The parliamentary Opposition has cautioned the Government to ensure that its negotiations on a new Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo) licence result in fairer terms, real competition, and lower energy costs. At the same time, the People’s...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness says resources are being mobilised to ensure minimal disruption to health services islandwide amid sickouts by some health workers. The Ministry, in a media release Tuesday, says that nurses and midwives...

Detectives assigned to the Kingston East police division have charged a woman with murder for allegedly stabbing another woman to death during a dispute along Mountain View Avenue in Kingston on Saturday. The accused is 55-year-old Sharon Young...

The Westmoreland Circuit Court today heard the victim impact statement given by Mercia Fraser, the mother of Mario Deane, as the sentencing hearing for the three police personnel convicted for his 2014 death got under way. Fraser was not...

The Government has stated for the first time that there is no documentation explaining why the law enforcement requirement was dropped from the job criteria for the top post at the Financial Investigations Division (FID). Information Minister Dr...

Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Leader, Dr Andrew Holness, has reminded candidates and representatives that their conduct must reflect the highest standards as they carry the party’s messages on various platforms across the country. In a letter sent...

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is expressing «grave concern» about the Government's announcement that it will not renew the company’s all-island licence under the existing terms. In a media release on Tuesday, JPS confirmed it is in...

RICHARD FFRENCH vividly recalls that while he was in first form at Papine High School in St Andrew, his mother asked him what he wanted for his birthday. Unlike the typical child his age, he requested a sewing machine so he could alter his own...

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica is poised to rewrite the blueprint for tourism development in the Caribbean with the establishment of the region’s first-ever Tourism Innovation Township, and the construction of what will become the tallest hotel in the...

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s tourism industry is navigating a mixed landscape in 2025, with global economic uncertainty and a lingering US travel advisory dampening early performance even as regional markets, increased airlift, and targeted promotions...

WESTERN BUREAU: Former deputy leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Dr Christopher Tufton says he is throwing his support behind George Wright, the incumbent member of parliament for Westmoreland Central, who, seemingly, is being targeted by the...

Western Bureau: Dr Dayton Campbell, the People’s National Party (PNP) general secretary, says his party wants to form the next Government of Jamaica because it wants to fix the country’s infrastructure so that the people can enjoy a better...

Member of Parliament for South West St Catherine, Everald Warmington, has withdrawn and apologised for inappropriate and offensive remarks made on the political platform in Westmoreland on Sunday. Warmington uttered expletives on Sunday as he...

Two brothers were shot, one fatally, in a gun attack at their home in the rural community of Snow Hill in Pimento Walk, St Ann on Sunday. Dead is 19-year-old Jaheem Brown. His 17-year-old brother is in hospital nursing gunshot wounds. Reports...

The Central Committee of the Jamaica Police Federation is once again calling for better pay and support for police officers, stating that more must be done for those who have sworn to serve and protect every citizen of Jamaica. Detective Corporal...

The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) and the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) have joined mounting calls for the Government to explain the removal of a key law enforcement requirement from the top job at the Financial...

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has opted to maintain its benchmark interest rate at 5.75 per cent per annum, citing a backdrop of heightened global uncertainty and inflation risks that remain tilted to the upside. Following its Monetary Policy...

Recently disbarred attorney Ano Miller-Sewell, who is accused of swindling a client of a little over $37 million dollars in a real estate transaction, is to return to the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on October 22. Miller-Sewell, who is...

The victims of a collision near Chedwin Park along Old Harbour Road in Spanish Town, St Catherine, on Monday morning have been identified. They are 44-year-old Carlos Pryce of Burnside Valley, Red Hills, St Andrew, and 26-year-old Shandee...

Grassroots entrepreneurs supported by the Social Development Commission (SDC) Local Economic Development Support Programme (LEDSP) have generated more than $100 million in sales over the past five years. This was disclosed by Director, Local...

The police are investigating a vehicular crash along the Mandela Highway in the vicinity of Hydel High School in St Catherine. The Gleaner understands that a public passenger bus overturned. Our news team gathered that the bus plies the...

People’s National Party (PNP) General Secretary, Dr Dayton Campbell, is calling for the police to arrest and charge outspoken Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) member of parliament Everald Warmington for his use of expletives on a JLP platform in Savanna...

The St Catherine North police have arrested a 40-year-old man for alleged breaches of the Firearms Act. About 4:45 a.m., a police party was reportedly called to the scene of loud explosions at a bar along Walks Road, Spanish Town, St Catherine...

St George’s College has announced the second staging of its 2025 Lecture Series, taking place on September 23 at 2 p.m. in the school’s Abe Issa Auditorium on campus. The featured speaker will be Philip H. Wong, esteemed alumnus and CEO of Deltana...

If ever there were a prize perfectly suited for Merlene Ottey High School, it’s the Resilience Prize in the recent Trees for Peace Competition. Organised by the Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education,...

Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL), a subsidiary of global building materials leader, Cemex, commissioned its US$42-million Debottleneck Project at its Rockfort facility in east Kingston last week. Less than three years after being announced,...

Laughter echoed through Bellevue Hospital’s Oo Park last Thursday, as families, clients, and staff gathered for a moving and meaningful Family Day celebration. Hosted by the hospital’s Social Work Department and held under the theme, ‘Building...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries...

Portland Eastern Member of Parliament Ann-Marie Vaz claims Opposition Leader Mark Golding will never become Prime Minister of Jamaica, dismissing his repeated intention to «rescue» the country from the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). “The last...

“Don’t count your chickens before them hatch,” warned Kingston Central Member of Parliament Donovan Williams, pushing back against the People’s National Party’s (PNP) claim that it will retake the seat in the next general election. Williams was...

Senior Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) member Everald Warmington has urged Labourites in Westmoreland Central to «shut mout’, shut yuh eye and vote for Andrew Holness» if they dislike their Member of Parliament George Wright. “I am proud to be here…...

A Chinese businessman lost his life Sunday morning after his vehicle plunged into the sea while he was reportedly attempting a U-turn on the Old Causeway Bridge that linked Portmore, St Catherine, and Kingston. The deceased has been identified as...

The Clarendon police have charged a man and a woman with possession of a prohibited weapon following the seizure of an imitation firearm in Effortville, May Pen, on Saturday. The accused have been identified as 54-year-old Carlton Howe, a taxi...

The decomposing body of a retired educator was discovered at her home in the St Catherine North Police Division on Friday. She has been identified as 70-year-old Patricia Evans, a former teacher who lived on Cherry Crescent in Spanish Town in...

A man has been taken into custody following the seizure of two illegal firearms in a Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) in Norwood, St James, on Friday. Reports are that about 6:40 a.m. on June 27, security personnel assigned to the ZOSO carried...