Health minister, Dr Christopher Tufton, on Monday revealed plans to establish a national drug research network to be comprised of academics and technical experts. The team is tasked with developing an agenda for drug research that goes beyond...

WESTERN BUREAU: Reverend Hartley Perrin, custos of Westmoreland, says he is disgusted by the ongoing violence plaguing the world as nations across the globe commemorate the end of World War II, which spanned 1939 to 1945. Speaking with The Gleaner...

As Jamaica faces increasing vulnerability to more intense climate-related hazards due to climate change and poor planning, development stakeholders are warning of an urgent need to bolster the country’s housing stock to withstand extreme weather...

A British woman who gave her brother $500,000 to help purchase a car from Rich and Wealthy Car Dealer is demanding a refund of her money after the vehicle was not forthcoming and the dealer stopped communicating with her. According to Jackee Hudson...

IN APRIL 1919 Garvey announced plans to launch a steamship business, known as the Black Star Line Shipping (BSL) Company, as a way to transport cargoes of African produce to the United States. He held a mass meeting inside Carnegie Hall, New York...

Mayor of St Ann's Bay, Councillor Michael Belnavis, is calling on funeral homes to take proactive steps to inform families about the availability of funeral grants for pensioners through the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. During a...

The preliminary estimate of damage to the agricultural sector due to flood rains from Tropical Storm Rafael stands at approximately $621 million. Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green, made the disclosure during a Statement to...

The authorities are to move to address traffic congestion in Montego Bay, St James, which has been an ongoing cause for concern. The National Works Agency (NWA) has indicated that it plans to repair potholes along Westgate and Howard Cooke...

A purchaser has sued Moorland Development Company in Mandeville, Manchester for its alleged failure and breach of an agreement to complete within the specified time a luxury house with a swimming pool, gazebo and hot tub at Whitehouse Beach Club in...

A 47-year-old St Catherine man who was found guilty of manslaughter was sentenced to five years and nine months' imprisonment in the St Catherine Circuit Court on Tuesday. Warren McFarlane, of Greater Portmore, St Catherine, had pleaded...

The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) says it has no application for or are there any current plans to increase electricity rates to strengthen the Electricity Disaster Fund (EDF/Fund) following Hurricane Beryl.  The EDF is a self-insurance...

A man was on Monday night arrested following the seizure of a loaded gun in Old Harbour, St Catherine. He is being held on suspicion of possession of a prohibited weapon and unauthorised possession of ammunition. The police reported that about 10:...

The Ministry of Labour has called a meeting for 1 p.m. Tuesday with the management and staff of Secrets Montego Bay after workers walked off the job. The ministry says about 100 workers have taken industrial action. The workers have complained...

Staff at the Secrets and Breathless resorts in Montego Bay, St James, walked off the job this morning complaining of overwork, low wages, lack of overtime pay and disrespect. "Wi can't get underpay money and den wi a get disrespect pon top...

Jamaicans with unpaid student loans who migrate to the United States (US) will face significant challenges when they seek to update or renew their immigration status. Manager of the Loan Servicing Department at the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB),...

Twenty-eight-year-old labourer Michael Ennis, of Manning's Hill district in Manchester, has been charged with smoking ganja in a public place following an incident in May Pen, Clarendon on Monday. The Corporate Communications Unit of the...

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks says the new direct flights from the Bradley Airport in Windsor, near Hartford in Connecticut, will open myriad economic opportunities for the town of Windsor and surrounding cities and...

IN UNFLATTERING circum-stances, Malcus Mosiah Garvey was born in St Ann’s Bay, St Ann, on August 17, 1887. Somewhere along the journey, Malcus was changed to Marcus. Garvey became a printer’s apprentice before moving in 1906 to Kingston, where he...

WESTERN BUREAU: Defence lawyers representing 47-year-old taxi operator Delroy Rodney, who is facing counts of causing death by dangerous driving, have requested additional time to review his completed case file. Monday’s plea and case management...

WESTERN BUREAU: Hanover was on edge on Monday morning as residents of Johnson Town staged a fiery protest along the heavily trafficked Montego Bay to Negril corridor, including at the Riley Bridge entrance to Lucea, in response to the police-...

WESTERN BUREAU: High Court Justice Bertram Morrison expressed his outrage on Monday over the decade-long delay in the trial of three police officers charged in connection with the 2014 death of Mario Deane, with ongoing issues with juror summonses...

High-risk patterns of alcohol, cannabis and tobacco use across several parishes is among the key findings of the 2023 National Drug Prevalence Study, which investigated psychoactive substance use across Jamaica. The results were today revealed by...

A slow-moving tropical wave that is currently impacting weather across Hispaniola is expected to move across Jamaica Tuesday into Wednesday, and is forecast to influence weather conditions over the island during this period, the Meteorological...

An elderly man was injured in a gun attack on Maxfield Avenue, St. Andrew, earlier this evening. According to reports, gunshots rang out shortly after 7:00 p.m., causing bystanders to scatter for safety. Gunmen reportedly opened fire on patrons...

The Government will be giving grants to every member of Jamaica's team to the recent Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, France. The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, told a news conference today that,...

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Floyd Green says the opposition People's National Party (PNP) is seeking to regain state power to hijack the achievements of the Andrew Holness administration, having contributed nothing during its time at the...

LONDON (AP) — The head of the Church of England, spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, is under pressure to resign after an investigation found that he failed to inform police about serial physical and sexual abuse by a volunteer...

CHURCH CREEK, Md. (AP) — Revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who was the first woman to oversee an American military action during a time of war, was posthumously awarded the rank of general today. Dozens gathered on Veterans Day at the...

The police have arrested an individual in the probe surrounding two bags of cash that allegedly fell from a Beryllium security vehicle en route to the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston last week.  Head of the Kingston...

WASHINGTON, CMC – A new study by the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) has found that Latin America and the Caribbean social and economic development remains heavily burdened by crime and violence. The study, which was released today,...

Temporary immigration officer Kenton Senior, whose application for leave to go to the Judicial Review Court to quash his interdiction order was refused by the Supreme Court, has taken the matter to the Court of Appeal. Senior, who has been off the...

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has urged Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters to counter what he says is a People's National Party (PNP) narrative that things are slow in the country, asserting that “money a jingle” in people's...

President of the People's National Party (PNP) and Opposition Leader Mark Golding is urging Jamaicans not be swayed by promises from the Government, arguing that the Andrew Holness-led administration already had two terms to implement initiates...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's main airport temporarily shut down Monday as gangs attempted to seize control, the US embassy reported, the same day a new interim prime minister was expected to take over the direction of a country...

People's National Party (PNP) caretaker for Portland Eastern, Isat Buchanan, has vowed to «rescue Portland from Vazism», promising to uplift residents through education and increased earnings from tourism. Buchanan was...