University of Technology, Jamaica will host the third annual Microsoft Day technology summit from October 2 to 4 at the University’s Papine campus under the theme “Empower your Future”. The opening ceremony is scheduled for 9 a.m. on day one at...

The Wesley Davis Memorial Foundation has identified its first two scholarship winners as Mia Crosdale and Khadera Smith, students of the Cedar Valley Primary School in St Thomas. Crosdale and Smith were chosen to receive scholarships for the 2024-...

Western Bureau: Some 31 youngsters from Green Island in Hanover are poised to become fully certified community fire safety wardens, as they are currently participating in a two-day fire safety workshop, which is a joint venture between the Jamaica...

JAMAICAN PEOPLE, for the most part, believe in God, whosoever they perceive him to be. But 80 years ago, an incident exploded in the western parish of St James that obliterated such a belief in one person, inspiring him to curse God himself. And...

A policeman has been charged for the shooting death of man during an altercation in Falmouth, Trelawny last November. Police Constable Junior Howlett was taken before the Trelawny Parish Court on Friday where he was granted $900,000 bail with one...

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) announced today that it dropped its key policy rate by 25 basis points to 6.5 per cent, marking its second rate cut since the start of its expansionary policy in August.  The rate takes effect tomorrow, Tuesday,...

Jamaica Post is urging vigilance in light of reports of numerous phishing scams from its customers. The entity's Public Relations Officer, Tanickea Bennett, said persons must remain alert to avoid becoming victims of this persistent cybercrime...

Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate Matthew Samuda is the new Member of Parliament for St Ann North Eastern. Samuda secured 4,838 votes to defeat independent candidate David Anderson, 222; and United Independents Congress (UIC) candidate Chase Neil, 30.

Kimauly Hoyles of Patrick City, Kingston 20, was today sentenced for several drug-related offences when he appeared before the St James Parish Court. Hoyles, 38, was arrested at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, on...

NEW YORK, CMC – Haiti has become the 12th Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member state to accede to the partnership agreement between CARICOM countries and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). Haiti signed onto the agreement on the...

Motorists are now able to renew their motor vehicle registration certificate online via Tax Administration Jamaica's (TAJ) online platform www.jamaicatax.gov.jm, the agency announced today. The added online service is a result of collaboration...

The police are advising the public that the Criminal Records Office (CRO) located at the Police Officer's Club on Hope Road in St Andrew, will be closed to the public tomorrow, Tuesday, October 1. “We apologise for any inconvenience this...

NEW YORK, CMC – New York Attorney General, Letitia James, is leading a coalition of 12 attorneys general calling on the United States Congress to take action to stop gun trafficking from the US to Caribbean countries. In their letter, the...

Clients of the Bellevue Hospital in Kingston are set to benefit from a recent handover of equipment by the Bounty Foundation. The donation of two air-conditioning units, five wheelchairs, and nine ambulatory assistive devices (walkers) were...

The Electoral Office of Jamaica is reporting a low voter turnout in the St Ann North East by-election up to 11 o' clock this morning. Director of Elections Glasspole Brown told The Gleaner a short while ago that up to that point only 5.12 per...

Cocoa Piece killer Rushane Barnett, who is appealing his conviction for the mass  murder of his five family members, is to get new legal representation. This after his previous attorney Kemar Robinson came off the case after Barnett insisted...

The Spanish Town police in St Catherine early this morning seized an illegal gun during a snap raid in Gravel Heights. No arrest was made in connection with the seizure. This is the 40th gun to be seized in the St Catherine North Police...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness is on a three-day official visit to India. Holness arrived in India today and was met by Minister of State for Finance, Pankaj Chaudhary. This is his first visit to India and also the first ever bilateral visit of a...

A hostel for inmates of correctional institutions who have been rehabilitated and are eligible for parole has been refurbished and reopened and is now being utilised to aid in the reformation process. The facility, which is located at Tower Street...

General Secretary of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Dr Horace Chang says a candidate for Trelawny Southern, which has been without a representative for just over a year, will be selected soon. “This will be done before our general...

Pollster and market research professional Don Anderson is set to receive an honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree from The University of West Indies (UWI) Mona, at its annual graduation exercise on October 31. Anderson is one of 13 individuals for...

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) has made a deeper dive in the fight against illegal activities within the maritime space having recently trained and licensed over 40 employees as coxswains. This strategic move was embarked upon to increase the...

Buff Bay, Portland; Plastic bottles in alarmingly large proportions topped the items removed from coastlines in Portland by a team from spring water bottling company Lifespan Spring Water, during recent International Coastal Cleanup Day activities...

Meta supremo Mark Zuckerberg unveiled Orion smart glasses, a new augmented reality (AR) prototype, at the annual Meta Connect developer conference. Ten years in the making, and still not expected on high streets until 2027, these will be a new way...

For Kimesha Walters, who 15 years ago covered the commission of enquiry into the tragic fire at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre, the experience as a reporter for The Gleaner served as the foundation for a career which has now seen her...

Jamaicans are being encouraged by the Ministry of Health and Wellness to reduce their salt consumption levels. This call, made through the Ministry's National Committee on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCNCDs), comes against the background of the...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) says while its investigation of the murder of Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) member Private Ejay Domville has led to the apprehension of a man, the arrest is not directly related to the soldier's death. The 31-...

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and registered charitable organisations are being encouraged to take advantage of waivers offered through the National Housing Trust's (NHT) Employer Arrears Amnesty Programme. NHT Assistant General...

An ex-policeman has been arrested in relation to last month's shooting death of a Jamaica  Defence Force soldier while he was on duty in Denham Town, Kingston.  Private Ejay Domville was shot and killed about 1:25 a.m....

UNITED NATIONS (AP): A strange moment in American politics paid a visit to the UN General Assembly last Thursday, brought there by a top Haitian official. Edgard Leblanc Fils, the president of Haiti’s transitional council, spoke to world leaders...

In Georgia, election workers will have to hand count the number of ballots cast after voting is completed. In North Carolina, some students and university staff can use their digital IDs to vote. In Wisconsin, ballot drop boxes are newly legal...

NUCLA, Colorado (AP): Wildfire investigators looking for the cause of blaze in western Colorado last month discovered the partially burned remains of a dog – leading to the conclusion that a man’s attempted cremation of his pet sparked a fire that...

Dwayne Vaz is confident that he will regain the Westmoreland Central seat he lost in 2020 to George Wright when the next general election is called as the opposition People’s National Party (PNP) rebuilds its machinery in the parish. “I definitely...

Declaring that he has moved beyond the allegation that saw him resigning from the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) over three years ago, Westmoreland Central Member of Parliament (MP) George Wright is gearing up for the upcoming general election. However...

An American man was ordered to pay a fine of $350,000 or spend 30 days in prison after he was held with 15 rounds of ammunition at the Sangster International Airport in St James on Friday. He is 29-year-old Joshua Logan, a salesman of Atlanta...