negligent and illegal commercial practices have unleashed tremendous bloodshed in...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - The Biden Administration is taking the first steps toward requiring nearly all foreign visitors to the United States to be vaccinated for the coronavirus, a White House official said yesterday.The re...

ALBANY, United States (AP) - A majority of state Assembly members support beginning impeachment proceedings against Governor Andrew Cuomo if he doesn't resign over investigative findings that he sexually harassed at least 11 women, acco...

FOLLOWING the brazen gun slaying of her brother in Stony Hill on Monday afternoon, one woman has questioned the lack of witnesses coming forward with information on a number of murders and shootings committed in broad daylight in the co...

BUFF BAY, Portland - Four Haitian men who arrived at Spring Gardens in Portland yesterday morning have been given accommodation where they are being cared for. The men appeared to be very weak when their boat washed ashore, according to...

LLUIDAS VALE, St Catherine - Police have nabbed two alleged gunmen and are searching for a third following an intense gun battle at dawn Tuesday in this once peaceful town. The clash between cops and three gunmen took place a chain away...

A small fee given to youngsters who wipe motor vehicle windscreens at traffic lights is an insufficient act of appreciation for Sheleisha Kassie. That pushed her to create Squeegee Academy International in June, which she said will help...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Although grateful that the Mandeville Regional Hospital received US$40,000 worth of supplies for orthopaedics and paediatrics, Chief Executive Officer Alwyn Miller says the facility is overwhelmed by the high nu...

INVERNESS, St Ann - Debbie Smith clutched her stomach tightly and muttered a few words of affirmation as tears flowed freely down her cheeks yesterday. Her actions were an attempt to ease the pain of losing her youngest son, 18-year-old...

The Office of the Public Defender says it has launched an investigation into a complaint that 19-year-old Rastafarian Nzinga King was forcibly trimmed by a woman cop."We have commenced our investigation. It being a matter of great publi...

Dear Mr Brown:I applied for permanent residence status under humanitarian and compassionate grounds. It has been a very long wait during COVID-19 and I heard that they are rejecting more people. I wanted to know if you could confirm the...

HARMONY TOWN, Westmoreland - Two familes of this quiet community who were left homeless after their apartments were gutted by fire are breathing a little easier after receiving help from Food for the Poor, members of the local business ...

This motorist tries unsuccessfully to dissuade this traffic cop from writing him a ticket for an offence in Half-Way-Tree last Saturday morning as a crowd gathered to watch the Tokyo Olympics women's 100m final on big screens in the squ...

TWENTY-TWO of the island's female fisherfolk, who have dedicated decades of their lives in service to the local fishing and aquacultural industry, were recently honoured for their commitment, hard work and years of service by natural ga...

Today is the 216th day of 2021. There are 149 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS1966: The British Empire and Commonwealth Games begin in Kingston, Jamaica. They run until August 13. OTHER EVENTS1539: Ghent rebels fight against Ma...

THE Whitehouse Branch Library in Westmoreland, with support from Sandals South Coast, has been engaging youngsters from Whitehouse and surrounding communities in reading, art and craft through another one of its specialised programmes -...

UNITED NATIONS (CMC) - The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has unanimously adopted a resolution establishing the United Nations Permanent Forum of People of African Descent.The 10-member advisory body will work closely with the G...

SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - Cement retailers in three south-central parishes say they are struggling to meet cement demands because of what they say is a shortage of the supply from Caribbean Cement Company.Checks made by the Jamaica Obs...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Government Member of Parliament (MP) and state minister for local government Homer Davis has expressed concern that Jamaica has now become the murder capital of the Caribbean. "I want us to all celebrate, knowing...

ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) - The Dominica Government yesterday announced a series of new measures aimed at curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic, including a curfew and increased fines for people not adhering to the Public He...

BEIJING, China (AP) - China suspended flights and trains, cancelled professional basketball league games and announced mass coronavirus testing in Wuhan yesterday as widening outbreaks of the Delta variant reached the city where the dis...

NEW YORK, United States (AP) - New York City will soon require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations for anyone who wants to dine indoors at a restaurant, see a performance or go to the gym, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced yesterday, making it ...

IT'S the most contagious coronavirus mutant so far in the pandemic, but COVID-19 vaccines still provide strong protection against it. Nearly all hospitalisations and deaths are among the unvaccinated.Still, the US Centers for Disease Co...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, August 4, 2021: You are a friendly extrovert who is comfortable with the limelight. You are warm, friendly and loyal. You are also a practical, organised planner. You are sometimes rebellious and want to do...

SHE was 12 years old and had known her one-time neighbour-turned-family friend since the age of seven. So when the friend, one day, invited her to spend a weekend at her house so she could "go to some nice places" she had no idea she wa...

NEW YORK, United States - On his first overseas trip as junior foreign minister, Senator Leslie Campbell stepped nimbly away from the issue of escalating murder rates in Jamaica which has been a hot button issue for members of the Diasp...

Jamaican hurdler Megan Tapper is the latest member of the country's Olympic team to receive an offer for her historic medal performance at the Tokyo Games from Sandals Resorts International (SRI).Tapper won a broze medal in the 100m hu...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - i-doc Concierge Wellness Services Limited, a group of western Jamaica health practitioners, celebrated last week's launch of their health club with the donation of 100 free membership cards which will see partici...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Saying heavy afternoon showers may have helped slow the stream of people who turned out to get their vaccination shots in this parish over the weekend, medical officer for health Dr Marcia Graham is hoping...

LAST Friday's donation of 300,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine by the Government of the United Kingdom to Jamaica underscored what the top British diplomat in the island, Asif Ahmad, has described as a "relationship based on real trust ...

AN Indian medical doctor who has his practice in St Mary is making an impassioned plea to Jamaicans to make use of the opportunity to get the COVID-19 vaccine as 300,000 more doses have become available to anyone over the age of 18.Dr N...

Jamaicans yesterday flocked Hellshire Beach and Caymans River, both in St Catherine, for respite from the searing summer heat, but mainly in keeping with tradition as the island observed the Emancipation Day holiday. But leisure wasn't...