The Ministry of Health and Wellness is making a plea for the public’s patience and cooperation as it assesses the islandwide impact, and implements contingencies to mitigate disruptions caused by the impending severance of ties with Cuban health p...

A prosecution witness in the Clansman Gang trial told the court he returned from a shop to find a friend lying across the verandah of his home with multiple gunshot wounds and another man bloodied. The witness, a mechanic, during his evidence-in-chi...

Western Bureau: Twelve-year-old Shaville Moodie, a first-form student at Frome Technical High School in Westmoreland, says she feels “unhappy” and “uncomfortable” after injuries from a motorcycle crash forced her to miss her internal examina...

WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Flanker, St James, were in a buoyant mood yesterday as they welcomed the reopening of their postal agency, which was out of service for a protracted period to undergo a J$3.5-million renovation, courtesy of the St James ...

Fiscal Commissioner Courtney Williams has sought to defend the publishing of an economic and fiscal assessment report (EFAR) on the Independent Fiscal Commission’s (IFC) website before the document was tabled in Parliament. There was consternation...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Male students at Little London High School no longer have to be jealous that the girls' restroom is nicer than theirs. Last Friday, a group of alumni called Global Humanity Network Incorporated (GHNI) dona...

Today is the 102nd day of 2022. There are 263 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to fly in space, orbit the Earth and make a safe landing. OTHER EVENTS1606: Great Britain ad...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's Parliament on Monday elected Opposition lawmaker Shahbaz Sharif as the new prime minister, following a week of political turmoil that led to the weekend ouster of Premier Imran Khan.Sharif took the ...

While the journey of entrepreneurship has been anything but smooth sailing for small grocery store owner Arlene Swaby, she is proof that with the right focus, and a little support, small business owners can thrive."I started out after m...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Programme director, Community Renewal Programme, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Charles Clayton says the answer to the nation's crime problem is definitely not the resumption of hanging.In fact, Clayton poi...

A 17-year-old boy has been charged with the brutal murder of the 16-year-old student who was struck in the head with a metal chair during a fight at a St Ann secondary school last week and later died. Dead is Devonie Shearer of Tay Street in...

Flames ripped through a section of Spanish Town, St Catherine on Monday afternoon, leaving several residents counting their losses after a tenement yard went up in flames and was reduced to a charred shell. The blaze, which occurred along Nugent....

Reggae Boyz captain and star goalkeeper Andre Blake is the latest Jamaican to fall victim to car thieves, but the football star says the criminals could not take his joy. "You can steal my car but I refuse to let you steal my joy," Blake said in....

Rihanna was inside her Los Angeles home when a woman allegedly pulled up outside the property and fired several gunshots, sending police rushing to the scene and leading to the suspect's arrest. Authorities have identified the suspect as 35-year....

A Clarendon man who allegedly shot another man in the face before setting his car on fire has been slapped with multiple charges by the police. Charged is 35-year-old Rodwayne Richards, otherwise called "Rambo", a construction worker of Nairne......