Stressing that a recent decision by the Government to relax some COVID-19 restrictions was not solely predicated by the entertainment sector, Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie says the administration is not sorry for the move, which many......

As funeral homes sprang to life yesterday, many low-income earners in downtown Kingston bemoaned the suddenness of the declaration of a series of lockdowns announced by the Government on Thursday as it seeks to rein in rising COVID-19 infection...

Only two cases of persons requiring hospitalisation after contracting COVID-19 while being fully vaccinated have been recorded in Jamaica, a senior health ministry official has said. Dr Melody Ennis, the director of family health services in the...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness shot down any COVID-19 priority list for treatment and access to ventilators at a press conference Thursday, deadening calls from Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) President Patsy Edwards-Henry and several healthcare....

WESTERN BUREAU: Unless there is some form of reprieve soon from the devastating impact of COVID-19, more persons will face mental health issues, noted respected western Jamaica-based family therapist Dr Beverly Scott. With the third wave of the...

The community of Tavern in St Andrew is tense following a drive-by shooting on Friday around 4:30 p.m. in which six people were shot and injured by two gunmen travelling on a motorbike. The victims, ages 21-44, were taken to hospital and are said......

The Government and Opposition have declared that all their combined 62 members of parliament (MPs) have received at least one COVID-19 shot. The status of the 63rd MP – independent George Wright, who is currently hospitalised with the illness – ...

Jamaica has been jolted back into lockdown mode owing to a suffocating third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic as the Andrew Holness administration continues to fend off deciding whether mandatory vaccination will have to be implemented. Some of the.....

The Ministry of Health and Wellness may face an uphill battle in convincing parents and guardians to have students inoculated during its weekend vaccination blitz targeting children aged 12 to 18. The Holness administration is moving to avert...

WESTERN BUREAU: Pointing to limited resources, the head of the West Regional Health Authority (WRHA) says that insufficient supplies of protective gear for staff could be behind the rising number of healthcare workers at hospitals contracting COVID....

Isat Buchanan, attorney-at-law for incarcerated entertainer Vybz Kartel, has distanced himself from the Fox 5 NY exclusive two-part interview involving his client, which premiered on Wednesday night. The second part was scheduled to be aired...

Long lines for a vaccination campaign offered optimism on Thursday as staffers of the coronavirus-hit Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS) poured out for jabs in a bid to shield themselves as Jamaica’s COVID-19 crisis escalates. The robust response - an...

WESTERN BUREAU: Weddings in Las Vegas or Monaco were popular in the mid-1980s, but this was also the era of James Bond, the waterfalls of Ocho Rios, and the music of Bob Marley, separating Jamaica from the pack. Getting married in Jamaica was the......

Church leaders yesterday stood in solidarity with the Ministry of Health and Wellness in encouraging Jamaicans to take up COVID-19 jabs as the island battles a third wave of the pandemic with confirmation of the worrying Delta variant in the island....

Jamaica’s confirmation of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus here has set the Ministry of Health and Wellness scrambling to mobilise resources to rein in a tidal wave of infections that has sparked record-breaking rates of case...

Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) elder statesman and former Cabinet minister Derrick Smith landed softly on a $7.5-million consultancy carpet in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) just as he retired from representational politics to usher in...

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaicans in Grand Cayman say they were surprised by the strength of Tropical Storm Grace, which battered the island between 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon, disrupting electricity and Internet connection as it flooded...

Odaine Latchman still shudders as he replays in his mind how a more than 40-year-old fruit tree snapped, smashing the roof and bulldozing his zinc and board home early Wednesday morning. The collapsed walls of the six-bedroom home at 95 Mark Lane.....

A deadly market truck crash along the Pen Hill road in Manchester, which claimed four lives, including that of a mother of four, jolted relatives and colleagues yesterday, with some fainting over news of the tragic incident. The deceased have been....

Sixty-nine-year-old Amanda Burton resides in New Haven, St Andrew, with her 32-year-old daughter, who has a disability. Early-morning thunder and strong winds triggered by an approaching Tropical Storm Grace on Tuesday jolted her into preparation.....