Thousands of Jamaicans suffer from incurable diseases that sooner than later cause them to die. Yet, they do not have to die so soon. Many could live much longer and enjoy a good quality life if they were able to replace...

The following is a transcript prepared by a former Soviet foreign ministry official who defected in July 1980 from his post as second secretary at the Soviet Embassy in Kingston.  

George “Tony” Brown, community development chairman in the Old Folly district, Discovery Bay, is a proud and happy man today. Forty-two members of his family flew in from Fort Lauderdale several weeks ago to...

The resignation of Minister Ruel Reid is a teaching moment for the country. I personally wish former Minister Reid and his family all the best at a human and personal level. I reckon that the investigations will proceed...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Sunday, March 24, 2019: This year you have a lot of energy and interest in traveling and meeting people from other cultures. Once you release some of your obligations, you might create such an...

Love is like a childThat longs for everythingThat he can come by.— Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona III, 1 

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Barbados has announced plans to establish a medicinal cannabis industry project implementation unit tasked with establishing the administrative framework for the timely implementation of...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Guyana Government says Parliament will soon meet to conduct the affairs of the country even as Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo said the main Opposition People's Progressive Party (PPP)...

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Men diagnosed with cancer have the option of freezing their sperm ahead of chemotherapy, which can render them infertile.But sperm freezing is not an option for prepubescent boys,...

LOOK at any part of your body: You are made up of proteins, every nerve, muscle fibre, skin cell, organ, hair, nail, enzyme, immune cell, blood vessels, every one of your 37.2 trillion-plus cells is made up of...

The following is a lightly edited statement from Deborah Chan, president of the Heart Foundation of Jamaica. RESULTS of a new Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health study provides new evidence about dangerous...

AT LEAST one St Andrew Technical High student has said she feels hopeful, after attending Friday's launch of the Dynamic Mental Health School Marathon Series at her school.In fact, the teen, who did not wish to be...

The Government now has the authority to spend funds allocated in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, following the passage of the Appropriation Act 2019 in the Upper House last Friday.This annual Bill provides authority...

THE much-anticipated Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) quarter-final playoffs kick off today with a mouth-watering first-leg double-header at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex as the University of the West Indies (UWI)...