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IN these uncertain times when the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed countless lives, tragedy can also be inspirational. Hands Up , a collaboration between Beenie Man and Singer J, pleads for a unified effort to fight the virus.The song is produced by Dominic “Troublemekka” McDonald.

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) says its St Catherine and Cross Roads offices will reopen on Monday. It follows confirmation that the 24-hour St Catherine curfew will end tomorrow. TAJ says the following offices will resume operations on…

The Health Ministry is reporting that 19 of its employees have now tested positive for the coronavirus. Up to yesterday, only seven had tested positive. However, in a release this evening, the Health Ministry said following the sampling and testing…

lASt CHAPtA beginning to make his mark Plagues and pandemics have been making all the headlines lately, but that hasn’t really bothered recording artiste and label owner lASt CHAPtA. As a matter of fact, his identity is built on the concept of the ‘last days’, based on his study of…

Nothing happened on my IG live, says Matterhorn – Popular selector rubbishes claims made in ‘cheeky’ voice note Popular selector Tony Matterhorn is today clearing the air following rumours that a man posing as a woman joined in on one of his Instagram live sessions on the weekend. In an interview with THE STAR, Matterhorn […]

First-time mom Jodian Fearon “died a terrible death” from heart failure exacerbated by last-minute pregnancy-related stress at The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), the medical doctor hired to observe her post-mortem has revealed….

“Mi foot dead! Mi foot dead!” were the reported cries of a 16-year-old schoolboy to his cousin after he was allegedly attacked by a group of Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers in his Majesty Gardens, St Andrew, community on Sunday. The boy had…

Seventeen Jamaicans are among 47 workers employed to Greenhill Produce in Chatham-Kent, Canada, who have contracted the coronavirus disease and have been placed in isolation. Forty-five of the positive cases are migrant workers and two are members…

The health and wellness ministry has only $300 million left to spend out of the $2.8-billion budget it has received to fight the coronavirus disease and has signalled that it will be going back to the finance ministry for more. “We are now in…

An urgent call has been made for the Ministry of Health and Wellness to deploy an “army” of workers to trace contacts of people who test positive for the coronavirus disease. There is also pressure for stricter oversight for quarantined people who…