Two years after losing her first-born child, something inside Millicent McCurdy still feels shattered. Yet the 50-year-old Westmoreland businesswoman believes that the very grief that once threatened to consume her pales in comparison to the...

As music rips through the different parties during the festive season, a new alcoholic concoction is bubbling on dance floor - high-proof rum mixed with electrolytes. Slowly creeping up in the Jamaican party scene, the mix is done to avoid...

The split in this family, once fuelled by questions about a child's hair type, has finally reached its end after DNA results confirmed that both children belong to the man who had long denied one of them. For Margaret*, the mother, the...

If anyone was still doubting that Christmas is creeping up on us, last week's surprise visit to the STAR offices by Eve Campbell should erase all doubt. Known as Jamaica's very own 'colour woman', Campbell has made it a ritual to strut into the.....

Trelawny farmer Cynthia Watt says she is paying a painful price after opening her land to the National Works Agency (NWA), who cut a temporary road through her property when Hurricane Melissa destroyed the main road. Watt, who has worked the land....

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Jamaica is seeing a jump in leptospirosis infections in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, with the Ministry of Health and Wellness confirming more cases and deaths linked to the disease. The ministry says there are now seventy one suspected,...

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) has announced a temporary waiver of import permits for a wide range of medical and personal care items, a measure designed to accelerate hurricane relief operations and significantly reduce clearance times at the......

Approximately 100 shelters remain active across the island, currently housing 1,107 displaced persons in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. Addressing Wednesday's (December 3) post-Cabinet press briefing on Hurricane Melissa Recovery at...

A teenage boy from Greater Portmore is before the police after CCTV footage allegedly exposed him as part of a group that broke into a house and stole liquor and a phone worth $100,000. Reports from the Portmore Police are that about 8 in the...

While some Jamaicans are trimming and lighting their Christmas trees and planning holiday feasts, the sound of jingle bells are distant for a mother who currently resides in a car with her twin daughters and partner. The sound of brokenness and.....

Users of popular weight-loss drug Ozempic are being urged to watch their alcohol intake this Christmas as even small amounts of liquor could be detrimental. Originally developed as a diabetes medication, Ozempic curbs appetite, and helps regulate....

Having no electricity for more than a month due to Hurricane Melissa, Shantal Wynter has been getting little sleep as she cares for her autistic son. "I have to keep candles and stay up until six in the morning until the place light up," she...

Detectives assigned to the St Catherine South Police Division have charged a 14-year-old boy with housebreaking and larceny following an incident in Greater Portmore, St Catherine, on November 24. Reports from the Portmore police are that at 8 a.....

Gary Ferguson, 53, otherwise called 'Peter,' of Great Pond, Ocho Rios, St Ann, has been arrested and charged with the murder of a British national in Retreat Heights in Falmouth, Trelawny on June 26. The deceased has been identified as 61-year-......

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has launched a staff welfare initiative to assess the full impact of Hurricane Melissa on team members in the health sector and to support their recovery. Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Errol Greene,...

St Thomas is benefiting from a multimillion-dollar investment courtesy of Restaurants of Jamaica (ROJ), local operators of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). The entity hosted a soft opening of its newest branch in Morant Bay, the parish capital, on......

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) has outlined a two-year recovery plan for Jamaica's agricultural sector, which suffered an estimated $30 billion in damage from Hurricane Melissa. The update came from the entity's Executive...

The National Water Commission (NWC) has acquired 12 new water trucks to support the restoration of water services to communities, following the disruption caused by the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Acquired at a cost of $199 million, the trucks.....

Dietary therapy sparks hope for autism cure A trio of everyday nutrients may reverse autism-like symptoms in mice -- and researchers say the breakthrough could someday help humans too. Scientists in Taiwan have developed a supplement '...