NASSAU (CMC): Three brothers were killed during a vehicular accident on Monday, police have confirmed. They said that Philip McCarron Christie, 24, Philip D’Caprio Christie, 23, and D’Angelo Christie, 20, were killed when the vehicle being driven...

BRADES (CMC): Former Premier Donaldson Romeo Monday announced that his National Progressive Movement (NPM) had agreed to a merger with the People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) led by Opposition Leader Paul Lewis to contest the October 24 general...

ST JOHN’S (CMC): Prime Minister Gaston Browne says he is pleased to have followed his intuition to engage with gang members describing the latest round of talks on Monday night as being “productive. “I am very happy that I followed my intuition to...

Western Bureau: With the safety of the nation’s children fast becoming an issue of major concern, for the 2024-2025 academic year, the police in Hanover will be taking a proactive step to stamp out indiscipline while seeking to create a layer of...

With some Jamaican athletes having not performed at their best in the recent staging of the Olympics in Paris, aspiring track and field star Alzeliha Allen hopes to make it up to the nation, especially in the 100m and 200m races, when her time...

Findings from the annual Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) school textbook survey indicate that on average, the prices of school textbooks have increased by 6.61 per cent overall. The survey was conducted during the period July 29 to August 2, 2024...

A 63-year-old St Catherine woman has been charged with manslaughter in relation to the death of a four-year-old child who was left in a car outside a basic school in Kingston on February 24, 2022. She is Lurline Naylor, a retiree of Innswood...

The St Elizabeth police have charged two men with house breaking and larceny after they allegedly broke into a bar and stole five poker boxes in Bull Savannah district, St Elizabeth, on August 10. They are 28-year-old Corey Simpson, otherwise...

The St James Health Department says that a food vendor who was caught in a recent viral video urinating in a bottle, while peddling her wares near the Charles Gordon Market in Montego Bay, will not be permitted to continue her trade. Addressing a...

The St Ann police are probing the shooting of two men, one fatally, in Ocho Rios last night. Dead is 45-year-old Shane Mattadeen, otherwise called 'King', of Norbrook Acres Drive and Mahogany Beach in Ocho Rios. The injured man is a 26...

The body of a woman was found with gunshot wounds along Duke Street in Falmouth, Trelawny this morning. She is yet to be identified. Head of the Trelawny police Deputy Superintendent Winston Milton told The Gleaner that residents heard explosion...

Upset residents of New Haven in St Andrew this morning mounted a roadblock to protest the shooting of a 17-year-old male resident by the police early this morning. They have accused the police of acting in cold blood. The deceased teen has been...

Police investigators were tasked to probe 783 murders in the first eight months of the year, 21 of which occurred during the period August 24 to August 31. The latest serious crime statistics published by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) on...

Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament for St Ann North East Marsha Smith has resigned with immediate effect. The announcement was made today in a statement from the Office of the Prime Minister. Prime Minister Andrew Holness thanked...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Marsha Smith, says the teaching of Spanish in schools will be boosted by a significant increase in the number of Cuban teachers employed. The Minister, who was addressing school...

THIRTY ENTREPRENEURS in western Jamaica have benefitted from a recent soap-making workshop, which was hosted at Rusea’s High School in Hanover by the Social Development Commission (SDC). The workshop formed part of the SDC’s Local Economic...

Leadership coach,Shane Ram has urged businesses to become anti-fragile in an age of disruption, arguing that an anti-fragile organisation will be able to resist setbacks better than one that is simply resilient. Ram, who has worked as an executive...

LONDON: Lawson Crawford, a former senior solicitor with Myers Fletcher and Gordon UK law office and later, a director of legal and company secretary at University College London Business Ltd, passed away in London recently after a short illness....

Western Bureau: ‘Teamwork makes the dream work’ was the theme at Saturday’s back-to-school health fair at the St James Parish Church Hall in Montego Bay, St James, where charitable United States (US)-based Jamaicans, Dr Kingsley Thomas and Dr...

Western Bureau: Unlike in some of the other parishes in western Jamaica, the 2024-2025 school year got off to a smooth start in Hanover yesterday, with all institutions across the parish opening their doors to students despite some adjustments...

The Meteorological Service of Jamaica is advising that a strong tropical wave, currently across the eastern Caribbean Sea, is producing a large, disorganised area of showers and thunderstorms which is expected to move across Jamaica on Wednesday....

Governor General Sir Patrick Allen has proclaimed the first day of September each year as the National Day of Remembrance of the victims and survivors of the Kendal Rail Disaster. Sir Patrick made the proclamation at the request of the Minister of...

Transport Minister Daryl Vaz says Monday morning's crash which resulted in the death of grade six student, Traevon Saunchez, in Manchester «reiterates the urgency» of a rural school bus service. "Very sad that on...

Two men who were charged with aggravated robbery of a woman in Portmore, St Catherine last year were freed in the parish court this morning. Those freed are Jhamani James, 39; and 27-year-old Kenneth Allen, both of Corporate Area addresses....

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland held a state burial today for more than 700 victims of Nazi Germany's World War II mass executions, whose remains were recently uncovered in the so-called Valley of Death in the country's north, decades...

Several activities are being planned to commemorate the 105th anniversary of the birth of cultural icon, Dr the Hon Louise Bennett Coverley, fondly known as 'Miss Lou'. Miss Lou, who was born on September 7, 1919, passed away on July 26,...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) will be conducting clean-up activities at two prominent locations for International Coastal Cleanup Day 2024. This annual global event, which champions the preservation of oceans and coastlines,...

The National Water Commission (NWC) has advised that work under the Hatfield Pipeline Project in Manchester will be commencing on Wednesday. The project includes the installation of approximately 2.2 kilometres of...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has confirmed the appointment of Errol Greene as its permanent secretary, effective September 1. On August 20, The Gleaner reported that Greene was tipped to replace Dunstan Bryan, who is now on study...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, is expressing shock and sadness at the death of Councillor for the Aenon Town Division in Clarendon, Marjorie McLeod-McFarlane. McLeod-McFarlane died unexpectedly on Sunday...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Education Minister Fayval Williams were among those sending students off to school in the Corporate Area on the first day of the new academic year on Monday. Holness; Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications...

A 30-year-old man has been charged with rape after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman at her home in SilverSun Estate in St Catherine on August 13. He is Raheem Robinson, otherwise called 'Ryan', of Hampton Crescent, SilverSun...

Folly Road, Portland At least six single mothers are commending organisers of a back-to-school treat held last Friday at a complex in Folly, Portland. Among those hailing the treat, which was aimed at assisting needy students, was 45-year-old...

Late last year, when Najae Murray submitted his application for the prestigious Chevening Scholarship, he did so with little expectation, being fully aware of the intense competition associated with the award. “I know of others who have attempted...

At the start of the new academic school year, around 28 science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) students across the country have benefited from a new JPS Foundation Power Up Scholarship Programme. At a recent awards ceremony and luncheon...