In June, Jadeene Burnett sought financial assistance to pay for heart surgery for her then six-month-old daughter Jhenesa Didia. The life-saving surgery could only be performed overseas. A registered nurse by profession, Burnett has assisted in......

As the country grapples with vaccine hesitancy, the owners of one local restaurant will be rewarding fully vaccinated customers who they believe answered the call for community safety. Chilitos JaMexican Food began a promotion on Wednesday,...

The police seized four illegal firearms and more than 37 rounds of ammunition in a 24-hour period, resulting in the arrest of eight persons. In the first incident, an operation was carried out by detectives within the Kingston West Police...

Members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force's Quick Response Team arrested a 17-year-old boy following the seizure of a firearm and rounds of ammunition on Glen Drive, Kingston 8, on Thursday. Reports are that about 9:27 a.m., members of the team......

Twenty-three persons, including several children, are now homeless after fire of unknown origin destroyed six houses at Combs Lane, in Montego Bay, St James, on Thursday afternoon. Reports are that a resident saw fire coming from one of the...

A senior citizen who is afraid of catching COVID-19 says any applicant looking to lease a home she has advertised for rent, must be fully vaccinated. "I don't want anybody in my house who is not vaccinated, that is my choice. I am concerned...

News of the passing of the iconic 'Georgie', who was a close confidant and preferred cook of reggae legend Bob Marley, has rocked some of the friends with whom he grew up at Culture Yard in Trench Town, St Andrew. But Georgie was more than just......

Everyone in Riverside Drive, New Haven, St Andrew, knew five-year-old Denique Salmon as a brilliant and inquisitive child. Although she was still in kindergarten, she had her little eyes set on becoming a scientist and as such, was always...

COVID-19 vaccination compliance among 60 per cent of Jamaica's elderly population would boost the confidence of healthcare officials to approve the resumption of face-to-face classes for the country's students, Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie has......

Morland Wilson, the member of parliament (MP) for Westmoreland Western, has called for the dismissal of the contractor that has been engaged to construct a matron's quarters and male ward at the Savanna-la-Mar Infirmary. Wilson, a first-term MP.....

Saidah Denniser has always had an entrepreneurial spirit. During her years in high school, the Kingston resident, realising that her parents were not always in a position to give her all the things she wanted, sold beaded jewellery and sweets to......

Director of the Road Safety Unit Deidre Hudson-Sinclair is banking on the implementation of a standardised driving programme to help reduce the number of road crashes in Jamaica. Parliament in 2019 passed a new Road Traffic Act, which calls for......

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Two teenage girls have been charged with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition, following the seizure of a Smith and Wesson 9mm pistol with a magazine containing ten 9mm rounds on Crawford Street, Mount Salem in St. James....

Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett has welcomed news that the UK has lifted its advisory against all non-essential travel to Jamaica. The development comes after the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, issued an...

Jamaica's COVID-19 response has been boosted with the donation of a 16-seater minibus and laboratory supplies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Minister of...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising that the main road between Mile Gully and Oxford in Manchester will be closed this Sunday, October 10. The corridor will be closed for eight hours, starting at 9 a.m. in order to facilitate the...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- The number of U.S.-bound Haitian migrants temporarily stuck in northern Colombia has risen to about 20,000, a senior U.S. official said Thursday, echoing reports from a local human rights organisation. "It...

Jamaica on Thursday recorded 205 new COVID-19 cases from 1,347 samples tested, increasing total confirmed cases to 85,680 with 29,168 being active. The country's positivity rate is currently 17.7%. Of the new cases...

The Ministry of National Security says services to the public from its various branches and divisions at the North Tower offices have been halted by water leakages. The leakages which began overnight, have resulted in some...