Two men were freed in the Gun Court on Tuesday following a successful no-case submission. They were charged with illegal possession of firearm and illegal possession of ammunition. Their attorneys, Orville Morgan and Ayisha...
The Ministry of Health and Wellness is reporting that the Jamaica/Cuba Eye Care Clinic at St Joseph Hospital in St Andrew will scale down its activities today and tomorrow. During this time, the clinic's team will only be seeing pre-operative...
BEIJING (AP) — The death toll from a collapsed highway in southeastern China climbed to 48 on Thursday as searchers dug for a second day through a treacherous and mountainous area. One side of the four-lane highway in the city of...
Published:Thursday | May 2, 2024 | 8:15 AMBANG Bizarre
Scientists conducted an analysis of almost 500,000 people aged between 35 and 84 to determine whether taking the stairs can reduce the danger of cardiovascular disease and early death. The findings – which also included the results of nine...
Published:Thursday | May 2, 2024 | 8:07 AMBANG Bizarre
A study suggests that female heat conservation mechanisms kick in at a lower temperature compared to males, contrary to the common thought that ladies feel the cold more. Experts recruited 28 young and healthy volunteers (16 women and 12 men) for...
Published:Thursday | May 2, 2024 | 8:03 AMBANG Bizarre
Scientists have found that female e-cigarette users between the ages of 36 and 40 have a fifth less of the hormone AMH – an indicator of fertility – than those who do not vape. The study by the UK fertility firm Hertility analysed data...
Published:Thursday | May 2, 2024 | 7:56 AMBANG Bizarre
Younger individuals have always performed better at tests measuring cognitive functions since scientists started researching the field but a new study conducted by Professor Stephen Badham of Nottingham Trent University has found that the advantage...
Published:Thursday | May 2, 2024 | 7:46 AMBANG Bizarre
Researchers have found that Vitamin D – which is created when the body is in sunlight – encourages tumour-fighting bacteria in the gut. Francis Crick Institute Professor Caetano Reis e Sousa says that the findings mean that people with...
ROBERT HALLEDEEN should thank his lucky stars that the stewards were in a good mood, or probably had too long a day, not to have been disqualified for his antics aboard BANADURA when beating stablemate COMEHOMETOME in the Thornbird Stakes three...
Omar Collymore, who is accused of masterminding the daring day-light murder of his wife, was yesterday branded a “stranger to truth” as the prosecutor ripped into his evidence, highlighting several apparent inconsistencies and contradictions. “You...
THREE OF the four games from yesterday’s round of the ISSA-TVJ Super 8 T20 competition were abandoned without a result, while another was truncated on account of rain. Over at Manchester High, there was to have been a double-header, with Excelsior...
With reports from the Jamaica Constabulary Force revealing that fraudsters have fleeced more than $300 million from commercial banks over the last three years, Opposition lawmaker Fitz Jackson has chided the Bank of Jamaica for not being “...
SPRINT LEGEND Usain Bolt expects Jamaica to maintain their high level of performance at the Paris Olympic Games starting in July. Bolt, who was unveiled as Red Stripe ambassador on their ‘Guh Fi Gold and Glory’ campaign at the Half-Way Tree...
Some 40 per cent of the US$4.38 billion that the tourism sector earned for the 2023-2024 fiscal year was retained in the Jamaica economy, tourism minister Edmund Bartlett has disclosed. Addressing yesterday’s post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica...
KIRTIPUR, Nepal (CMC): WEST INDIES ‘A’ grabbed a 2-1 lead in their Twenty20 series against hosts Nepal after opener Johnson Charles carried his bat for a dynamic, Player-of-the-Match hundred to set the foundation for a 76-run win yesterday. The 35-...
The Portmore Municipal Corporation (PMC) is currently operating at only 48 per cent of the required staff complement, resulting in challenges across various departments and affecting its ability to effectively deliver services to residents....
DORTMUND, Germany (AP): NICLAS FÜLLKRUG scored, and Borussia Dortmund earned a 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final yesterday. Dortmund defender Nico Schlotterbeck sent a long pass over the top for...
Jamaica’s Net International Reserves (NIR) being at its highest ever, at US$5 billion, illustrates how much the nation has recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, says Norman Dunn, minister of state in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. As...
WESTERN BUREAU: Deputy Superintendent of Police Adrian Hamilton, commander of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) detachment for the CARICOM Multinational Security Support Mission to Haiti, says the JCF team has the agility and commitment to...
WITH 85 DAYS left before the start of the 2024 Paris Olympics, concerns are mounting due to the rise in dengue cases in the country. With well over 1,500 reported cases since the start of the year, president of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA...