MANDEVILLE, Manchester: Healthcare workers at the Mandeville Regional Hospital are struggling to decide which patients are administered oxygen support and which ones have to wait – a crisis exacerbated in the last week as coronavirus infections an...

Tropical Storm Ida is estimated to have caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to central Jamaica after heavy rains unleashed a trail of destruction in the Clarendon district of Wakefield. That’s the view of Clarendon North Western Membe...

All things begin from Scratch. Reggae historian Roger Steffens’ simple yet profound conclusion captured the genius of Jamaican music’s quintessential eccentric Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, whose praise in death was as loud as his acclaim in life. T...

University of the West Indies Guild President Danielle Mullings has come out in support of the decision taken by the Mona campus to bar accommodation on halls of residence to students who are not vaccinated against COVID-19. The directive issued......

Several authorised workers were miffed after being turned away from KFC locations on Sunday and were advised to use the E-commerce National Delivery Solution (ENDS) portal to facilitate quick-service food deliveries from registered businesses....

When Clinton Boothe didn’t see his 78-year-old brother-in-law return home all day after trudging off in knee-high water Friday morning, he became haunted by a nagging sense of dread. The body of Dennis Jackson, found slumped over a metal pipe that...

Despondent residents of Danvers Pen in St Thomas are once again sounding the alarm for state authorities to maintain the Negro River, which threatens the community whenever it rains. They say the river needs to be properly trained. Farmer and...

Jamaica’s healthcare system was plunged into crisis mode on Saturday, as word came that IGL – the country’s sole producer of medical oxygen – is running low on the much-needed commodity and would not be getting another supply until Monday...

Twenty-seven-year-old Mervin Kelly is being hailed as a hero in the community of Cave Valley in St Ann after he rescued a male driver and a little girl from a car that was completely submerged on a flooded road in the town on Friday. Heavy rains......

Jamaica’s most famous state of emergency (SOE) detainee, retired Speaker of the House of Representatives, Member of Parliament and Cabinet minister, Pearnel Charles Sr, said he would never have spent 283 days in detention at Up Park Camp in 1977.....

The ambience. Memorable sunsets. Signature seven miles of white sand beach. An array of the world’s finest in hospitality. These have all made Negril a favourite for the casual and adventurous alike. But while the rustic resort town on the west.....

Dr Swinburne Augustine, a research microbiologist and immunologist at the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has fought his share of battles. A former soldier, he has been decorated for his role in the Grenada invasion in 1983...

Although the number of convicted sex offenders registered in Jamaica has almost doubled over the last three years, according to new data, specialists believe it still doesn’t tell the true picture. They fear that the low rate of conviction for se...

There are indications that no rigorous due diligence was conducted for popular pastor Merrick ‘Al’ Miller before he was selected for a national award. Despite this, however, one member of the committee that conferred on Miller the Commander of t...

High levels of absenteeism among Jamaica’s nurses are increasingly a cause for concern for hospital administrators battling an unprecedented public-health emergency. That revelation by a senior nursing official on Thursday gave broader insight......

As COVID-19 infections streak across Jamaica at lightning speed, parents have been warned to safeguard preteens against the virus, with a paediatrician at the Bustamante Hospital for Children citing a troubling uptick in cases. A third wave of the....

The majority of Jamaica’s 700 sex workers have no plans to take the COVID-19 vaccine, a worrying revelation that presents health ministry officials with grave concerns for a high-risk group that operates in the shadows. “Most are opposed to gett...

WESTERN BUREAU: With bodies piling up as a result of the increasing number of COVID-19-related deaths in the parish, funeral directors in Westmoreland want the Government to set defined timelines for burials to alleviate storage problems. Melvin...

Jamaica crossed the psychological hurdle of administering half a million doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday, an important step in the journey towards the 65 per cent herd immunity of its population by March 2022. The development came 48 hours......

Despite having had to resort to using shovels to channel floodwaters on to the road and away from their homes, some residents of Unions Estate in St Catherine are fearful that they could still experience disaster if the National Housing Trust (NHT.....