WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Patrick Prendergast, director of the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC), has emphasised the need for a strategic initiative to ensure that all Jamaicans are aware of and appreciate the events that led to the...

WESTERN BUREAU: Residents and environmentalists are increasingly concerned about the destruction of the once vibrant mangroves along the roadway from Martha Brae to Market Street in Falmouth, Trelawny, to facilitate the expansion of the resort...

WESTERN BUREAU: Zudui Zhang, chairman and CEO of the Westmoreland-based Pan Caribbean Sugar Company Limited, predicts an improvement in sugar cane production this year over last year’s 2,500 tonnes, despite challenges from natural disasters and...

WESTERN BUREAU: Superintendent Othneil Dobson, the police commander for the Westmoreland, has revealed that bike taxi and public passenger (PPV) vehicles operators are among the primary offenders in incidents of child sexual abuse and other sexual...

In response to rising concerns about misinformation, disinformation and scams, the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) has launched a national public education campaign to raise awareness about deepfake content. Deepfakes – digitally...

A 72-hour curfew has been imposed in sections of Denham Town in downtown Kingston. The curfew started at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 9, and will end at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, January 12. The boundaries of the curfew are: North: Starting at the...

A Richmond, St Mary architect, 36-year-old Heldon Barriffe, has been charged by detectives attached to the Port Maria Criminal Investigation Branch for shooting at a man with whom he had a dispute at a bar in Zion Hill Crossroads. Barriffe has been...

The National Education Trust (NET) is reporting that repairs have been completed at 87 schools which were severely damaged during the passage of Hurricane Beryl in July 2024. Repairs are at an advanced stage, ranging between 70 and 97 per cent, at...

A fire today damaged an apartment at Turtle Towers in Ocho Rios, St Ann. No injuries were reported. The fire was confined to the ninth floor of the 11-floor apartment building. Divisional Commander Anthony Hinds told The Gleaner the St Ann's...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is employing the use of technology to protect the brand integrity of Jamaica's renowned Blue Mountain Coffee. Making the announcement on Thursday , Portfolio Minister,  Floyd Green, said that...

Today's general council meeting of the St Catherine Municipal Corporation descended into chaos as Jamaica Labour Party councillors, led by Minority Leader Theresa Turner Flynn, demanded answers about why Chief Executive Officer Marvalyn...

The 48-hour curfew that was imposed in sections of Green Island, Hanover has been extended. The curfew runs from 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 9, and ends at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 11. The boundaries of the curfew are: North: From the...

Mayor of May Pen, Joel Williams, today accused People's National Party (PNP) councillors of grandstanding after they once again insisted on a change of leadership at the Clarendon Municipal Corporation, leading to the premature end of the...

Priscillia Duhaney, spokesperson of child rights advocacy organisation, Hear The Children’s Cry, has expressed disagreement with using the close-in-age exception for children facing prosecution for sexual offences.  She believes that...

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kamina Johnson Smith, says the two deceased stowaways that were recently discovered in the wheel well of an aircraft in Fort Lauderdale in the United States are not Jamaicans.  “Further information received...

A 36-year-old man from Zion Hill Crossroads, Richmond, St Mary, has been arrested on suspicion of committing several offences following a shooting incident at a bar in the community Wednesday night. A police report is suggesting that about 10:50 p....

Minister of Agriculture Floyd Green has dismissed a proposal from the Opposition Spokesperson on Agriculture, Dr Dayton Campbell, to impose taxes on imported foods, describing it as «impractical and outdated».  “Jamaica’s...

The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) says no arrests have been made in this morning's operations as they were primarily aimed at executing search warrants. The searches, done in collaboration with the Financial...

People's National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding is seeking to clarify comments made by Opposition Spokesman on Agriculture, Dayton Campbell, suggesting that a future PNP government would impose taxes on food imports. Addressing a political...

The St Ann police are investigating a case of death by misadventure after a tree reportedly fell on a resident of the parish on Wednesday.  Dead is 45-year-old farmer, Richard Johnson, of Walkerswood district, St Ann. Police reports state that...

The Major Investigations Division has launched a probe into a triple murder in Central Village, St Catherine, on Wednesday night. It is reported that about 9:45 p.m., gunmen invaded a home in McBride Hill and killed three...

The St Catherine Municipal Corporation (SCMC) is at the centre of a major search operation being conducted by several law enforcement agencies in relation to a multimillion-dollar fraud investigation, sources have revealed. The SCMC is now closed...

The CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) will host a symposium on the Maroons of Jamaica at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Regional Headquarters, along Mona Road in St Andrew, under the theme, ‘Maroons of Jamaica: Our Legacies –...

Opposition leader Mark Golding is urging the Jamaican Government and the leadership of the Maroon communities across Jamaica to engage in meaningful dialogue to resolve what he described as longstanding concerns. In an open letter to Maroon...

WESTERN BUREAU: Following his urgent plea for help a few days ago, Adrian Laing, now in the United States with his daughter, 15-year-old burn victim Adrianna Laing, undergoing corrective surgeries at Boston’s Shriners Children’s Hospital, says he...

The St Mary police are investigating the murder of a 62-year-old man whose body was found with gunshot wounds near bushes in Enfield. He is George Malcolm, a farmer of Board Villa in Fort Stewart. The discovery was made in an area known as Dry...

Almost 2,000 Jamaicans have applied for amnesty from the National Water Commission (NWC) since it was effected six days ago, Acting Corporate Public Relations Manager at the NWC, Delano Williams has shared.  Williams stated that interest in...

A five-year-old girl this afternoon died in a house that caught fire on White Hall Avenue in St Andrew this afternoon. She has been identified as Kimberly Harrison. Divisional commander for the St Andrew North Police Division, Deputy...

The Trelawny police today conducted a massive operation across the parish. Among the areas targeting are Bounty Hall, Wakefield, Deeside, Dromiky and Bunkers Hill. The operation is targeting wanted men and illegal gun. "The operation consist...

A charity spearheaded by 16-year-old Immaculate Conception High School student Sherinae Brown was able to feed about 100 homeless people in the Corporate on New Year's Day, despite challenges securing sponsors for this year's initiative. Brown...

Investigators in the St Andrew South police division have named several individuals as persons of interest in connection with a number of crimes in the division. They are being asked to report to the police today at 10 a.m. They are: - Alex Madden...

People's National Party (PNP) caretaker for Eastern Hanover Andrea Purkiss is calling for urgent intervention from the central government to address the Woodsville Bridge in the parish, which collapsed on Good Friday 2023. She emphasised that...

The St Mary police have revealed that the pregnant murder victim whose body was discovered on Sunday wrapped in a tarpaulin in Devon Pen in the parish is a teenager. She is 16-year-old Jadene Gayle, also known as 'Big Red', of Sligo...