A 39-year-old farmer accused of the fatal stabbing of a man during a fight is to return to court on June 19 following postponement of his case in the St Catherine Parish Court on Thursday. He is Gregory Allen of Golden River district, Above Rocks,...

Twenty-five-year-old Omar Walker, otherwise called 'Luke', a watchman of Bullet Tree district, Old Harbour in St Catherine, has been charged with housebreaking and larceny. This follows an incident at an institution in Braeton, Portmore in...

Four men, including two construction workers, have been charged with robbery and gun possession arising from an incident in Whitby district in Manchester in March. 

The Westmoreland police are probing the death of 26-year-old fisherman, Crofton Ewers, at Pedro Cays in St Elizabeth on Wednesday. The Marine police say about 4 p.m. Ewers and a group of men went deep-sea fishing after which he had...

The operators of the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) are urging dancehall artiste Skillibeng to make a formal report of his social media complaint that US$100,000 worth of  jewellery was stolen from him at facility. 

The Government is seeking to assure it has no intention of excluding local contractors from the Shared Prosperity Through Accelerated Improvement (SPARK) Programme. The Incorporated Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica (IMAJ) had expressed concern...

The intersections of Benson Avenue and Shortwood Road, and Shortwood Road and Russell Heights, in Kingston, will be closed for repairs, beginning Saturday. The National Works Agency (NWA) says the intersections will be closed to vehicular...

Premium Farms and Trading Limited, which had failed to pay Guyanese company Pure Harvest Incorporated US$90, 170 for two shipments of rice in December 2019, has been ordered by the Supreme Court to pay the outstanding sum. Justice Stephanie Jackson...

New commander for Area One, Assistant Commissioner of Police Glenford Miller, and members of his security detail were fired on by gunmen on Kent Avenue, near, Flanker in St James late Wednesday night. Miller and his team had reportedly pulled over...

Guyana is a vast country located in South America. Because of our shared history of British colonialism, slavery and sugar plantation life, we have been, culturally, peas in the same Caribbean pod for generations. CARICOM is headquartered there....

The Jamaica Combined Cadet Force had its resource centre significantly transformed on Labour Day by dedicated employees of The Jamaica National Group. Organised by the JN Foundation, the 35-member volunteer corps spent the day painting and...

AS THE summer holidays approach, parents are being implored to properly store medication and household chemicals to prevent them from being ingested by children. Health Promotion and Education Officer for Westmoreland, Gerald Miller, in making the...

OPPOSITION SPOKESPERSON on Transport and Mining and Member of Parliament for Manchester North Western, Mikael Phillips, has suggested a meaningful way for Government to fund a much-needed education campaign to address the issue of road traffic...

MORE THAN 400 children and their families have received care packages consisting of grocery items from the National Child Month Committee (NCMC). The distribution of the packages, which marked the conclusion of Child Month 2024, took place on...

Four prisoners have been charged with murder in relation to the death of an inmate who died while in custody at the Chapelton Police lockup in Clarendon on Monday. The deceased has been identified as 33-year-old Rekema Bravo, a farmer of Iron Gate...

An American woman suing Hospiten hospital and a medical doctor for alleged negligence is to pay $4.5 million as security to cover the defendants' legal fees to avoid her claim being struck out.

A 30-year-old woman who allegedly set her boyfriend on fire during a dispute was granted $300,000 bail in the St Catherine Parish Court today. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned Germany that the use of its weapons by Ukraine to strike inside Russia would mark a “dangerous step,” and said Moscow could, in turn, provide long-range arms to others to strike Western targets.

Government member of parliament (MP) Rhoda Moy Crawford says her relationship with Speaker of the House of Representatives Juliet Holness has been 'cold' because of what she says are false claims of a relationship with Prime Minister Andrew Holness.

Opposition Spokesperson on Transport, Mikael Phillips, has suggested the Government use a portion of the traffic fines it collects to fund a much-needed road safety education campaign to address the issue of frequent traffic crashes...

The National Works Agency (NWA) says work is now under way to replace the Christmas River Bridge in Portland. The bridge, which is located along the Long Road to Manchioneal corridor, is being replaced as part of works valued at over $681 million....

Normality has returned to Baxter's Mountain Primary School following the suspension of classes due to flooded roadways on Tuesday. Principal of Baxter's Mountain Primary, Sherene Harris told The Gleaner a short while ago that the rains have...

Students of Muschett High School in Trelawny are now in online classes due to flooding at both entrances to the school. Acting Principal Morsal Small-Walker told The Gleaner on Wednesday that "the rain started falling from 2:00 p.m. (...

The Ministry of Education says Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations scheduled for today and tomorrow will proceed as planned, despite severe weather conditions affecting the island. In a media release on Wednesday morning, the ministry said...

THE INTELLECTUAL Property Unit of the Counter Terrorism and Organised Crime (CTOC) Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, in partnership with Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL), on Monday, destroyed 624 cases of counterfeit cigarettes...

LONDON: A team of five UK Jamaicans who are specialists in educational and therapeutic support will head to Jamaica in September to participate in a unique scheme to inspire students affected by trauma. The initiative, which had identified several...

WESTERN BUREAU: WOMEN WHO attend the Black River Hospital in St Elizabeth to give birth can look forward to a pleasant surprise of gifts for their newborns on the gift-givers’ birthdays, in a reversal of normal gift-giving expectations, through the...

FOR TWO years, starting this summer, St Lucian Sanovnik Destang will hold the mantle of leadership in the capacity as president of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), succeeding Jamaican Nicola Madden-Greig. Destang, a chartered...

Persons are being encouraged to embrace the rich history of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) as it enhances its accessibility to individuals with disabilities. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, extended this...

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenadian government has successfully tabled legislation amending the Education Act to increase to 17 years, the compulsory school age that had previously been from five to 16 years. The measure goes into...

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has reversed its decision to discontinue certification of certain subjects after consultation with regional ministers of education.  Dr Wayne Wesley, Registrar and CEO of CXC told The Gleaner that the...

A St Catherine-based policeman who allegedly corruptly solicited money from a motorist was granted $700,000 bail when he appeared in court on Tuesday. The accused is Constable Wayne Mathews of the Bog Walk Police Station in the St Catherine North...

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is to pay $5.8 million to a motorcyclist who was hit and injured by one of its buses in 2018.

Dozens of teachers and students are now marooned at the Baxter’s Mountain Primary School in Annotto Bay, St Mary, as torrential rainfall continues to impact several communities in the parish.

One person is dead, and several others injured following a motor vehicle crash along Washington Boulevard, in the vicinity of Duhaney Park, St Andrew, on Tuesday morning. Head of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch of the...