WESTERN BUREAU: The RIU Group, one of the largest hotel chains in the world, is undergoing a significant transition as the next generation of leadership steps up. Luis and Roberto Riu Rodríguez, sons of current CEO Luis Riu Güell, are now key...

Caribbean Broilers Jamaica (CB Group) has been named CARICOM Farmer of the Year at the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) 2024, marking a major victory for Jamaica and its leading practices in sustainable agriculture. The award, presented by the...

Kaliah Atkinson, Krishnae’ Gardner and Tiarra Bailey are the Jamaica National (JN) Bank Easi-Save County Scholars for 2024. Each has received a scholarship valued at $250,000, which will be disbursed over a five-year period. The County Scholars...

THEY CALLED the hilltop Rastafarian settlement in St Catherine The Pinnacle, because of the lofty heights in which it was situated. And, the Rastas basked in the manifestation of existing in a space, far from the madding crowd, one in which the...

A 27-year-old St Thomas farmer has been found guilty of murdering a man who attacked him during a confrontation which followed a minor traffic collision. Raheem Burgher, of Danvers Pen, St Thomas, was found guilty on Tuesday in the St...

Two 19-year-old men have been charged under the Firearms Act after they allegedly engaged police personnel in a shootout at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and First Street, Newport West, Kingston 13, on August 15. Jaheim Webb, otherwise called...

A soldier was this afternoon injured when his rifle discharged and shot him accidentally while in Spanish Town, St Catherine. He was reportedly mounting a patrol vehicle that was parked in front of the Spanish Town Police Station on Burke Road when...

Jamaica's Consul General to Miami, Oliver Mair, has called for Jamaicans living in the path of Hurricane Milton to evacuate and to follow all official advice to weather the storm. “I am urging all Jamaicans in the Florida area to take all...

Matthew Samuda has taken his seat in the House of Representatives after being sworn in as the new Member of Parliament for St Ann North East. Samuda, who previously sat in the Senate, took the Oath of Allegiance this afternoon at Gordon House. He...

The Trelawny police have charged a 49-year-old man with the murder of his girlfriend on April 5. Sherman Sterling, of Salt Spring road, Quarry district, St James, is also charged with possession of unauthorised ammunition, possession of a...

Human rights groups Stand Up for Jamaica (SUFJ) and Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) are calling for the Government to launch a full investigation into the treatment of Haitian migrants and asylum seekers in Jamaica. In a joint release to the media on...

A team from the St Catherine North police have mounted an operation in Glengoffe as investigators probe the disappearance of a woman in the community. Head of the division Senior Superintendent Hopton Nicholson told The Gleaner that the team...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is reporting that 27 foreign nationals were arrested between January and September for breaches of the Dangerous Drugs Act. The JCF says the arrests were made by the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division...

THE MINISTRY of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, through its Apiculture Unit, has announced a $5-million support package for beekeepers affected by Hurricane Beryl. Portfolio minister, Floyd Green, who made the disclosure, noted that the funds...

TORONTO: Letna Allen-Rowe, veteran storyteller and entrepreneur, will this year host the eighth staging of her annual fundraiser. The event – Ms Letna Healing Hope Fundraising Brunch – which had taken a hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic, is back...

LONDON: Britain’s future king, the Prince of Wales, Prince William, has led tributes to a Jamaican cricketer and RAF veteran, Alford Gardner who died in Leeds last week. Gardner, who travelled from the Caribbean to the United Kingdom on the HMT...

The Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY) is partnering with the Jamaican Association for Debating and Empowerment (JADE) Limited to undertake an islandwide initiative dubbed ‘Debate PULSE (Promoting Understanding, Leadership and Speech...

ON NOVEMBER 2, 1930, Ras Tafari Makonnen was crowned Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, in Africa. His supporters believe that he was the earthly manifestation of God or Jah. His birth, it is said, was foretold in the Bible and his lineage goes...

The 20 Haitians who were picked up by the police following their arrival by boat at a beach in Kensington, Portland, on Saturday, were repatriated Sunday night. The group, which was comprised of 14 men, four women and two boys, was ...

The People's National Party's representatives in Southeast St Ann and North Clarendon are calling for the authorities to take immediate action to repair the collapsed bridge in Pedro River, which links the two parishes. The bridge...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the African Union (AU) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance effective cooperation and collaboration between the organisations. According to a statement...

Some students at Old Harbour High School in St Catherine now have reliable transport after the institution received a 29-seater bus, donated by the Japanese Government. The vehicle, valued at more than $11 million, will cater mostly to students who...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge today ordered Google to tear down the digital walls shielding its Android app store from competition as a punishment for maintaining an illegal monopoly that helped expand the company's internet empire...

Minister of Finance Dr Nigel Clarke says, up to 8 a.m Monday, there were 190,068 approved applications for the Government's Reverse Income Tax Credit. The Reverse Income Tax Credit provides a one-off $20,000 credit to individual taxpayers...

A St Ann couple was arrested and charged with several offences following the seizure of a firearm in the Bellaire Housing Scheme in Runaway Bay, St Ann, on Sunday. They have been identified as 46-year-old wood carver, Omar Henry, otherwise...

The driver of the car which mowed down two men who were aiding a motorist along Washington Boulevard in St Andrew last month has been charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving. He is Tor Anuar McIntosh of Rovan Heights...

The Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) would like to offer a response to letter of the editor ,’Honour the memory of our ancestors’ published on August 15. This insightful letter regarding Seville Heritage Park and presents the experience of a...

It all began in the parish of St. Thomas-in-the-East, (now known as St. Thomas) at the small Anglican Church nestled amid the sugarcane fields. Within its humble walls, the spirit of change was quietly brewing—a change that would strive to...

A family from Manchester named Nash has made a great contribution to promoting and developing Jamaica’s cultural heritage both at the national and international levels over 170 years. The story is that, in the late 1830s, three brothers, George,...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) last week launched the USAID Caribbean Sustainable Ecosystems Activity in Kingston, Jamaica. The USAID Caribbean Sustainable Ecosystems Activity is a regional programme based in Santo...

When we start to go grey depends a lot on genetics. Your first grey hairs usually appear anywhere between your 20s and 50s. For men, grey hairs normally start at the temples and sideburns. Women tend to start greying on the hairline, especially at...

The Irwin police are investigating a suspected case of drowning following the discovery of a man's body in a river in Gutters, Granville, St James on Saturday. The man has been identified as 24-year-old Justin Jackson of Gutters. Reports from...

The Barrett Town police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a motor vehicle collision on the Spot Valley main road in St James on Saturday which claimed the lives of twin brothers. Dead are 29-year-old Kenroy Miller, otherwise called...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, says repairs on the Brown's Town Transportation Centre in St Ann will get under way in short order. “Once I have received the estimate and the Ministry has signed...

Sleuths attached to the Manchester police on Saturday charged a 43-year-old taxi operator for breaking into a house and stealing $150,000. Dwayne McDonald, of Richmond district in the parish, is to go to court on a charge of burglary. The incident...