The Government's vaccination drive has been boosted through the donation of two mobile units by the Yantai Municipal People's Government of the People's Republic of China. The vehicles, valued at Y=878,597 RMB (approximately J$19 million) are...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) is yet to determine the cause of death of two persons who passed away after receiving shots of the COVID-19 vaccine recently. Nine other deaths have been classified as coincidental, according to Dr...

The body of 65-year-old hunter Renold Franklin was removed from a ravine in the hilly interior of the Rio Grande Valley, Portland, shortly before 10 a.m. Thursday by a Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) helicopter, which was called in to assist with the.....

The National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) is reporting that based on focus group discussions with teens, there is the perception that youth drug use is on the rise due to COVID-19. Michael Tucker, executive director of the NCDA, told THE WEEKEND.....

Ravaged by Hurricane Sandy nearly a decade ago, residents of Dump in Annotto Bay, St Mary, are still reeling from the effects of that storm. Sandra Ricketts, 49, vividly remembers the devastation caused by the category-three hurricane, which,...

A self-confessed member of the One Don Gang yesterday testified that Stephanie Christie, the lone female defendant in the ongoing anti-gang trial, was among the top-tier members of the criminal organisation. The witness, who is the first to be...

UDC chairman bats for vaccination Senator Ransford Braham, chairman of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), has urged the staff of the state-run entity to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Braham, who is a survivor of COVID-19, described......

"Underdeveloped!" That is how Manchester South Member of Parliament Robert Chin has described the constituency he won in last year's general election. "There are no major towns, no factories, no financial institutions, no pharmacies, no major...

Nigel Hector Jr was reportedly written off by doctors at the Cornwall Regional Hospital, as they told his mother that he would not make it outside the womb. He was born prematurely -- five months and two weeks -- and his mother nearly left him at.....

Telecommunications provider Digicel has given its employees until October 15 to get vaccinated or be required to prove, through the provision of PCR test results every two weeks, that they do not have COVID-19. Group CEO, Oliver Coughlan, told...

As health workers hurriedly seek to administer the 60,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine that expire today, residents of inner-city communities are lamenting that poor public education and interruptions caused by violence have helped to cause low...

A former member of the One Don gang yesterday testified that reputed leader Andre 'Blackman' Bryan got incensed after his men shot the wrong person when they failed to execute three men who he had allegedly ordered them to kill. The witness told.....

Though weary, Natoya Gayle is extremely grateful to be alive. The 39-year-old mother of two has to go to the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) every three weeks to receive a dose of the cancer-fighting medicine herceptin. She is stressed that she......

Residents of Marlie Mount in St Catherine said they are imploring the National Water Commission (NWC) to restore their water supply as their reserves are depleted. The community's water supply has been disrupted since September 20. Speaking with....

Member of Parliament (MP) for St Catherine East Central, Alando Terrelonge, used his State of the Constituency Debate presentation to make a case for the upgrading of communities as a crime-fighting tool. Terrelonge, a second-term MP, called for.....

First-term legislator Tamika Davis has called for the building of a bypass for the town of Lucea in Hanover Western. Davis, during her contribution to the State of the Constituency Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, said that the.....

The past three years have been difficult for Linneth Whitely due to her inability to obtain a passport. Whitely, of Carby, St Elizabeth, said she has applied for the travel document but has been told by representatives of the Passport...

In a video posted on social media, Erica Milton, 55, of New Bowens in Clarendon, lamented that she was charged nearly $700,000 for breaches under the Disaster Risk Management Act. Rose Barnes, her daughter-in-law told THE STAR that Milton was on.....

The Clansman gang trial now under way in the Home Circuit Court is likely to cost taxpayers in the region of $50 million for the legal fees of the alleged gangsters. Justice Minister Delroy Chuck, speaking in the House of Representatives...

At 5 p.m. last Friday, Jahmoy had only $1,000 to his name, but an hour later he became a millionaire. Telecommunications giant Digicel, through its just-concluded Rich Togeddah summer promotion, made the St Andrew inner-city resident $10 million....