Workers at the Bahia Principe Grand Hotel in Runaway Bay, St Ann, are threatening to strike on Monday after being displeased with their salary increase.  The disgruntled workers went on strike last week, pressing for improved working...

The Senate, on Friday, approved amendments to the Maintenance Act to provide for a maintenance order to be granted by the court after a child attains the age of 18 years. This is for the purpose of engaging in a course of education or training,...

The police say a 17-year-old boy has been charged with assault occasioning bodily harm in relation to the video-recorded assault of a 15-year-old student of Hopewell High School in Hanover. The boy is among three persons who have...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising that the roadway in the community of Cross Roads, along the Danks to Chapelton main road in Clarendon, is closed with immediate effect. It says the closure is due to a failure of the road surface...

Retired Supreme Court Judge Glenworth Brown has been appointed Chairman of the new five-member Access to Information (ATI) Appeal Tribunal. He was appointed by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen last month, along with the other members. Returning...

A manhunt is under way for 31-year-old Oshane Scott, otherwise known as 'ChinChin', who escaped police custody at the St Mary Parish Court on Friday. Scott, who is of Manchester Lane, Cox Street in Port Maria, St Mary, was...

Weldon Maddan, the chairman of board of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), has resigned over the agency's withdrawal of the court case against Trade Winds Citrus Limited in relation to an oil spill in the Rio Cobre ...

A man was fatally shot in the head in Braeton, Portmore, St Catherine this afternoon. It is reported that DeAndre Knight, otherwise called 'Duppy Man', was attacked by men armed with gun while in his yard. The shooting happened before 2 o...

A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in the Morass, Bastard Cedar Walk, Pullet Lane, Bullet Tree Lane, and Shrewsbury Logwood communities in Whithorn, Westmoreland. The curfew will remain in effect until 6:00 p.m., on Saturday. The boundaries of the...

A 36-year-old St Catherine man accused of the rape of his ex-girlfriend was today granted $800,000 bail with surety in the parish court. The man's attorney Richard Lynch argued that the act was consensual and that the report against his client...

In an effort to stave off industrial action that is spreading across the tourism sector, the 731-room Moon Palace Jamaica hotel in Ocho Rios, St Ann has moved to implement a five-day work week, among other initiatives, to improve working conditions...

A male student at Hopewell High School in Hanover has been taken into custody by the police in relation to the assault of a schoolmate. The police say the matter remains under investigation. A video of the incident has been making the rounds on...

A man was stabbed in Hopewell square in Hanover on Thursday amid a fight involving two students of Merlene Ottey High School. The injured man, who was taken to the Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, is the step-father of one of the students. It is...

The St Andrew North police have arrested a 27-year-old man in connection with the seizure of a homemade gun and several rounds of ammunition. Reports are that about 4:00 a.m. on Thursday, police personnel were on a targeted operation in Belvedere...

Teams from the Major Organized Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) are now conducting an operation in Montego Bay, St James and Portmore, St Catherine as they go after persons suspected to be involved in a major fraud investigation at a...

Three people were arrested early Friday during simultaneous “targeted” operations in two parishes, the culmination of an investigation into a multimillion-dollar fraud uncovered at the HEART/ NSTA Trust, sources have revealed. A mother...

Jamaica is to seek to build deeper ties with The Philippines with talks to be had on a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on collaborating on tourism. Tourism Minister Edmond Bartlett says the collaboration will focus on key tourism outcomes such as...

JAMAICA IS experiencing a significant uptick in African-American visitors, which tourism officials and business interests regard as welcome news for the hospitality sector and a major boost for the economy. Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett...

The HEART/NSTA Trust on Wednesday launched its Skills on Demand app, which will connect skilled professionals with potential employers and clients. Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness announced the initiative during his 2024-25 Budget Debate...

VALERIE VEIRA is regarded in certain quarters as Jamaica’s ‘mother of the micro, small and medium-sized enterprises sector’ because of her indefatigable efforts in pushing for the development of the said sector. She retired recently from her chief...

WESTERN BUREAU: Some lawyers are of the view that the fines and sentences that are being handed down to foreign nationals caught smuggling cocaine are not serving as a deterrent, as the number of offenders is constantly increasing. On Wednesday,...

Drawing on a quote from Acts 20:35, St James Southern Member of Parliament Homer Davis says it has been a rocky road over the past 12 months but he remains “undaunted” by the sacrifices he must make to upgrade his constituency, which occupies more...

The Ontario New Democratic Party, the Official Opposition in the province, has renamed its J.S. Woodsworth Human Rights and Equity Awards to the Rosemary Brown Racial Justice Awards. Rosemary Brown, a social worker, was born in Kingston, Jamaica,...

TORONTO (AP) — Canada's antitrust watchdog said today it is suing Google over alleged anticompetitive conduct in the tech giant's online advertising business and wants the company to sell off two of its ad tech services and pay a...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles Jr., today underscored the importance of the Government's 'No One Left Behind Policy' as he encouraged potential candidates for placement in the Overseas Employment (farmwork)...

An ex-soldier is expressing frustration that the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) has failed to honour a ruling by the Review Panel on May 23 last year that his two firearm licences should be reinstated. He outlined that there was an incident in...

NEW YORK (AP) — After weeks of plugging increasingly inviting discounts, retailers in the United States and several other countries are preparing for prime time: Black Friday, the bargain bonanza that still reigns as the unofficial kickoff of...

A social media ban for children under 16 passed the Australian Senate Thursday and will soon become a world-first law. The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram liable for fines of up to 50 million...

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in downtown Kingston is being relocated to the Ministry of Justice because mold has infested the newly renovated and expanded building, causing some staff members to be sick. It cost the...

The police are at the scene of a double murder along Pacific Boulevard in Seaview Gardens, St Andrew, on Thursday morning. The Gleaner understands that a couple who operated a business in the community was shot by gunmen about 10:35 a.m....

MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says the crew of its cutter 'Vigilant' has returned home to Cape Canaveral in Florida after offloading more than 1,510 pounds of cocaine and 1,470 pounds of marijuana seized in the Caribbean...

Investigators assigned to the St Catherine North police division are seeking to ascertain the identity of a man whose body was found in bushes in Crawl district in Riversdale in the parish on Wednesday. The police were alerted to the...

Two environmental groups are expressing outrage at the decision of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) to withdraw criminal charges against Trade Winds Citrus Limited for an oil spill in the Rio Cobre in St Catherine. The...

The Opposition is demanding public disclosure of the reasons for the discontinuation of prosecution by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) against Trade Winds Citrus Limited in relation to the pollution of the Rio Cobre in...

Two fishermen who were reported missing since October 29 have been located by Honduran authorities. However, the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) says one of the men died during the 35-day ordeal at sea. The JDF says the men were located on...