EAST PORTLAND: East Portland Member of Parliament (MP), Ann Marie Vaz, told Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters at a meeting Sunday night that two school buses have been procured to ease the burden on students travelling long distances to school...

Western Bureau: Residents of Lucea and Kew, in Hanover, are now in imminent danger of being flooded out as a result of a pile-up of bamboo at the Riley and Kew bridges, which could prevent the free flow of water should it rain heavily for any...

WESTERN BUREAU: Arthel Colley, the councillor for the Negril division in the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC), is not pleased with the way aid is being distributed to persons in his division who were impacted by Hurricane Beryl. According...

CHARLTON FALCONER has been a fisherman for over 42 years. It is the only trade he has known since he moved from St Thomas to Rae Town in Kingston, when he was 13 years old. He has fond memories of his early days fishing in the Kingston Harbour, and...

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15 to Sunday, November 17, the Asafu Yard in the Maroon village of Charles Town in Portland teemed with mourners, well-wishers, bereaved family members, relatives, friends and associates of Colonel Marcia ‘Kim’ Douglas, who passed...

The Kingston Western police are probing the fatal stabbing of an 11-year-old boy on Tuesday evening in downtown Kingston. He has since been identified as Amari Collie. Reports reaching The Gleaner are that sometime after 3:20 p.m. a...

An investigation has been launched into the murder of a man in Morant Bay, St Thomas on Tuesday night. Dead is 31-year-old Rojhae Gayle of Friendship Lane in Morant Bay. Reports are that about 11:15 p.m., explosions were heard...

General Manager of the Oracabessa Bay Fish Sanctuary in St Mary, Inilek Wilmot, says the facility has a new proposal being reviewed for additional funding from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). He said this will enable expansion of...

A very minor earthquake of preliminary magnitude 2.9 was felt in St Mary on Wednesday morning, the Earthquake Unit at the University of the West Indies, Mona, has said. It said the earthquake was located approximately 11 kilometres south...

LONDON (AP) — The former members of One Direction reunited Wednesday for the funeral of bandmate Liam Payne. Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson joined friends and family at the service for 31-year-old Payne, who died...

The Ministry of Education and Youth is expressing sorrow over the tragic stabbing death of a grade seven student from Denham Town High School in Kingston on Tuesday. The student, Omar Collie, was fatally injured while on his way home from school....

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government will hold a seminar on Friday with stakeholders as it cracks down on private security firms illegally hiring non-nationals for positions and violating the law. “We suspect that a number of...

Four men who were convicted for fatally stabbing 18-year-old Jovine Jones of Claremont, Hanover, 42 times on October 9, 2009 and dumping his body beside a river have lost their appeal to have their murder convictions overturned. The Court...

Police from the St Catherine South division are searching for the person who shot and killed a businessman in Braeton, Portmore, on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Joseph Lewis, 62, of Greater Portmore, St Catherine. The police...

Jamaica has welcomed over one million cruise passengers this year, contributing more than US$200 million to the local economy. Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett made the disclosure while addressing the second annual Regal Awards at Sandals Ochi...

A remarkable life of service, resilience, and dedication to Jamaica’s development comes alive in The Lion of King Street – Sameer Younis: A Portrait of Service, the highly anticipated memoir of the late Jamaican businessman and visionary, Sameer...

“Colonel was not just a natural leader; she was a force of nature. Her passion for advancing sports, education, social development, and cultural heritage resonated deeply within our community and beyond. She championed these causes tirelessly,...

ON JULY 1, 1870, the Jamaican Government opened a home specifically for elderly women, but eventually it opened its doors to destitute and crippled old men, and children. It came to be called the Eventide Home for the Aged. One hundred and ten...

WESTERN BUREAU: Unhappy with the poor state of their roads, residents in several St James communities brought traffic to a standstill on Tuesday morning, mounting blockades to draw attention to their plight. Police and fire personnel were kept busy...

The Elleston Road police are probing the death of a man whose body was found along the Palisadoes main road in Kingston on Monday. The body is of a dark complexion, slim build, 5 feet 11 inches long, and was clad in a multi-coloured shirt only. The...

Cops assigned to the St Andrew South Police Division today discovered a rifle in the roof of a premises located along Glen Road during an operation in the area. No one was arrested in relation to the seizure. Reports from the Hunts Bay police are...

The Ministry of Education has expressed deep concern following reports of a violent altercation today involving students of Pembroke Hall High School. The incident, which occurred off the school compound, is currently under investigation by the...

The Earthquake Unit is reporting that a minor quake rocked a section of Jamaica this afternoon. The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 3.0 and was located approximately 11 km southeast of Annotto Bay, St Mary. The quake, which had a depth of...

The Jamaican Bar Association has taken issue with a proposal by Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang that persons found guilty of committing murder at a school should have their right to appeal restricted. Chang made the suggestion while...

The two policemen charged for the recent shooting deaths of two men and a teen boy along Windward Road in Kingston were today remanded for a bail application on December 17. Corporal Mark Roye and Constable Kelby White made their first...

A police constable has been charged with murder following a probe by the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) into a fatal shooting in Montego Bay, St James, in May 2022. Constable Waeyvel Phillips was placed before the St James...

The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) says preparations are far advanced for this Friday's by-elections in the constituencies of Trelawny Southern and St Andrew North Western and the electoral divisions of Morant Bay in St Thomas Eastern and...

Amid the presence of Influenza (H1N1) virus cases at two of Jamaica's main correctional facilities, the Department of Correctional Services has temporarily suspended all visits to adult and juvenile correctional institutions. In a notice posted...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith is heading a Jamaican delegation to the second summit of CARICOM leaders and India. The CARICOM-India Summit is being co-chaired by Dickon Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada and...

The Meteorological Service has advised that Jamaica will experience a shift in weather conditions starting Friday, as a cold front is expected to affect the island. Until then, a ridge across the northern Caribbean will maintain mostly sunny days...

Waldensia Primary and Infant School in Sherwood Content, Trelawny, was ordered closed on Tuesday by Ministry of Health officials after eight students contracted hand, foot and mouth disease. The closure was confirmed by an official associated...

Leader of the Opposition, Mark Golding, is calling for the Government to immediately address the systemic issues in the tourism industry that have led to a series of strikes over the past weeks. On Monday line staff at Excellence Oyster Bay...

Residents of some communities in St James East Central on Tuesday morning blocked several roadways to their communities to protest the longstanding poor road conditions in Adelphi and surrounding areas. From as early as 6:00 a.m.,...

The Jamaica Centre for Tourism Innovation (JCTI) is set to introduce City and Guilds certification for spa professionals on the island. This was announced by Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett during the sixth annual Jamaica Health and Wellness...

SENIORS WHO do not have dependents should consider various life insurance products currently on the market that will assist with taking care of them, or providing coverage for their final expenses in the event of an early death, says Othneil...