A 20-year-old trader of Penn Avenue in St Andrew has been charged with murder following the stabbing death of a man in his community on Monday. The accused, Adonii Hayles, otherwise called 'Bobo,' was charged after the death of 35-year-old mason...
Migration is a powerful driver of progress – lifting economies, connecting cultures, and benefiting countries of origin and destination alike. Yet when migration is poorly governed or misrepresented, it can fuel hate and division, endangering the...
Published:Thursday | December 18, 2025 | 9:58 AMBANG Bizarre
Published in Clinical Otolaryngology, the review argues that olfactory disorders affect around 20 per cent of the population, with even higher rates in men and people over 60. These diseases include dementia, Parkinson’s, chronic sinus...
Published:Thursday | December 18, 2025 | 9:55 AMBANG Bizarre
A South Korean study has found that curcumin - the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory compound that gives turmeric its golden glow - can help flush alcohol from the bloodstream faster. Researchers handed curcumin supplements to 27 men and women before...
Published:Thursday | December 18, 2025 | 9:52 AMBANG Bizarre
The trend has taken off online, driven by claims that adding salt makes coffee taste sweeter and helps people cut back on sugar. But specialists say the science simply doesn’t stack up. Psychologist Dr Eleanor Bryant explains that salt can...
Published:Thursday | December 18, 2025 | 9:48 AMBANG Bizarre
Theobromine - a chemical compound naturally found in cacao plants and described as a “relatively unexplored dietary phytonutrient" - is in the sweet treat, and it has been loosely linked to longer lifespans. Experts at King’s...
Published:Thursday | December 18, 2025 | 9:43 AMBANG Bizarre
Social media isn’t just stealing children's time — it’s chipping away at their ability to focus. Researchers from Sweden’s Karolinska Institute and Oregon Health and Science University followed 8,324 children from age...
(AP) - An Indonesian court on Thursday sentenced an Australian citizen to 12 years in prison after finding him guilty of smuggling cocaine to the tourist island of Bali. Lamar Aaron Ahchee, 43, from Cairns in north Queensland, was arrested in May...
A team of 117 electrical linesmen from Canada arrived on the island Wednesday night, bolstering the Jamaica Public Service Company’s (JPS) efforts to restore electricity in hurricane-battered western Jamaica. This is the third arrival overseas...
A winner in open overnight-allowance winners a month ago, PRINCE AMAAN has tumbled two levels lower to face $1.5-million claimers in Saturday’s fourth event at five and a half furlongs. Claimed at the level in May by Jason Dacosta from rival...
Glenmuir High School and St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) secured their places in the 2025 ISSA daCosta Cup final, after wins over Dinthill and Kemps Hill, respectively, in the semi-finals at Sabina Park yesterday. Glenmuir went a step...
Defending champions Wolmer’s Girls’ and Gaynstead High ruled supreme yesterday in the ISSA Urban Schoolgirl junior and senior netball finals at St Andrew High School, scoring exciting wins over their opponents. In the junior final, Wolmer’s edged...
Caribbean Champions Mount Pleasant Football Academy had their momentum in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) slowed by Racing United, who delivered a smash and grab at the Ferdi Neita Park in the absence of coach Anthony Patrick yesterday. Patrick,...
Corporal Shantel Powell of Area Five has emerged the overall winner of the LASCO/Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Saluting Our Heroes Awards, topping a field of more than 158 nominees across the police force. Powell placed first among six...
Technical Director of defending champions Mona High School, Donovan Duckie, says the institution is determined to retain their ISSA/Walker Cup knockout title this year for ailing head coach Craig Butler. Mona marched into the final of the...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness and Minister of Culture Olivia Grange led Jamaicans in a fulsome celebration of the life of Jimmy Chambers Cliff, Grammy Award-winning singer, actor, Hall of Fame inductee and son of the soil. Among those present...
Eighty-four Jamaicans are among hundreds of “criminal aliens”, described by United States (US) authorities as the “worst of the worst”, who were arrested across several American states last weekend as part of the mass deportation policy of US...
Former Ben Francis Cup champions McGrath High School and Cornwall College are still hoping for silverware and have come increasingly close to achieving that. Last year’s beaten daCosta Cup finalists, McGrath, were disappointed to have been knocked...
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): After leading the West Indies Under-19s to series wins over Sri Lanka and England, Joshua Dorne will captain the side at next year’s ICC Cricket World Cup. Cricket West Indies (CWI) made the announcement in a press release...
MIAMI, Florida (CMC): The curtains have closed on a thrilling 2025 Concacaf Caribbean Cup, concluding with Jamaica’s Mount Pleasant FA hoisting their maiden trophy. While the champions etched their name in history, individual brilliance shone...