HAVANA (AP) -- A powerful explosion apparently caused by a natural gas leak killed at least nine people and injured 40 when it blew away outer walls from a luxury hotel in the heart of Cuba's capital earlier today. No tourists were...

Dave St Nicholas Riley has grown weary. He been waiting on a call from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to tell him to return to work for the past 36 years but has received none. Riley, 65, who joined the JCF in 1976 at age 19, and had...

Last Mother's Day, Monique Hill prepared dinner and spent the afternoon laughing and joking with her then six-year-old son Dilshan McLean. He had given her a hand-made card and she felt that was the greatest gift ever. But, this Mother's Day on.....

Jamaicans have joined the global trend of renting a womb from a surrogate mother, who carries the pregnancy but gives up the child shortly after it is born. Dr Vernon DaCosta, reproductive specialist and director of the Hugh Winter Fertility...

Asked if there was one thing he could do for his mother that he has not yet done, Romeich Major basically answered 'mission accomplished'. In 2019, the music executive and businessman gifted his mother, affectionately called Momma P, a pricey...

Although she has no biological child of her own, police inspector Tanecia Johnson has been a mother to a host of children, both in her personal and professional life. On any given day, her house is occupied by children who turn up for various...

Religious leaders in St Catherine declared war on crime yesterday and vowed to visit the troubled St John's Road area as prayer warriors as they believe that crime and wickedness have taken over. "Wherever the killings are taking place, they have....

Senior Parish Judge Lori-Anne Cole-Montaque blasted a man who robbed a high school student at the Half-Way Tree Transportation Centre in broad daylight. Raheme Dixon, 19, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit robbery and robbery with...

Two men who were brought before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on separate charges relating to the theft of cellular phones were remanded in custody by Senior Parish Judge Lori-Anne Cole-Montaque on Thursday. In one of the matters, Kavon....

It was revealed in the Clansman -One Don Gang trial yesterday that a number of women from Spanish Town, St Catherine and one from as far as Falmouth, Trelawny, were among several persons who had purchased SIM cards which were used by alleged gang.....

Testicle tanning has taken off Men are tanning their testicles in a bid to become more macho. The practice, which is also known as red-light therapy, involves blasting the private parts with light to boost testosterone levels. Testicle...

Yesterday in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court Chief Parish Judge Chester Crooks gave the prosecution until 1 p.m. today to complete its file against a murder accused or he said he will release him. Attorney Evan Evans made an oral plea of.....

Curatoe Hill, Clarendon mother of five, Suzette Wilson, is filled with joy. Wilson is one of the three recipients in this year's BossMom Network and Food For The Poor partnership under which houses are built for needy mothers. She said she never....

For the second time in two weeks, a judge in the Corporate Area has imposed a 'hefty fine' of $4 each on men who were caught fishing in the fairway. Shawn Cashell, Javion Jones and Kenroy Wilson pleaded guilty to the offence when they made their....

Today is celebrated as International Day of the Midwife and THE STAR shines the spotlight on 29-year-old Andrea Thomas, who has delivered more than 500 babies, despite having less than three years of professional midwifery experience under her...

For a midwife, it is not just about delivering babies and providing pre- and post-natal care. The nature of the job means that there are no 'off-duty' moments. Just ask Ann-Marie Kelly, a midwife with a little more than 12 years of experience......

An expert witness yesterday disclosed that the phone records data showed that incarcerated alleged Clansman-One Don Gang top honchos, Andre 'Blackman' Bryan, and and Jason 'City Puss' Brown, had at least four different cell numbers between January....

A woman who turned up at the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday to answer to fraud charges shocked the judge as she appeared under a different name from the last time she was on trial. Chief Parish Judge Chester Crooks immediately...

Not many people can brag that they laid the foundation for several buildings in Jamaica. But that is the reality for crane operator Milden Robinson, who has more than two decades of experience in the field. A lover of trucks and machine-operated....

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck said that plea bargaining will go a far way in reducing the backlog of cases in the country's courts. The minister, however, noted that the Plea Negotiations and Agreements Act, which allowed for discounted sentences....