The Jamaican Government is not considering administering coronavirus vaccines to children under 12 until there is cogent scientific advice approving their use, Minister of Education, Youth and Information Fayval Williams has confirmed. The Holness.....

The ravages of the coronavirus have taken the ultimate toll on one St Elizabeth family whose members are pondering if their relative would still be alive if he had been vaccinated. Andrew Burton, 45, was not an anti-vaxxer, but had reportedly not......

Work at the Jamalco alumina plant in Hayes, Clarendon, could be severely hampered over the next few days and managers may seek assistance from the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to power operations on the heels of a “massive loss” to the.....

Michael Dyke, the man charged with relay duties for Jamaica’s 4x100 metres women’s team at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya, said he had no doubt that the islanders would have “destroyed” the world record in the ...

At least two local medical laboratories in Jamaica have the capacity to conduct genome sequencing to detect variants of the coronavirus and could significantly improve the Government’s ability to speedily obtain test results on different strains,....

WESTERN BUREAU: Eleven-year-old Veerendra Biragie has proven that burning the proverbial midnight oil has incredible rewards after being honoured as Jamaica’s top-performing boy in the recent sitting of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination.....

The success of Jamaica’s campaign to immunise tens of thousands of students could rest on the mobilisation of an army of vaccination teams into rural districts and inner-city communities. That is the assessment of Education Minister Fayval William...

Nicola Clarke, the woman who was allegedly set on fire by her partner in a fit of rage in Great River, Hanover, on May 19, died from complications from her burn wounds on Sunday. Natalie Feinberg, a sister of Clarke’s, disclosed that her sister.....

Jamaica’s female sprint stars maintain their dominance on the world stage, even as Elaine Thompson-Herah continues to make history. In the biggest Women’s 100m race of the year outside of the Olympic Games final earlier this month, the Tokyo......

Nicola Clarke, the woman who was set ablaze allegedly by her jealous boyfriend in Great River, Hanover, on May 19 this year, has died. Clarke passed away approximately 5:20 p.m. Sunday at the JMS Burn Center at the Doctors Hospital of Augusta...

Former vaccine hesitant Vivia Kerr and her two daughters – Nadia and Natania – were among those who queued up yesterday, eager to get their first dose of the COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in preparation for face-to-face classes when the new.....

Pauline Knight, the esteemed public servant and wife of retired politician and veteran attorney-at-law K.D. Knight, died on Friday night, becoming one of more than 1,300 local victims of the deadly coronavirus.

WESTERN BUREAU: Surviving two major health events – critical surgery and COVID-19, which is killing younger patients – 104-year-old Isola Mamby’s family and doctors credit early home care as the main reason why she is still in good health. Mam...

The Andrew Holness administration has given the green light for churches to host 20 attendees in face-to-face services on Sunday, August 22, the first of seven days of lockdown imposed to curb a record wave of COVID-19 infections and deaths. A...

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...

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 – ...