Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has urged members of parliament to make the best use of funds allocated to them to undertake the annual mitigation and clean-up programmes in their constituencies. On Tuesday, the prime minister announced that...

Government Senator Kavan Gayle is calling for a skills gap assessment of the domestic workforce to identify the specific competencies that are in demand across industries. He made the suggestion while outlining several policy recommendations that...

JP Farms is reporting that its banana farm recovery programme is progressing faster than anticipated following the devastating impact of Hurricane Beryl. The category-four hurricane caused extensive damage to Jamaica’s largest banana farm,...

On Wednesday, November 6, Trae Rodney was selected as a Rafael Diaz Merit Scholar by the GraceKennedy Foundation and awarded a $300,000 scholarship that is renewable each year until his course of study is completed. He is required to maintains the...

OPPOSITION LEADER Mark Golding believes Jamaicans living abroad should play a more active role in shaping the future of their home country, including participating in governance. During a media luncheon in Toronto on November 1, he outlined several...

The police have now charged the man who was arrested in relation to the missing two bags of money from a Beryllium security vehicle. Fifty-two-year-old driver Aldin Nelson, of Harbour View, Kingston 17, is charged with simple larceny. A date...

Member of Parliament for St Catherine East Central, Alando Terrelonge, has informed that a new mobile police station is now located in the community of Gregory Park. He made the disclosure during his contribution to the 2024/25 State of the...

A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in sections of Reids Pen in Portmore, St Catherine. The curfew began at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 13 and will remain in effect until 6:00 p.m. Friday, November 15. The areas of the curfew are: North: At the...

The St Elizabeth police are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of a man who was killed in a suspected hit-and-run along the Goshen main road early Wednesday morning. The body is of a dark brown complexion, slim build and about 5 feet 4...

The Kingston Central police are reporting the seizure of 38 assorted rounds of ammunition and a nine millimetre Mac 11 submachine gun in an abandoned building during an operation on King Street on Wednesday. Reports are that at about 6:30 a.m.,...

Forty-year-old Garfield Biggs, otherwise called 'blacks', a businessman of Mandeville, Manchester, has been charged with fraudulent conversion for allegedly failing to pay over sums from the sale of vehicles.  According to the...

Archbishop of the West Indies and Bishop of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, the Most Reverend Dr Howard Gregory, is to retire effective December 31, having served as an ordained minister for 51 years. The Archbishop announced his impending...

Chairman of the Integrity Commission, Retired Justice Seymour Panton, has expressed disappointment that Speaker of the House of Representatives, Juliet Holness, has failed to acknowledge receipt of a letter from the anti-corruption body raising...

Upper school male students from eight secondary institutions in St Thomas are the focus of the Angelic Ladies Society's latest social project, 'Echoes of Change – The Problem with the P'. Through the engagement, the boys will...

The Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) is calling for the establishment of a Joint Industrial Council for the Tourism Industry to ensure that hotel workers' rights are adequately protected. In a letter to labour minister Pearnel...

People's National Party (PNP) caretaker for Westmoreland Western, Ian Hayles, is urging the Government to immediately undertake drain cleaning in several areas of the constituency which have been experiencing flooding. "Western...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dozens of soldiers and police fanned out across a neighbourhood on a recent night in the Turks & Caicos Islands just days after the archipelago reported a record 40 killings this year. They were on the hunt...

The St Andrew North police are probing the seizure of 10 rounds of ammunition in Stony Hill, St Andrew.  The Gleaner has been informed that the 7.62 millimetre rounds were found in an abandoned building. The police, acting on information, on...

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...