NEW YORK (AP) — A May 5, 2025, trial date was set today in Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking case, and a prosecutor argued that the jailed hip-hop mogul's lawyers were trying to exclude a "damning piece of evidence...

Over 450,000 Jamaicans in the NHFCard Programme can now access increased subsidies on medication used to treat 12 of the 22 conditions covered by the fund. Claimants of the HbA1c diagnostic test will also enjoy increase in subsidies. Impacted by...

Mayor Collen Gager of Falmouth is appealing to the National Works Agency (NWA) to install two sets of traffic lights at major intersections in the town to improve road safety. Gager highlighted the need for traffic lights at the overpass in Martha...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is reporting that repairs to the fireboat assigned to St James, which has been out of commission for several months, are still incomplete. Anton Morris, the JFB's assistant superintendent in charge...

The police are appealing for assistance in locating the driver who was involved in a fatal hit-and-run in Braeton, Portmore in St Catherine on Saturday, July 20. Reports from the Portmore Police are that at about 11:50 p.m., 38-year-old Kemisha...

Dr Erja Askola is the new European Union (EU) Ambassador to Jamaica. Today, she presented her credentials to Governor General Sir Patrick Allen, and Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Ambassador Askola...

The National Works Agency (NWA) says it aborted work today to improve the section of the Mandela Highway through Central Village, due to the actions of criminals. “The work crew carrying out the preparatory works for the patching of the road...

Entertainer Sean Paul Henriques, former police commissioner Major General Antony Anderson and businessman Christopher Zacca are to be conferred with honorary doctorates at this year's graduation ceremonies of the University of Technology,...

GENEVA, CMC – The World Health Organization (WHO) today said that vaccines against 24 pathogens could reduce the number of antibiotics needed by a significant amount, supporting worldwide efforts to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR...

Jamaica is among 30 labour officials from across the Caribbean who will announce their joint commitment to strengthening their national labour dispute resolution institutions and processes tomorrow at the closing ceremony of 'Making labour...

Jamaicans in Florida have weathered Hurricane Milton with little damage and no loss of lives. Jamaica's Consul General to Miami, Oliver Mair, told The Gleaner that his checks revealed that there were mostly reports of property damage and loss...

The Ministry of Education and Youth is expressing grave concern over three recent and highly disturbing incidents involving students, which have surfaced across various social media platforms. The incidents include violence among students and an...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kamina Johnson Smith, has expressed solidarity with all affected by Hurricane Milton in the United States. In a statement on Thursday, Johnson Smith reaffirmed that the Government and people of Jamaica...

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...