Prime Minister Andrew Holness has charged Minister of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Matthew Samuda, to accelerate work to get piped, potable water into the homes of more Jamaicans. “That is what we have to meet for the people of Jamaica...

NCB Chairman Michael Lee-Chin and his team met with Portmore Mayor Leon Thomas today to discuss a groundbreaking partnership for Portmore's development, with a particular focus on nuclear energy expansion. Lee-Chin highlighted nuclear energy as...

PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — Google Maps is heading down a new road steered by artificial intelligence. The shift announced today will bring more of the revolutionary AI technology that Google already has been baking into its dominant search...

The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is rejecting concerns raised by the People's National Party (PNP) about Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert's expected candidacy in the upcoming by-election in Trelawny Southern. In a media release on Thursday...

The St Catherine South police suspect foul play in the death of a woman who was found at a house in Portmore early this morning. Dead is 22-year-old Beyonce Brown, of Dawn Avenue in Duhaney Park, St Andrew. Reports are that about 1:30 a.m.,...

Police personnel are now searching for a man facing sentencing for gun possession who fled the Supreme Court building in downtown Kingston this morning. Being sought is Anthony Williams who is from Allman Town in Kingston. It is reported that...

The man who escaped custody today in downtown Kingston was sentenced to 18 years in prison in his absence. Anthony Williams, otherwise called Pops, of an Allman Town, Kingston address, was recently found guilty of illegal possession of firearm and...

A mentally ill man was shot by the police in Stony Hill Square, St Andrew this morning. He was shot after reportedly attacking one of the cops, who sustained injuries. It is reported a police team went to the area to apprehend the man in relation...

The National Works Agency (NWA) will this morning resume work to clear sections of the main road in Junction, St Mary which are being impacted by two major landslides that were caused by persistent heavy rains. Yesterday, a NWA crew worked...

The Opposition People's National Party (PNP) is expressing concern over the decision of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) to have Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert as its candidate for the Trelawny Southern by-election amid integrity issues....

Face-to-face classes have been suspended at Baxter's Mountain Primary School in St Mary due to a flooded roadway. Heavy rains, which have been ongoing since last Friday, forced the abandonment of in-person classes on Monday and Tuesday,...

Several Clarendon farmers have benefited from $1.5 million worth of agricultural inputs from the Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited (JBML). The items, which include farm tools, protective gear, productivity enhancers, insecticides, pesticides and...

THE JAMAICA Fire Brigade (JFB) has donated smoke detectors and fire extinguishers to two children’s homes in St Andrew. Mary’s Child, a programme under the Mustard Seed Communities, received 26 smoke detectors and two fire extinguishers, while the...

AFTER LOSING her home to fire two years ago, Marsha Davis of Seaforth, St Thomas, now has a new home, thanks to the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development’s Indigent Housing Programme. The ministry, in fulfilling a commitment made...

WESTERN BUREAU: The three police officers, who were arrested and charged in connection with the 2014 beating death of St James resident Mario Deane, are slated to appear in the St James Circuit Court on November 11 to answer to the charges against...

FAMILY AND friends of Madame Justice Chantal Ononaiwu wore bright smiles as she was sworn in as the second Jamaican judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), at King’s House, on Tuesday. Her mother, Arlene Ononaiwu, said that it was a proud...

AT THE time of the Morant Bay Uprising in 1865, Edward John Eyre, the British colonial governor, was in charge of the administration of the colony, in which there were dissenting voices, much discontent among the laity and in the Assembly over the...

The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) is alerting the public about a misleading social media post using its logo to falsely advertise an «Employment Recruitment Drive» promising daily wages.

Two men accused of using a firearm to assault a woman in a dispute over electricity were freed of gun charges in the Gun Court on Tuesday. 

The Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ) has identified a site for the establishment of the country’s fourth international airport, which is to be located in Negril, Westmoreland.

Newly appointed Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dana Morris Dixon, has pledged to «unlock the potential of every child impacted by the ministry’s institutions,» with a focus on early childhood development.

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...

Motorists will pay just over $3 less for gas when they go to the pumps on Thursday.

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...