Minister of Education and Youth, Fayval Williams, says the inclusion of healthier meal options for students does not mean that higher costs will be added. "We know in Jamaica that we produce a lot of healthy stuff, such as callaloo, cabbage [...

Winston Ennis, Deputy Mayor of Kingston says there is an "apparent lack of proper guidance" for Jamaica's children, which results in poor conflict resolution. He was speaking about the tragic stabbing death of Kingston Technical...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Oct 13, CMC - Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the agency is facing challenges in its efforts to fight the cholera outbreak in Haiti. Since the outbreak that began in...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Oct 13, CMC - Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that a comprehensive investigation will be undertaken to crack down on the illegal sale of lands across the island, as he also disclosed that some of the people...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- The world's first space tourist wants to go back -- only this time, he's signed up for a spin around the moon aboard Elon Musk's Starship. For Dennis Tito, 82, it's a chance to relive...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Oct 13, CMC - The recent ban imposed by the Broadcasting Commission on music that promotes drugs and illegal guns and other illicit activity is not intended to restrain rights to freedom of speech but promote decency and...

Two weeks after she was robbed and held hostage at gunpoint, former journalist Maia Chung said she was feeling lucky to be alive even as she battles with the mental anguish from the incident, which took place on September 28 in Portmore, St...

A 29-year-old mother of three was on Tuesday shot in the head and thrown from a moving car as the driver of the vehicle tried to elude the police in Franklyn Town, Kingston. The deceased has been identified as Keila Bryce, a bartender of Largie...

One of four alleged car thieves who was nabbed by the St Andrew South police yesterday after reportedly hijacking a motorist, was released from lock-up just three days prior. Head of the St Andrew South Police Division, Senior Superintendent Kirk....

A St James woman who reportedly threw bottles at her common-law partner during a fight at a police station will undergo a psychiatric evaluation after appearing in the St James Parish Court on Wednesday. Melrose Brimmer, of a Lilliput address, is....

Destiny may have led marine biologist Chanel Raynor to pursue a career related to marine life, as she admitted she was smitten by the ocean from an early age. "I always went to the beach and at first I was terrified of the ocean. But then I got a....

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is refuting claims that yams have been imported to the island from China. In a press release yesterday, the ministry said that it was made aware of a social media post purporting that Jamaica imports...

The Jamaica Society for the Blind is seeking the public's assistance in purchasing a property which will be used to assist blind and visually impaired persons who live outside of Kingston. "We want to make a groundbreaking move as ... we want to....

St Andrew Chef Amar Fairweather today pleaded guilty to murdering his 15-year-old girlfriend, under a plea deal. Fairweather, who had been on the run before he was captured in 2020, reportedly murdered the Jose Marti Technical...

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Oct 12, CMC - Haiti has recorded 32 confirmed Cholera cases with 224 suspected cases up to last Saturday, the Department of Epidemiology, Laboratories and Research (DELR) of the Ministry of Public Health has said...

Facebook parent Meta unveiled a high-end virtual reality headset Tuesday with the hope that people will soon be using it to work and play in the still-elusive place called the "metaverse." The $1,500 Meta Quest Pro headset sports high-...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Blake Shelton, the last of the original panel of judges on "The Voice," will leave the megahit U.S. version of the singing competition show after next season. "This show has changed my life in...

Jamaica will have to "work harder" to rebuild the trust of international merchants who have discontinued online transactions with local customers, says information minister Robert Morgan. His comment follows growing...

Reigning world 100m champion Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce and World 200m champion Shericka Jackson have both made the shortlist for the World Athletics 2022 Female Athlete of the Year. Fraser-Pryce won the award in 2013 but this is Jackson's first...

Seventeen-year-old Daniela Blake was looking forward to becoming a mother. She told this newspaper that she kept up to date with her prenatal appointments and eagerly looked forward to the day she would meet the bundle of joy growing inside her.......