Teams from the Ministry of Education and Youth will be visiting schools to conduct audits of their adherence to safety standards for equipment used in sports. The announcement was made by former Minister of Education, Fayval Williams, at this...

A Petrojam Limited employee who was informed this month that she is to be retired in December at age 60 has filed a claim in the Supreme Court seeking a declaration that under the Pensions (Public Service ) Act of 2017 it is illegal to retire her...

Newly appointed Minister of Finance and the Public Service Fayval Williams says she is ready to continue building on the economic gains achieved by the Holness administration in her new role.  She replaces Dr Nigel Clarke who demitted office...

Member of Parliament for St Andrew South East, Julian Robinson, has been left saddened by the traffic death of a 13-year-old Campion College schoolboy on Tuesday. Rashad Richards was reportedly on the school's playground when a...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness this morning announced the appointment of Fayval Williams as the new Minister of Finance. She replaces Dr Nigel Clarke who demitted office today to take up a deputy managing director post at the International Monetary...

The ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has called back Marisa Dalrymple Philibert, who resigned last year, as its standard-bearer for a November 22 by-election for Trelawny Southern. Nomination Day will be November 6. The announcement was made by...

Several customers of NCB have expressed deep concern after being hit with charges for Uber rides, all at once. Disgruntled customers have taken to social media platforms, particularly X, formerly Twitter, to detail shocking experiences of being...

The Government is taking steps to regularise landownership in Ackee Walk and Jackson Town in St Andrew North Western, enabling residents to obtain titles for properties they have lived on for several years. Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, said the...

The Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) has continued its commitment to community development and educational support with its annual donation of The Gleaner’s Children’s Own to St Jude’s Primary School. St Jude’s is located on Norwich...

WESTERN BUREAU: Organisers of the Hanover 300th anniversary celebrations are gearing up to close off the year of activities with a bang with the events slated for November – the celebration’s final month. Andria Dehaney-Grant, deputy mayor of Lucea...

WESTERN BUREAU: DESPITE BEING physically impaired, Westmoreland’s newest centenarian, Percival Smith, is happy and thankful that he is alive to give God thanks for allowing him to celebrate such an important milestone. Last Saturday, Smith, who was...

WESTERN BUREAU: An outstanding accident report, which is to be provided by the Accident and Reconstruction Unit of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), is being blamed for a further delay in the almost one-year case against 47-year-old Delroy...

ON WEDNESDAY, April 20, 1966, people started to gather at the Palisadoes Airport, near Port Royal. They were anticipating the arrival of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, the following day. They were mainly Rastafarians...

Keith Duncan, CEO of JMMB Group, will chair an advisory committee for Jamaica’s newly established Independent Fiscal Commission, set to begin operations on January 1, 2025.

Campion College has expressed «profound sorrow» following Tuesday's death of grade eight student Rashad Richards on Tuesday afternoon.  The school did not disclose the circumstances of the incident, which took place on its St Andrew-based campus. The incident reportedly involved a goalpost. 

Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke bid farewell to Parliament on Tuesday, expressing a «full heart,» cautioning against policy errors that he says will derail important progress in the country.

A 30-year-old make-up artist from Portmore in St Catherine has been charged with gun possession following a police operation at her home on Friday. 

A 30-year-old taxi operator has been charged over the alleged theft of a vehicle from a parking lot on Constant Spring Road in St Andrew on October 17. 

The Director of Public Prosecutions has ruled that Constable Kevin Dilworth be charged with murder after he allegedly shot a 47-year-old motorist who reportedly threw soup at him during a traffic altercation. 

Some 77,000 Jamaicans who have successfully applied for the Government’s Reverse Income Tax Credit (RITC) are expected to receive an update on the availability of the funds this week.

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, has announced that the St Thomas Municipal Corporation now has possession of the Yallahs Market and that renovations are slated to take place. Speaking last Friday at...

An alleged gunman is dead and a licensed firearm holder is in hospital following an attempted robbery in the vicinity of Newport West in St Andrew last night. It is reported that the gun owner was driving along a road when men in a car attempted to...

With Jamaica experiencing high levels of rainfall, the National Works Agency (NWA) is advising road users to exercise extreme caution, especially where roads are flooded, following the death of a motorist in St Mary. It is reported that the...

The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean has announced a US$300 million programme to conserve and restore the region’s key strategic ecosystems in Latin America and the Caribbean. The project, which was spotlighted at the opening of...

MBJ Airports Limited (MBJ), operator of Sangster International Airport (SIA), has indicated it will be conducting a comprehensive emergency response exercise today between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. The exercise, dubbed ‘Operation Nighthawk’, will simulate...

The Spice Isle Imaging Centre Inc Laboratory has made history as the first and only medical testing lab in Grenada to be accredited by JANAAC Global Accreditation to the ISO15189:2012 standard. The certification is for medical testing in...

Chief Fiscal Economist in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service Terron Francis says the Government is holding talks with the World Bank regarding the development of another disaster risk financing instrument for Jamaica. This, he points...

ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1957, hundreds of members of the Holy Name Society of St Anne’s Roman Catholic Church boarded a train at the Kingston Railway Station for an all-day excursion to Montego Bay in the company of their leader, the Reverend Father...

Roshawn Samuels, also known as 'Son Son', from Tivoli Gardens, was sentenced to over 50 years in prison after being found guilty of multiple counts of shooting with intent and illegal firearm possession. The charges stem from a robbery...

Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke says he will be resigning as Member of Parliament for St Andrew North Western at midnight Tuesday, ending his stint as the country's finance minister.  He made the announcement in a farewell address at a...

Roshawn Samuels, also known as 'Son Son', from Tivoli Gardens, was sentenced to over 50 years in prison after being found guilty of multiple counts of shooting with intent and illegal firearm possession. The charges stem from a robbery...

Opposition Spokesman on Health, Dr Alfred Dawes, is expressing solidarity with the healthcare workers who are today protesting the infrastructure challenges and human resources deficiencies facing Jamaica's public health system by wearing black...

In a bid to facilitate construction activities associated with the Pinnacle development in Reading, St James, the National Works Agency (NWA) has installed a temporary traffic signal and filter lane in the vicinity of the development. The Pinnacle...

The Caribbean Community of Retired Persons (CCRP) is expressing appreciation for the actions taken in the Upper House on Friday, aimed at caring for and protecting the elderly. The Senate approved a motion to create the relevant laws. During the...

Supreme Ventures today announced that one lucky ticket holder has become Jamaica's newest multimillionaire, winning the $127 million Lotto jackpot. The winning numbers for the October 26 draw are 01, 02, 03, 10, 13, 25 with bonus ball 38, and...