Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, says COVID-19 test kits that were imported into the island but not approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) are currently being assessed for efficacy. "Reports of the...

The Red Rose Fish Market in downtown Kingston is scheduled for reopening next week following refurbishing works at the facility. Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, made the disclosure during today's (November 9)...

All hell broke loose at the Shekinah Temple Church of Jesus Christ in Long Bay, St James, on Sunday, after an alleged Kingston-based pastor disrupted the afternoon service . Shekinah Temple's pastor, Jeremy Thompson, told THE STAR that the '...

The body of a 14-year-old girl was fished from the Rio Cobre in Tredegar Park, St Catherine, yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Damoya Grant of Tryall Heights in Spanish Town. The police said that Grant was among a group of friends...

A 60-year-old woman yesterday told the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court that she was selling drugs to care for her grandchildren and buy her medication. Rosemarie Williams pleaded guilty to being in possession of uncustomed goods, and...

A few weeks ago, Orlene Dennie, vice-principal of Bowden Hill Primary and Infant School in Stony Hill, St Andrew, narrowly escaped serious injuries after she fell while travelling on the rocky road that leads to the institution. "My knee was...

After completing her secondary education at Herbert Morrison Technical High School, Monique Clayton enrolled at the Faculty of Law at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, in 2016. She had only $200,000 to her name, but this amount was...

The prosecution's first witness in the Clansman - One Don Gang trial yesterday testified that he too was forced to become a gangster and that he had no choice as his life was at risk. The former top tier gang member, who was the personal driver.....

A woman who stood as surety for three persons may have to pay the court up to $90,000 in penalty after the persons absconded bail. Brought before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday due to the failure of the persons she bailed to...

A 21-year-old man who is a facing a charge of robbery with aggravation was yesterday denied bail when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. The accused, Ricardo Lee, has not yet entered a plea. It is reported that on January 24.....

The Red Rose Fish Market in downtown Kingston is scheduled for reopening next week, following refurbishing works at the facility. Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, made the disclosure during yesterday's meeting of the...

Months after going out on a limb and declaring that the possession of pepper spray is not illegal in Jamaica, Mark Golding, the Leader of the Opposition, has laid two bills in Parliament which he hopes will be passed into law and put the matter...

The Ministry of Health & Wellness is set to resume the administration of Pfizer's first dose to children 12 years and older today.  The rollout will take place predominantly in schools. Persons 18 years and older are still able to...

St James Municipal Corporation is actively working on a disaster plan to mitigate the effects of flooding and other natural disasters on the parish. Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, made the disclosure at...

Police from the St Andrew North jurisdiction seized two firearms and three motor vehicles during an operation on Retreat Lane, Kingston 8 yesterday. Reports are that about 8:00 a.m., a premises was searched and the following items seized...

It has been a year and two days since Kaylan Dowdie has been laying in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) bed at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) after she was reportedly beaten by a group of women at a party on November 7 2020....

On what residents describe as a usually very busy road, the only life that could be seen on Young Street yesterday morning were members of the security forces, mortuary workers, and those members of the public dealing with the business of their......

Desreen Gayle, 33, and her five-year-old daughter, Natasha Whyte, are lucky to be alive after nearly being swept away by floodwaters brought on by heavy rains while walking along a section of the Sign Irwin main road, in St James, yesterday...

A lifelong dream turned reality has been a force for good in Rockfort, East Kingston, where a number of youngsters have gained employment in a street-side carpentry business. One of the men behind the venture is 36-year-old Fatado Walters, a self....

A former member of the One Don Gang yesterday testified that he was prepared to go to prison in order to put an end to the gang's bloodshed. The prosecution's second star witness testified in the Home Circuit Court that he had voluntarily gone to....