A firm believer in the adage that every child can learn and every child must learn, principal of the White Marl Primary School in St Catherine Milton C. Brown has started travelling by motorcycle to find his students who are not attending online......

A God-fearing, caring, gentle and friendly giant are some the words that the father and sister of late Gleaner Company (Media) Ltd subeditor Theodore Johnson used to describe him at his thanksgiving service, held yesterday at Roman's Funeral Home.....

The Clansman-One Don Gang trial has been postponed until October 19 after two defendants tested positive for COVID-19. The case was adjourned yesterday after Chief Justice Bryan Sykes informed the Home Circuit Court that Andre Golding and Owen...

Close to 200 residents of Maverley and surrounding communities in St Andrew were on Saturday given a boost to protect themselves from COVID-19, following a vaccination drive organised by the Rotary Club of Trafalgar New Heights (RCTNH) in the...

Montego Bay needs a makeover, says Davis Homer Davis, minister of state in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, is encouraging business operators in Montego Bay, St James, to work with the Government to improve the...

It's been 19 days since Sheryl Williams had a good night's rest. Her mind is not at ease because her only daughter, 34-year-old Ruchelle Williams, is still missing. Since Ruchelle's disappearance on Wednesday, September 15, the family has been......

Back in 2008, Sheena Heman was named number one nail technician in the entire Caribbean at a competition in Trinidad and Tobago when she was just 23 years old. The win gained her much popularity, including being interviewed on TVJ programmes...

An ambitious programme to train youths in entertainment production has been announced for St Mary South East. Dr Norman Dunn, the member of parliament (MP) for the constituency, made the announcement during the State of the Constituency Debate in....

East Portland Member of Parliament (MP) Ann-Marie Vaz has proposed that special consideration be given for the maintenance of roads in her constituency. Vaz, speaking during the State of the Constituency Debate in Parliament last Wednesday,...

LONDON (AP) -- AstraZeneca, the drugmaker that developed one of the first COVID-19 vaccines, has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to authorise the emergency use of a first-of-a-kind antibody treatment to prevent the disease. The...

A teen has been arrested and charged for the stabbing death of 16-year-old Damanick Deer otherwise called 'Pappa Bear', of McIntyre Villa in Kingston 16 on Friday, October 1. Reports from the Elletson Road police are that...

Operations at some buildings in parts of Half-Way-Tree and New Kingston have been impacted as a result of noxious fumes currently affecting sections of the corporate area. Earlier today, workers at the NCB towers located at Oxford Road and at the......

The Ministry of Health and Wellness' says it Adopt-a-Clinic programme is gaining traction, particularly among the diaspora in the United States, which has adopted several clinics across the island. Data from the Ministry of Health and...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A former Facebook data scientist told Congress on Tuesday that the social network giant's products harm children and fuel polarisation in the U.S. while its executives refuse to make changes because they elevate...

Jamaica on Monday recorded 249 new COVID-19 cases from 1,419 samples tested, increasing total confirmed cases to 85,163 with 29,109 being active. The country's positivity rate is currently 26.0%. Of the new cases,...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Foreign tourists won't be welcomed back to Australia until at least next year, the prime minister said Tuesday as he outlined plans for lifting some of the toughest and longest COVID-19 travel restrictions...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Johnson & Johnson asked the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to allow extra shots of its COVID-19 vaccine as the U.S. government moves toward expanding its booster campaign to millions more vaccinated Americans. J...

Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) - Barbados' Prime Minister Mia Mottley is lobbying for a COVID-19 vaccine plant to be established in Barbados. Mottley, speaking to reporters following the opening of the 15th session of the United Nations...

Despite having his left leg amputated above the knee, Wilsie Benneth still decides to stand tall and is carving his way daily to make a living. Carved wooden eagles, ashtrays, coats of arms, forks and spoons were on display in the small space...

Although they have not met in person, a 52-year-old German woman says she is the 'wife' of incarcerated deejay Vybz Kartel. Speaking with THE STAR yesterday via video call, Jana Healy, who is also known by her Muslim name Fatimah Mohammad, said.....