The Ministry of Education and Youth is receiving support from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) to strengthen capacity in the special education sector. Approximately $34 million will be invested by the agency into various initiatives,...

Two persons have been rushed to hospital, while another is dead, after their vehicle overturned near the Old Harbour exit of the PJ Patterson Highway in St Catherine on Wednesday afternoon. The Fire Brigade's Divisional Commander for St...

A St Andrew woman has been arrested and charged after she allegedly stabbed her boyfriend several times during a dispute. Twenty-nine-year-old Havakaye Brown of Mount Ogle district, Lawrence Tavern, has been charged with wounding with intent. The...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has directed the ministries of education and national security to immediately undertake a reassessment of the security risk of schools in light of recent violent incidents at schools. During a meeting with the...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says he is disappointed, but not surprised at the Opposition People's National Party's (PNP) refusal to sign off on the constitutional reform report.  The report from the Constitutional Reform Committee (...

A 17-year-old boy has been charged with murder and wounding with intent following the stabbing death of 20-year-old Catholic College of Mandeville student, Akeilia White, on Monday. The Mandeville police say about 11:50 a.m., an argument developed...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says he is disappointed, but not surprised at the Opposition People's National Party's (PNP) refusal to sign off on the constitutional reform report.  The report from the Constitutional Reform Committee (...

Barbados-born United States businessman Omar Collymore was today found guilty of orchestrating the January 2018 murder of his wife, Simone Campbell-Collymore, and taxi driver Winston Walters. Contract killer, Michael Adams, and accomplice Dwayne...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says he is disappointed, but not surprised at the Opposition People's National Party's (PNP) refusal to sign off on the constitutional reform report.  The report from the Constitutional Reform Committee (...

PRAGUE (AP) — Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is in life-threatening condition after being wounded in a shooting after a political event Wednesday afternoon, according to his Facebook profile. The populist, pro-Russian leader, 59, was hit...

This morning's official roll-out of the Jamaica Constabulary Force's Beat Officer Patrol Division in St James was marred by the fatal shooting of a man in downtown Montego Bay. Armed thugs murdered the unidentified man at the corner of...

Two men are dead and another hospitalised following a gun attack in Burnside Valley, Red Hills, St Andrew this morning. The incident occurred sometime after 9 o'clock. The dead men, who are reportedly in their 20s, are not from the community....

A desk with flowers shined brightly amid a wave of sadness which engulfed students and teachers at Titchfield High in a classroom once occupied by grade 9 student Jajaun Wynter who was killed in a motor vehicle accident in Portland on Tuesday. It...

Classes were suspended at Sydney Pagon STEM Academy in St Elizabeth this morning and students sent home after a female teacher had what is suspected to be a mental health breakdown. In a video circulating on social media platforms, the teacher is...

WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Parish Court has granted bail in the sum of $600,000 to a St James man accused of the March 17 shooting death of security officer Nastacia Smith, while his son has been remanded until June 12, when the case will be...

WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon is confident that the long-standing Bogue lands saga will soon end, with the timeline for that resolution now dependent on how swiftly the current Public Investment Appraisal Branch [PIAB] process...

Farmer Andrew Martin of Coolshade district near Linstead, St Catherine, has fallen on hard times since he lost two of his toes to diabetes. He says he used to plant cassava, plantain and banana to make a living but, because of his illness, he...

CARLEIGH FRANKLIN was beside herself when her name was called as the grand prize winner of a trip for two to Jamaica in the Union of Jamaican Alumni Associations (UJAA) essay competition last year while a student at The Westminster Schools in...

MANY YOUNG people learn from their own mistakes, but it takes a particular youngster to recognise the destructive behaviours of others and avoid following their examples. This is even more challenging in an underserved, crime-prone community like...

A plea and case management hearing has been set for July 9 for three men charged for allegedly pocketing money from the sale of phone credit at a Portmore gas station. Morris Murrant, Cheveroll Osbourne and Tyrique Austin are...

Transport Minister Daryl Vaz says the Jamaica Urban Transport Company (JUTC) is to receive an additional 100 buses in July. Vaz, who is attending the inaugural Caribbean Spectrum Management Conference being held in Montego Bay, St James, told...

The Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) has been barred by a Supreme Court order from convening its July 10 annual general meeting to select its next president. Justice Tracy-Ann Johnson ordered today that the injunction must remain in force until...

Two people are dead and at least five others have been rushed to hospital after a taxi transporting students slammed into a parked truck near Blueberry Hill in Buff Bay, Portland, on Tuesday. A police source told The Gleaner that the incident...

Career-diplomat Julia Hyatt has been appointed to head Jamaica's diplomatic mission in Mexico City. The new ambassador-designate to Mexico was announced by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kamina Johnson Smith, in a...

Minister of Transport and Member of Parliament for Portland Western, Daryl Vaz, is bemoaning the deaths of two Titchfield High School students in a traffic crash in the parish on Tuesday afternoon. They died after a blue Toyota Picnic...

Opposition Leader Mark Golding says his party does not favour a referendum to determine Jamaica's apex court, noting that the Jamaican Constitution is clear on that decision resting with the Parliament. Golding said no country that has...

Transport Minister Daryl Vaz says the Jamaica Urban Transport Company (JUTC) is to receive an additional 100 new buses in July. Vaz, who is attending the inaugural Caribbean Spectrum Management Conference being held in Montego Bay, St James, told...

The Ministry of Agriculture aims to strengthen small ruminant farming on the island to increase farmers' income and profitability, says Minister of State in the Ministry, Franklin Witter. He was addressing the closing ceremony for the...

An ex-policeman is facing several criminal charges for his alleged involvement in an abduction and $2 million robbery, his attorney has confirmed. Lonnie Pearcy was charged by detectives on Tuesday with kidnapping, use of a firearm to commit a...

Former People's National Party Member of Parliament for Western St Mary, Jolyan Silvera, who is charged with the murder of his wife, has been denied bail. The decision was handed down in the Home Circuit Court this morning. His attorney Peter...

The Registrar General's Department (RGD) will take another step towards inclusivity and accessibility with the printing of Braille certificates for marriages and deaths effective July 1. Building on the successful initiative launched on May 1,...

Mohan Beckford, the consummate entrepreneur, has dedicated his life and business to discovering innovative ideas and exploring the digital landscape to bring about transformative changes in micro, small, and medium-sized (MSMEs) businesses....

WESTERN BUREAU: With 19 murders committed in Hanover since the start of the year, lead personnel in the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s Hanover Division are viewing that figure positively. “We are looking at 19 (murders) now, 25 last year to date,...

WESTERN BUREAU: Despite experiencing an increase in community waste-collection backlog across St James since February, the National Solid Waste Management Authority [NSWMA] is expressing confidence in its drive to promote and enforce cleanliness...

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Marcia Graham, medical officer of health for Westmoreland, says there is a critical need for blood, admitting that persons have actually died because it is lacking. “We need more blood donors. The system has come under...