Messages of peace reverberated through the walls of Mona High School in St Andrew today as the institution teamed up with Calabar High School for a joint assembly in an effort to defuse tensions amid a recent flare-up of violence among several...

The Government of Jamaica has taken the decision to recognise the State of Palestine, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kamina Johnson Smith, has announced. She says the decision follows discussions by the Cabinet on Monday. ...

A man accused of defrauding almost US$7,000 from three women in an overseas jobs scheme was today denied bail in the St Catherine Parish Court. Kirk Letford, 30, who is charged with three counts of obtaining money by means of false pretence, was...

Former People's National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament for Westmoreland Central, Dwayne Vaz, is to face charges for breaching the Integrity Commission Act by failing to provide information requested by the Director of Information and...

Twelve new motor vehicles valued at $97.5 million have been commissioned into service at the Department of Correctional Services (DCS). The new vehicles are four Nissan Frontier pickup trucks, four Nissan panel vans, two Foton buses, one Hyundai...

The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) is reporting that utility providers paid out $212 million to customers in 2023 for service breaches. The OUR notes that this is a 35 per cent increase over the $157 million paid out in 2022. Of the total...

The Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA) will be seeking to facilitate an increase in the production of regulated agricultural commodities by at least 20 per cent in the 20024/25 fiscal year. This is contained in the...

The Government of Jamaica has taken the decision to recognise the State of Palestine, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kamina Johnson Smith, has announced. She says the decision follows discussions by the Cabinet on Monday. ...

Two of the four persons who were shot in the St Andrew Central Police Division on Sunday have succumbed to their injuries. Dead is 17-year-old Rushawn Rowe, otherwise called 'Papa', who was a student at Gaynstead High School and of a...

A man who was arrested on Monday after he allegedly withdrew over US$800 from an ATM at the Sangster International Airport in St James is one of seven men now in custody for suspected involvement in lottery scamming. The others were reportedly...

Rural schools in St Catherine are set to benefit from the donation of computer tablets arising from an initiative involving the St Catherine Justices of the Peace Association and technology company Smart Mobile Solutions Group (SMS). The...

The Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited (JBM), in an initiative to drive rural development, is ready to embark on a $445-million project to establish a state-of-the-art Industrial Park at Lydford in St Ann. Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining...

WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Parish Court has ordered that Saroyan Brown, the man implicated in the 2022 shooting death of cable technician Kemar Wilson in Catherine Hall, St James, should be held in police custody until May 24, following a failed...

WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, and Parade Gardens, Kingston, where zones of special operations (ZOSOs) are now in effect, are set to benefit from an additional investment of $70.1 million. This investment forms part of...

WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Hopewell, Hanover, are now crying for help to rid the town of a growing pile of metal waste, which is ballooning in the ‘River Gully’ area. They say that in addition to being an eyesore, there are also health concerns...

CUSTOS OF Manchester Garfield Green’s Beliefs, Values and Attitudes (BVA) initiative has been creating a wave of change in the parish since its launch in December 2021. The programme, that has the full backing of the Government through its...

WESTERN BUREAU: Seventeen years after he was arrested on cocaine charges and his case adjourned sine die without a clear date for continuation, Mickey Miller left the St James Parish Court a free man after all the charges against him were dismissed...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green, on Friday, commissioned into service a new 5,000-gallon water truck to benefit farmers in St Ann. The $15-million unit was procured by the Jamaica Bauxite Mining (JBM) Limited and will be...

Today was the start of another stint as acting Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for Claudette Thompson. Thompson, whose substantive post is senior deputy director of public prosecutions, served in the role between August 2 and September 6...

An illegal gun and a ballistic vest bearing the regulation number of a member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force were seized on the weekend, resulting in the arrest of six women and a man. Reports are that about 2:00 pm on April 21, members assigned...

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak 's latest effort to send some migrants to Rwanda finally won approval from Parliament early Tuesday, hours after he pledged deportation flights would begin in July. The parliamentary logjam...

The Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) plans to employ several initiatives to strengthen its customer engagement strategies for fiscal year 2024/25. These, the entity notes, include implementation of its loan management system by the first quarter of...

Former senior civil servant Patricia Sinclair McCalla has been returned as chairman of the Public Service Commission (PSC), the state body responsible for the appointment of some of the top positions in Government.  The Office of the...

The Four Paths police in Clarendon are trying to ascertain the identities of two persons whose skeletal remains were found in bushes in the York Town community on Sunday. A post-mortem is to be conducted. It is reported that about 11:40 a.m.,...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is advising that while the flu season has ended, respiratory viruses, including COVID-19 and Influenza A (H1N1), remain in circulation. Members of the public are, therefore, advised to protect themselves from...

Jamaican businessman Richard 'Storyteller' Morrison, who was wrongfully extradited in 1991 to the United States, is now taking steps to go to the United Kingdom-based Privy Council in an effort to get an increase in the $3 million awarded...

Following the killing of Clansman gang enforcer Sheldon Walters, otherwise known as Termite, head of the St Catherine North Police Division Superintendent Hopeton Nicholson is assuring the public that calm has been restored to Spanish Town....

Prosecutor Claudette Thompson has been appointed acting Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Her substantive position is senior deputy DPP.  Incumbent Paula Llewellyn stepped away Sunday because of «ambiguity» over a constitutional...

The ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has made changes to its Central Executive, the party's second-highest decision making body outside of its annual conference, to further strengthen its organisational structure. At a meeting on Sunday,...

The Jamaican Bar Association is calling for the Government to move swiftly to appoint a new or appoint an acting Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in the interest of the administration of justice. A statement on Sunday from Attorney General...

Alexey Zaystev, the Russian man charged in the deaths of four Jamaicans arising from a crash in 2022, has returned to Jamaica in compliance with court orders, his lawyer has confirmed.  "He dutifully complied with all of the orders...

WESTERN BUREAU: Tyrese Hunter, the St James man accused of the 2023 shooting death of 34-year-old vendor Akeem Robinson, which was caught on CCTV footage in Montego Bay, will make his first appearance before the St James Circuit Court on July 22....

Minister of Labour and Social Security Pearnel Charles Jr will be hosting another Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) Town Hall meeting on Thursday, April 25 at St John’s Methodist Community Action Centre in Montego Bay, St...

The Develop Jamaica Initiative (DJI) mentioned in my articles in The Gleaner last year call for a number of enactments to advance Jamaica to ‘First-World’ status. Many of us with vision have long paid attention to the socio-economic weaknesses...

In light of the challenges faced as a result of climate-change, adverse weather conditions, and resource constraints, cassava farmers are now benefiting from equipment donations as part of Red Stripe’s ‘Project Grow’ farming initiative. The...