ROXROY MCLEAN STAR Writer Attorney-at-law Isat Buchanan says that Vybz Kartel and other dancehall entertainers should be considered by the Government as key messengers in the drive to get Jamaicans vaccinated against the novel coronavirus....

Tiffany Taylor STAR Writer At a time when Jamaica's two main political parties have joined forces to get persons vaccinated against COVID-19, a third party has been pounding the pavement in a bid to prevent the State from forcing people to take...

Simone Morgan-Lindo STAR Writer Cathlyn will never forget how her daughter, Paula Raphael, shouted for her seconds before her life was snuffed out on Unity Lane in Rose Town, Kingston 13, on Sunday morning. Raphael, who celebrated her 56th...

The family of St Mary resident Leroy Gray is pleading for help in bringing him home in time for his birthday. Gray is a 55-year-old resident of the Fairfield community in the parish who suffers from early-onset dementia. Gray's caretaker Meshoy.....

Jamaica on Sunday reported a record 879 new COVID-19 cases from 2,710 samples tested, increasing total confirmed cases to 62,712 with 13,140 being active. This brings the country's positivity rate to 43.9%. Of the new cases, 509 are...

Health Minister Dr. Christopher Tufton has confirmed that the first shipment of the single- dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is scheduled to arrive in Jamaica tonight. Tufton confirmed tonight's expected arrival...

Bauxite company Jamalco says its refinery in Halse Hall, Clarendon has been extensively damaged after a major fire broke out at the plant's powerhouse on Sunday. Reports are that the fire began ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- All New York City public school teachers and other staffers will have to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, officials said Monday as the nation's largest school system prepares for classes to start next month. The...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. gave full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, a milestone that may help lift public confidence in the shots as the nation battles the most contagious coronavirus mutant yet. The vaccine made by...

Simone Morgan-Lindo STAR Writer "Miss, dem say is no movement day, suh mi sit down here suh and naah move," a homeless man said as he sat on the piazza of a business place in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, observing the near stillness around him. The......

Simone Morgan-Lindo STAR Writer The absence of water in Majesty Gardens, Kingston 11, has resulted in some residents breaching COVID-lockdown measures that have been imposed by the government. Several persons have been making trips to...

The teenage sons of Prime Minister Andrew Holness received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine on Sunday.  Adam and Matthew Holness, got the jab at Jamaica College in St Andrew this morning in the presence of their parents,...

Seventeen more Jamaicans have died as a result of COVID-19, pushing the death tally to 1,388. The deaths which occurred between August 16-20 include: A 62-year-old woman from KSA. A 77-year-old woman from KSA. A 63-...

The government has made amendments to the Disaster Risk Management Act, that will allow places of worship to host up to 20 attendees in face-to-face services today Sunday, August 22, the first of seven days of lockdown...

BEIJING (AP) -- China will now allow couples to legally have a third child as it seeks to hold off a demographic crisis that could threaten its hopes of increased prosperity and global influence. The ceremonial legislature on Friday...

A mechanic who attempted to board a flight at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James after allegedly swallowing cocaine, has been arrested and slapped with multiple charges for attempting...

Fifteen more Jamaicans have died as a result of COVID-19, pushing the death tally to 1,371. The deaths which occurred between August 16-18 include: An 85-year-old man from St. Ann. A 31-year-old man from St. Ann. An 82-...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has confirmed that the entire cabinet is fully vaccinated, inclusive of all ministers, state ministers, and the attorney general. Holness made the revelation in a statement on Friday evening, after...

Three years ago one of Jamaica's most notorious criminals walked out of prison after nearly 40 years. But now Berrisford Robinson, who even spent five years on death row, says he is now trying to win souls for Christ after giving his life to God....

Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, the island's chief medical officer, last night warned that Jamaica could record up to 200 deaths per week if the third wave of COVID-19 infections is not brought under control. Speaking during an emergency virtual.....