Rocquel Bartley is convinced that a woman duppy had a hand in her spouse's death. Her spouse died on July 1, a few weeks before she gave birth to their daughter. Bartley, 29, told THE STAR that a series of strange occurrences began when they...

Shakeira Robinson's 11-year-old son has one wish, to cuddle with his mother again. Her son, Damion Blackstock, a grade five student at Denbigh Primary School in Clarendon, has been batting acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and has been hospitalised......

Some St Mary residents have been struggling to stay connected to the Internet as thieves are making off with equipment. In one incident on April 11, several copper wires from the coaxial cables used by a data centre were stolen from posts in and......

The triple threat of COVID-19, murders and motor vehicle crashes have claimed the lives of at least 2,464 persons in Jamaica since the start of the year. COVID-19 has claimed 1,215 lives since January 1; another 935 are murder victims and 314...

Dr Melody Ennis, director of family health services in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, has appealed to the parents of children with illnesses such as asthma and bronchitis to ensure they get the COVID-19 vaccine. Ennis, who is leading...

Ricardo Robinson, a resident of Rose Hall in St Elizabeth, is showering praises on the Black River Hospital after he and his younger brother, Dave Robinson, clawed their way back from a dark place after they were afflicted with COVID-19. Robinson....

Jamaicans have been urged to exercise diligence when pursuing certain advertised job offers. Detective Inspector Kemisha Gordon, sub-officer in charge of the anti-trafficking in persons unit in the Jamaica Constabulary Force, said that persons......

When other students were preparing to sit their diagnostic test in grade 4, St John's Primary School student Natalia Steer was hospitalised and battling an illness. Natalia was battling sinusitis and had to do surgery to remove her tonsils and...

Dogs can predict health emergency - Study Family dogs may be able to predict a medical emergency for their owner, research has revealed. It was previously thought that the ability to sniff out health problems such as epileptic fits was only...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Gunmen abducted 73 students in yet another school attack in northwestern Nigeria on Wednesday, police said, prompting authorities to close all primary and secondary schools across Zamfara state. The new kidnappings came...

TORONTO (AP) -- Ontario on Wednesday became the fourth Canadian province to announce residents will have to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 to enter restaurants, theaters, gyms and other indoor public venues. Premier Doug Ford...

The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) is urging all registered electors, with voter ID cards issued in 2015 or before, to visit an EOJ constituency office now to renew. The EOJ says it is far advanced in the production of the newly...

Ride-sharing company Uber, says it will be offering 3,000 free leases to support the COVID-19 vaccination process in Kingston throughout the month of September. According to Uber, the effort is part of its global...

NEW YORK (AP) -- A New Jersey woman calling herself the AntiVaxMomma on Instagram sold several hundred fake COVID-19 vaccination cards at $200 a pop to New York City-area jab dodgers, including people working in hospitals and nursing homes,...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness is to address the country this evening as Jamaica continues to grapple with a surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalisation. The press conference is slated for 6 p.m. Holness is expected to address the rapid increase in.....

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, says experts are conducting studies, clinical trials, and data collection to determine whether scientific evidence emerging will support recommendations in some countries for...

Jamaica on Monday recorded 351 new COVID-19 cases from 1,099 samples tested, increasing total confirmed cases to 68,482 with 18,103 being active. This brings the country's positivity rate to 40.6%. Of the new cases, 183...

With the third wave of COVID-19 continuing its rampage across the country, leaving many people severely sick or dead, and disrupting social and economic life, the nation's church leaders have yet again decided to petition God for deliverance....

(AP) - Google is once again postponing a return to the office for most workers until mid-January, in addition to requiring all employees to be vaccinated once its sprawling campuses are fully reopened. The highly contagious delta variant of the...

Jamaica on Monday recorded 729 new COVID-19 cases from 1,600 samples tested, increasing total confirmed cases to 68,131 with 17,881 being active. This brings the country's positivity rate to 47.6%. Of the new cases, 436...