The Supreme Court today dismissed separate election petitions filed by two Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidates who were defeated in the last local government elections. The petitions were filed by attorneys for Kelvin Clarke, the JLP candidate...

The Nurses' Association of Jamaica (NAJ) is demanding an urgent meeting with the Ministry of Finance amid discontent over outstanding items under the Public Sector Compensation Review. NAJ President Dawn-Marie Richards made the call following...

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing two separate fatal shooting incidents involving the police on Thursday in St Catherine and Hanover. The deceased men have been identified as 23-year-old Mark Lewis and 23-year-...

The curfew in sections of Green Island, Hanover, is being extended for another 48 hours. The police say the curfew will now remain in effect until 6 p.m., Saturday. The boundaries of the curfew are: North: At Orange Bay Square along the highway to...

Twenty-four-year-old Tyreeke Campbell, otherwise called 'Baller', of Old Harbour Road, St Catherine has been charged with the 2019 gun slaying of a man along St John's Road. Campbell is charged with murder, illegal possession of...

Patrick Crawford, the Dutch national who was arrested on May 9 for trying to smuggle $28.3 million worth of cocaine through Montego Bay's Sangster International Airport, pleaded guilty in the St James Parish Court on Thursday morning....

The North-East Regional Health Authority (NERHA) says it has scheduled a meeting for Friday with representatives of the staff of the Medical Records Department at the St Ann's Bay Regional Hospital following a sickout on Tuesday. Staff of the...

The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has announced the Government is pushing back implementation of the toll on the May Pen to Williamsfield leg of Highway 2000, to give reprieve to motorists in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl. In March, Prime...

The Book Fairy Festival JA, described as a whimsical celebration of literature, creativity, storytelling and wellness, kicks off today through to July 28, 2024, at The Summit in St Andrew. The Book Fairy Festival JA is a three-day immersive...

ABIGAIL JAMES, a nurse at Black River Hospital in St Elizabeth, was on Saturday crowned the 2023-2024 Nurse of the Year during the annual LASCO Chin Foundation and Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) Awards. The ceremony was held at the Summit...

WESTERN BUREAU: WHEN THE Hussey family, through their Everglades Farms Limited, leased the Trelawny-based Hampden Sugar Estates from Sugar Company of Jamaica Limited in 2009, the initial plan was to expand both sugar and rum production. However,...

THE MANNING’S School in Westmoreland secured its third consecutive victory in the annual Junior Minister of Tourism Competition when 16-year-old Taj Melbourne captured the 2024 title in the finals at Beaches Ocho Rios in St Mary on Tuesday. In 2022...

CUDJOE LED Jamaica’s first insurrection by enslaved people, on Sutton plantation in Clarendon. He and many of the enslaved fled to the hills of Clarendon. They were always on the move as they fled the unrelenting enslavers in the tough and...

Motorists will pay less for gas when they go to the pumps on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move down by $0.95 to sell for $176.85 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will also go down by $0.95 to...

The St Andrew Central police are probing a reported acid attack that resulted in serious injury to two women inside a store at Pavillion Mall in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew today. The Gleaner understands that two men entered the establishment and...

Pensioners in need of financial assistance can benefit from a one-off payment of $150,000 under the Pension Relief Fund. The fund, which is managed b by the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, is designed to provide additional support to...

A man was on Monday charged with murder in connection with the death of another in Manchester who was shot in the head. Charged is 40-year-old Bryan Bartley, a labourer of Bethel Street in Greenvale in the parish. In addition to murder, he is also...

Aggravated assault and wounding with intent charges have been laid against 44-year-old gardener Jason Hines of West Prospect, Bog Walk, St Catherine in relation to an attack over money. Reports from the Bog Walk police are that about 6:30 p.m. on...

The sentencing for Omar Collymore and the three men who assisted him in the contract-style killing of his wife and her taxi driver six years ago was this morning pushed back to Friday. The matter was delayed to facilitate evidence from the medical...

There was a marginal decline in the number of tips received by Crime Stop Jamaica in 2023 when compared to 2022. Crime Stop Jamaica received 1 134 tips, a 1.2 per cent decline compared with 2022, indicated the Economic and Social Survey Jamaica,...

Minister of Energy Daryl Vaz has called a meeting with the leadership of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) after expressing dissatisfaction with the hurricane relief programme announced by the company. The meeting is set for Friday. In...

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has embarked on a drive to clear bulky waste and other debris from communities in Portmore, St Catherine. Already, the exercise, which is being carried out over two week, saw activities being...

The Government has moved to provide temporary relief from customs duty and General Consumption Tax (GCT) on goods imported for rehabilitation works linked to Hurricane Beryl. The relief runs from July 4 to August 23. The Ministry of Finance today...

A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in sections of Green Island, Hanover. The curfew began at 6 p.m., on Tuesday and will remain in effect until 6 p.m., Thursday. The boundaries of the curfew are: North: At Orange Bay Square along the highway to the...

The Court of Appeal has turned down an application for Dr Christopher Ogunsalu, senior lecturer at the University of the West Indies to appeal to the United Kingdom to set aside a default judgment against him for defamation. Retired assistant...

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is condemning recent threats of violence against its workers carrying out restoration work across the island, warning that it will not jeopardise the safety of its team members by sending them into...

A St Catherine-based policeman remains hospitalised after he was hit from a motorcycle while pursuing a gunman who fled leaving a loaded revolver behind on Tuesday. The police constable, who is attached to the Portmore Police Station, suffered...

Energy Minister Daryl Vaz says the information being shared by the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) on power restoration is “flawed” and does not correspond with what is happening on the ground. Vaz, who was speaking at Wednesday...

THE RAVAGES of Hurricane Beryl on the agricultural, and by extension the spices sector, has had a negative impacted on the USDA Food for Progress Jamaica Spices project. Members of the project’s technical team have been carrying out assessments and...

CARIBBEAN CEMENT Company Limited (CCC) has reduced its carbon emissions by 10 kilogrammes as it continues to execute strategic efforts and initiatives under its sustainability programme, Future in Action. The disclosure was made by the company’s...

WESTERN BUREAU: WHILE THE promoters are yet to release their official assessment of the 2024 staging of Reggae Sumfest, which concluded early Sunday morning in Montego Bay, the city’s mayor, Councillor Richard Vernon, has dubbed the event a success...

ON AUGUST 1, 1838, enslaved people in Jamaica and other parts of the British Caribbean were emancipated after over 300 years of enslavement by Spain and Britain. But 100 years before that, the Leeward Maroons of western Jamaica had already got...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday boldly stated that the Government, through his leadership, is resolute in taking back Spanish Town, St Catherine from thugs who have, over the years, taken control of the nation's former capital. Holness made...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has offered condolences to the family, colleagues and friends of the policeman who tragically lost his life on Monday at the Half-Way Tree Police Station.  Detective Sergeant Kevin Mayne was fatally shot by Deon...

Four men who were held with a car loaded with stolen goats were remanded in the St Catherine Parish Court today. Charged with larceny of goats are Kenrick Fullerton, Richard Officer, Sean Graham and Leon Brown, all of St Catherine addresses. They...