The family of Rainford Crosbourne is desperately searching for him after the 71 year old went missing from his home in Willowdene, Spanish Town, St Catherine, on Saturday afternoon. Crosbourne, otherwise known as 'Crosie', 'Maas...

The St Catherine police have launched a probe following the discovery of the body of an unidentified  man along a roadway in Above Rocks in the parish early Sunday morning. About 2:20 a.m., the police responded to reports of explosions...

“So the Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They took him to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze chains and made to grind grain in the prison. But before long his hair began to grow back … Then Samson prayed to the LORD, ‘Sovereign...

ON THE morning of May 11, 1977, Elsaida Beckford found her 19-year-old daughter Gretel Barrett’s dead body with a mutilated face in her yard at Sign Irwin, St James. The year before there was a similar discovery, of two women, but nobody was...

Hello, mi neighbour! Who is working on your behalf? What is your support system like? Are your ‘surrounders’ trustworthy? Do they have your back? Are they attracted to you because of your utility? Will they be there when … ? Time to take stock and...

SOME DAYS I am ashamed to identify with many who are Christians. This is more so these days as stupidity parades as wisdom in high places. Three readers of Family and Religion have asked for my thoughts on the piece titled, ‘Influential pastors...

ATLANTA (AP): Voting machines have been at the center of a web of conspiracy theories after the 2020 election, with false claims that they were manipulated to steal the presidency from Donald Trump. There was no evidence of widespread fraud or...

A St Catherine man who allegedly confessed to killing and burying a woman who was like a sister to him has been charged with murder and unlawful burial. He is Orlando Chin, otherwise called 'Juckie', of Cassava River, Glengoffe. Chin was...

The police say a curfew that was imposed in sections of Cassava Piece, Kingston 8, on Thursday, will be extended for another 48 hours. The curfew will now end at 6:00 a.m., on Monday. The boundaries of the curfew are: North: From Grosvenor Heights...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, says the Government is adhering to Jamaica's refugee policy. “Jamaica is the only country in the Caribbean, now, that has a refugee policy, and we do stick to...

A correctional officer and a security guard who were allegedly held with a quantity of ganja at the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre are to reappear in court on December 10. The correctional officer, Maurice Bennett,...

Detectives assigned to the St Catherine North Police Division are trying to ascertain the identity of a man whose body was found wrapped in a bed sheet on Friday. The police say about 5:30 p.m. they were called to Prince Avenue, Spanish Town, where...

WASHINGTON, DC. The Jamaica Nurses Association of New Jersey (JNANJ) has elected Celia O’Gilvie as its new president. O’Gilvie, a healthcare professional with over 17 years of experience, brings a wealth of knowledge and a fresh perspective to her...

TORONTO: Online applications are now open to prospective students for the first cohort of the MD programme at Toronto Metropolitan University’s (TMU’s) new School of Medicine, which will be situated in Brampton, Ontario, a diverse and rapidly...

The Jamaican Association for Debating and Empowerment (JADE) Limited, elevating debate culture across Jamaica, will be hosting its second annual National Debaters’ Week (NDW) from Sunday, October 13 to Saturday, October 19, under the theme, ‘Hear...

Greg-Ann Johnson, a Dr Barry Wint Memorial Scholarship and Courts Dare to Dream Scholarship recipient for 2024, is now thankful for the abnormalities with the appearance of her enamel and having to go to dentists repeatedly for treatment. It was...

Opposition lawmaker Mikael Phillips has disclosed that his 2022 statutory declaration was filed late, while stating that an Integrity Commission report concerning him has nothing to do with illicit enrichment. The Manchester North Western MP...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force says a man who was fatally shot during a confrontation with the police on Thursday in the Villa Palm community of St Catherine was the main suspect in the Cherry Tree Lane shooting in Clarendon in which eight...

The Court Administration Division is advising that hearings at the Linstead Outstation of the St Catherine Parish Court will be temporarily relocated come Monday. It says the outstation has been rendered inaccessible following extensive...

A 14-year-old student of Muschett High School was among three people who died today as a result of a crash along the North Coast Highway, in the vicinity of Greenside in Trelawny. She is Tashanti Jones. The other victims are 31-year-old carpenter...

A woman was killed early Friday in a motor vehicle crash reportedly caused by a pothole. The name of the 33-year-old victim has not yet been released by the police. A total of 290 people have died on the roadways so far this year, 37 fewer than the...

The Opposition People's National Party (PNP) is calling for the Government to immediately address the pressing challenges facing the poultry industry. Stakeholders have raised concerns about the supply of chicken, eggs and baby chicks....

Angered over what they described as the prolonged closure of the Boston Jerk Centre in Portland by health officials due to sanitary concerns, jerk vendors on Friday blocked the main thoroughfare to protest the lockdown.  The vendors have...

The Hunts Bay Criminal Investigation Branch is probing the seizure of three illegal guns and 50 rounds of assorted ammunition in a package at a logistic facility on Thursday. The police reported that personnel at the facility scanned the...

Jamaica has made significant strides in positioning its spice industry, particularly ginger, turmeric and pimento, on the global stage. Through the five-year United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food for Progress Jamaica Spices Project,...

The Independent Commission of Investigations is probing the fatal shooting of a man by the police during an alleged shootout in Spanish Town, St Catherine. Dead is 38-year-old Anthony Kemar Richards, otherwise called 'Ganja...

Chairman of the People's National Party (PNP) Dr Angela Brown Burke says the party condemns the recent attacks on the media. Brown Burke says these actions are dangerous and may put the lives of journalists doing their jobs at risk. There has...

The Grand Finals of the Paul Bogle and The Warriors Debate Competition will be the centrepiece of this year’s Paul Bogle Day commemorations in St Thomas. The event takes place today at the Anglican Church Hall in Morant Bay, adjacent to the Old...

WITH A personal story punctuated with examples of resilience and determination, the newly minted company secretary for the Access Financial Services (AFS) Group, Carla Stephens-Mullings has been investing time and resources into building the next...

BOOST FELLOW, Roland Tate has always aspired to be both a scientist and a teacher. His interest was further cemented during a research stint with Professor Paul Reese at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. “The opportunity to teach...

WESTERN BUREAU: Tennessee-based breast cancer specialist, Dr Sonya Reid, says diet and lifestyle choices play a key role in breast cancer care, albeit 90 per cent of breast cancer cases do not have a clear cause for their development. Speaking...

ON WEDNESDAY, October 2, we tell the story of Obeahman Plato and the tsunami, hurricane and earthquake that destroyed Westmoreland in 1780, a year when hurricanes raged. These natural phenomena are not rare, for the island is prone to them, as a...

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...

A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in sections of Cassava Piece, Kingston 8. The curfew began at 6:00 p.m. today and will remain in effect until 6:00 p.m., on Saturday, October 12. READ: https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20241010/police-...