Mining Minister Floyd Green says the Government will adopt a zero-tolerance stance towards companies that delay or evade their legal obligations to rehabilitate exhausted mining pits. Speaking last week during his post-Sectoral Debate press conference, Green pledged greater environmental stewardship going forward. 

A war of words has developed between attorneys representing University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) CEO Fitzgerald Mitchell and the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament. The row has arisen after the CEO’s legal counsel demanded an apology from both the committee and its chairman for comments he made about Mitchell at a meeting in late April.

The Government has signalled to taxi operators in the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region (KMTR) that they will receive word on an outstanding 16 per cent fare increase on June 1. The promise came from Finance and Planning Minister Fayval Williams and Transport Minister Daryl Vaz during a meeting with representatives of taxi associations at the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre in St Andrew on Monday.

WESTERN BUREAU: Tensions flared in Granville, St James, on Monday as angry residents mounted fiery roadblocks to protest the fatal police shooting of 45-year-old Latoya ‘Buju’ Bulgin under controversial circumstances. By the time The Gleaner arrived in the community shortly after 10 a.m., firefighters from the St James Division of the Jamaica Fire Brigade had already extinguished most of the fires.

Gordon House has made no commitment to tabling any of five Integrity Commission reports, including one on the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) submitted seven weeks ago, pointing out that the Integrity Commission Act sets no deadline for such reports to be laid in Parliament. “The Integrity Commission Act does not prescribe a specific timeline or procedure for the tabling of reports submitted to Parliament. The reports will therefore be dealt with in accordance with Parliament’s constitutional, legal and procedural responsibilities,” Parliament said in a statement yesterday.

According to Catalan daily La Vanguardia, Isak Andic's 45-year-old son, Jonathan, was held this morning following a lengthy and ongoing police and court investigation.

The Ontario government says expending Billy Bishop airport could provide an $8.5-billion annual economic boost by 2050. But weeks after first touting that claim, neither the province nor the Toronto Port Authority, which owns the airport, has provided any evidence to support it. Several experts say they're skeptical.

Keisha Hill/Senior Gleaner Writer  Jamaica-born entrepreneur, philanthropist and global youth advocate Dr Ni’Cola Mitchell has transformed personal adversity into one of the most impactful girls’ empowerment movements in North America. From humble beginnings in Jamaica to having her life story adapted into a film and featured on Netflix, Mitchell’s journey is rooted in resilience, faith, healing and purpose.

Pregnant Vogue Williams displayed her baby bump as she and husband Spencer Matthews led the celebrity charge at day one of the Chelsea Flower Show on Monday.

A law enforcement source told the NY Post that anti-islamic writings were found in the car and 'hate speech' was written on the weapons used in the shooting.

Shona Manderson, who has waived her anonymity, alleged that Bradley Skelly engaged in a non-consensual sex act while they filmed the Channel 4 show, a claim he denies.

Since September 2025, the United States has been combating drug trafficking in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, including through the use of lethal military force against alleged drug trafficking boats coming from Latin America and the Caribbean. These operations, which have reportedly caused at least 185 fatalities, have drawn criticism from international players and legal experts, who argue that they violate international law and human rights. As the EU is hit by unprecedented quantities of drugs, it is stepping up its cooperation with Latin America to combat narcotrafficking through a variety of programmes and international cooperation agreements. Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP

Charles Spencer tied the knot quietly with Professor Cat Jarman on Friday - five years after she arrived at the historic Althorp Estate, pick-axe in hand, on an archaeological dig.

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Makeup artist Nina Bakhshi was celebrating her 28th birthday in Cancún when the getaway turned into a 'life changing accident.'

MIKE KEEGAN: The PFA was forced to hand back £2.5m it had taken from its own charity amid an era of 'serious mismanagement', an explosive report by a government watchdog has disclosed.

Residents in the coastal village of Hythe, Hampshire, are mourning the loss of the Scots Pine, which has stood in the seafront park of a village in a National Park for years.

The household price cap is on track to rise by £209 a year as soaring wholesale costs from the Middle East crisis are passed on.

I believe that now the Renters' Rights Act has come into force, the old tenancy agreement has been superseded. How do I communicate this to my tenants?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is not a harmless technology: it can be misused by users to create illegal content. One major concern is the creation and dissemination of online child sexual abuse deepfakes. Recent reports have shown a significant increase in AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM), raising questions about how to stop it. A new provision in the EU AI Act will forbid the generation of CSAM from 2 December 2026. Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP

The Titan Ridge Volcano is erupting in the Bismarck Sea, sending ash and smoke into the sky and prompting authorities to warn of possible tsunamis in the area.

Kennedy Masis filmed the eruption of a volcano in PNG's Bismarck Sea after seeing it while fishing for tuna.

Communications Director Yevgenia Yashina said the exact number of drones that attacked Energodar is being established

According to the Russian Investigative Committee, the emergency landing was caused by an engine failure

According to Russia’s Defense Ministry, the drills are set to practice readying some of nuclear forces’ units and formations for accomplishing assigned objectives

The nets feature an innovative «spider knot» weave

According to Boris Rozhin, the probe will transfer the issue of American military-biological activity abroad from the level of charges to the status of legal recognition