The National Housing Trust (NHT) on Wednesday handed over 144 housing units and 301 serviced lots to new homeowners in Phase Two of the Perth Housing Development Project in Mandeville, Manchester. Prime Minister Andrew Holness, who was the...

The St Andrew North police have launched several operations aimed at capturing those responsible for Wednesday night's mass shooting in Cassava Piece which claimed the life of a woman. The deceased has been identified as 28-year-old Kelly-Ann...

An investigation has been launched into the killing of an unidentified man in the Shelter Rock community of Spanish Town, St Catherine, on Friday night. Police reports state that explosions were heard in the community about 9:30 p.m. The...

IN THE late 1970s, Jamaica was gripped by the evil hands of political violence, leading up to the general election of October 30, 1980. Michael Manley of the People’s National Party (PNP) was prime minister, and Edward Seaga was the leader of the...

The Trelawny police have launched a large-scale surge operation designed to address the uptick in murders and shootings across the division since the beginning of the year. They say most of the incidents have been attributed to interpersonal...

The State has come in for sharp criticism from Supreme Court Judge Leighton Pusey over its failure to adequately address the issues faced by inmates suffering from mental disorders. A special  recommendation was made by the judge for the...

LAST YEAR, UK-born Jamaican writer, Kwame M.A. McPherson, won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, the first Jamaican to have won this the biggest global fiction-writing competition. But, flashback to 2006. Then, he was starring in his own real-life...

A 34-year-old construction worker has been charged for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl while  working at her home in St Andrew. Richard Bryan, of Harley Road, Kingston 11, is charged with rape and grievous sexual assault. The...

Jamaica and the Republic of India have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to strengthen collaboration between the nations in digital technology. Prime Minister, Dr Andrew Holness, in providing details in the House of Representatives on...

Motorists will pay more for gas when they go to the pumps on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move up by $2.94 to sell for $166.84 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go up by $2.94 to sell for $175.86....

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is warning members of the public of false messages being circulated about a 'National Assistance Fund' via text messages. It says the messages have been encouraging persons to apply online to the...

The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has approved the renaming of Ashoka Road in Waterhouse as Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Drive. Councillor for the Waterhouse Division, Byron Clarke, moved the resolution during Tuesday's...

Caribbean Cement Company Limited says further measures have been implemented to enhance the flow of cement inventory across its depots. As such, it says the public can expect further improvements in cement delivery over the coming week. The company...

Repairs to the Trelawny Municipal Corporation building in Falmouth have been estimated at over $100 million. This was disclosed by the corporation's Chief Executive Officer Winston Palmer who told The Gleaner that work on the building has been...

A St Andrew upholster who was arrested and slapped with gun charges in connection with an illegal firearm found inside a KFC box in his father's motor car two years ago was on Tuesday freed when he appeared in the Gun Court. Oshando Hylton was...

Information Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon today condemned recent attacks on Jamaican journalists, explaining that her silence on the issue was due to not being asked earlier. "You have been deadly silent despite people calling media houses...

The Spanish Town Criminal Investigation Branch is probing a gun attack on a man at his home in Shelter Rock. The 22-year-old remains hospitalised with multiple gunshot wounds. It is reported that he was at home when around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday he...

Lawmen assigned to the Hunts Bay police on Tuesday seized an AK rifle and 28 rounds of ammunition at abandoned house in Greenwich Town. No one was arrested in connection to the seizure. The police report that about 12:50 a.m., lawmen carried out a...

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...

SEVILLE HERITAGE Expo 2024 promises to provide an enriching and interactive cultural experience for students across Jamaica. The annual educational event will be held at the historic Seville Heritage Park in St Ann’s Bay, St Ann, on October 16 from...

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...