Simone Morgan-Lindo STAR Writer A blanket of gloom hangs over Jones Avenue in Spanish Town, St Catherine, following the murder of a promising teenager on Monday morning. The body of 15-year-old Kevin McKenzie, affectionately called 'KJ', was...

CARL GILCHRIST STAR Writer A guidance counsellor at the Muirhouse Primary and Junior High School in St Ann, who died last Saturday, is being described by her peers as a hard-working professional. Dahlia Minto, 50, who spent 20 years at the......

SHANEL LEMMIE STAR Writer St Catherine teen Jade Hammond is aiming to end gender-based violence and empower women and girls through her club, H.E.R (Hegemonic Empower Resilience) Inc. The 16-year-old student of St Hugh's High School for Girls.....

SIMONE MORGAN-LINDO STAR Writer Good Samaritan security guard Junior Song Hue, who was recently given a $50,000 cash gift by a man he assisted, said he has given away almost half of his reward. Song Hue's acts of kindness was featured in THE...

A manhunt is underway in the Kingston Eastern Division, following the escape of three prisoners from the Port Royal lock-Up this morning. Police reoprts that the men were discovered missing during a check at the lock-up about 4:...

A security guard who was charged with murder for the shooting death of a woman, following a quarrel over garbage disposal in Carlton Mountain, near Claremont, St Ann on March 2, is dead.  Leroy Martin, otherwise called 'Biggy,...

At least four prisoners are now at large following a jailbreak at the Port Royal Police Station in Kingston. The police's Corporate Communications Unit (CCU), confirmed that the incident occured between last night and this...

Jamaica on Sunday recorded 739 new COVID-19 cases from 1,508 samples tested, increasing total confirmed cases to 67,402 with 17,288 being active. This brings the country's positivity rate to 54.0%. Of the new cases, 422...

BEIJING (AP) -- China is banning children from playing online games for more than three hours a week, the harshest restriction so far on the game industry as Chinese regulators continue cracking down on the technology sector. Minors in China...

BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union plans to recommend that its 27 nations reinstate restrictions on tourists from the U.S. because of rising coronavirus infection levels there, EU diplomats said Monday. A decision to remove the U.S. from a...

A shipment of bulk oxygen arrived in Jamaica this morning as the country's health sector grapples with increased COVID-19 cases and hospitalisation. Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton disclosed in a tweet this morning that...

Kaden Beckford is not the typical eight-year-old. Instead of playing with toys, his leisure time is spent building things -- not using building blocks, but using tools like a hammer and his favourite; a drill. In an interview at their home in...

At the sight of their owner Leon Golding entering the goat shed, the herd started bleating in harmony. They ran into his arms in loving caress, as he prepared to tend to their daily needs. Golding, whose animals are housed in the Corporate Area.....

CMC: Following a procession, a funeral was on Thursday held at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium on a day declared a national holiday to ensure as many people as possible attend the state funeral for the national hero, who died on August 9......

Winston Medley was forced to wade through knee-high water in his Toll Gate, Clarendon, yard after it was flooded by heavy rains that dumped on the island by a weather system which started on Wednesday. Uphell Purcell, councillor for the York...

Jamaica has administered more than half-a-million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, as the island continues efforts to vaccinate 65 per cent of the population against the deadly disease by March 2022. The ministry of health said that 500,605 doses were....

Bottled water company Lifespan has partnered with the Hope Zoo Preservation Foundation on an initiative to support the zoo during difficult times. The Hope Zoo has been facing challenging times since the COVID-19 pandemic, and has been faced with....

Jamaica has been hit by a shortage of chicken back due to a shortage in overseas markets. Given the current situation, consumers are being told to expect the scarcity to continue. Michael Pryce, chief technical director in the Ministry of...

A security guard who borrowed money so that he could help a total stranger get to the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in time to catch a flight is being hailed for his generosity. Jason Evans, a Jamaican who lives in Canada, said he...