WESTERN BUREAU: Fidel Ferguson, one of five inmates who escaped from the lock-up at the Barnett Street Police Station in Montego Bay, St James, on December 14 last year, has been sentenced to a one-year imprisonment at hard labour for larceny of a...

The auditorium at Dinthill Technical High School in Linstead, St Catherine, was abuzz with activity as grade-10 students gathered for an interactive road safety presentation, spearheaded by the National Helmet Wearing Coalition (NHWC), a project...

Fifteen tertiary students have been selected to get a year of hands-on experience across the Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd (JPS) under its now under way JPS Internship Programme. The annual programme sees an intake of final year students and...

Sagicor Sigma Run 2025 has welcomed Food For The Poor as a partner to help rake in United States (US) and Canadian donations for this year’s run. This is just one of the multiple channels the Sagicor Foundation is using to reach its ambitious...

Commissioner of Police Dr Kevin Blake was on Sunday involved in a motor vehicle accident in St Ann. It is reported that shortly before midday the driver of a Toyota Fielder motor car overtook a line of traffic and collided with the vehicle carrying...

Slain veteran journalist Barbara Gayle was today remembered as a loving, jovial, and supportive person who impacted many lives. Gayle's thanksgiving was held today at the Kencot Seventh-day Adventist Church in St Andrew. The service was filled...

In 2024, the political temperature in Jamaica saw a dramatic shift, particularly surrounding the announcement of the long-overdue local government elections (LGE) scheduled for February 26. This event sparked a whirlwind of debates and heightened...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is urging motorists to exercise greater caution on the nation’s roadways. This follows revelation of a slight increase in the number of motor-vehicle crashes to which the JFB responded last year, when compared to 2023...

In June 2024, during an interview on The All-In Podcast, President Donald Trump outlined a bold vision for the more than one million international students in the US, promising green cards upon graduation. However, many fear this could be little...

MORE THAN 7,000 customers have responded to the National Water Commission’s (NWC) Amnesty Programme, with many successfully formalising their contracts and reconnecting to the NWC’s network. Since the launch of the initiative on January 2,...

THE CHILD Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) has received a $10-million donation from businesswomen Dr Patricia Smith, who is a former ward of the State. The presentation was made during the agency’s 2024 Educational Achievement Awards...

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), on Thursday, honoured 52 students for their outstanding academic performance in external examinations. They were awarded during the CPFSA’s 2024 Educational Achievement Awards Ceremony at the...

The case against Rushawn Patterson, who is accused of the October 2022 murder of social media influencer Aneka 'Slickianna' Townsend, was delayed in the St James Circuit Court today because the file is incomplete. The court was told that an...

A man was shot and killed by the police in Fort Stewart, St Mary during an alleged confrontation on Thursday night. The deceased has been identified as 27-year-old Joseph Williamson, otherwise called “Rider,” of the community. The...

The highly-anticipated Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Association of Local Government Authorities of Jamaica (ALGA-J) ended in chaos this morning after a dispute over the meeting's agenda escalated into a physical confrontation. Chairman...

WESTERN BUREAU: Fidel Ferguson, one of the five inmates who escaped from police custody on December 14, 2024, and who was recaptured the following day, will know his fate when he returns to the St James Parish Court for sentencing in that matter on...

Folly Road, Portland Businessman Telief ‘Peter’ Hall and his team from Roots 21 fine-dining restaurant at lower West Street, Port Antonio, have donated $100,000 to the Portland Rehabilitation Centre to assist with their day-to-day operations. Hall...

Western Bureau: When former member of parliament (MP) A.U. Belinfanti announced plans to develop a major water supply project at the Quashi River in Freeman’s Hall, Trelawny, in the 1970s, no one could have envisioned that, more than 50 years later...

KNOWN THE world over as a race leader, black pride activist, and civil rights campaigner, Marcus Mosiah Garvey was an eloquent orator, whose booming, rapid-pace voice was greatly admired by his supporters and detractors alike. He was a politician...

WESTERN BUREAU Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs Marlene Malahoo Forte, the member of parliament for St James West Central, is calling for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students to step up and tackle the urgent...

Jamaica recorded a 15.6 per cent reduction in fire-related deaths last year. This was revealed by Commissioner, Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Stewart Beckford, during a recent JIS Think Tank, where he shared details of the Brigade’s Emergency...

A 65-year-old man who is charged with raping a teenager was granted bail in the sum of $300,000 when he appeared in the St Catherine Parish Court on Wednesday. He is Lennox Jones of Guy's Hill, St Catherine. The matter was mentioned before...

The Government remains committed to ensuring that the country’s laws and policies reflect respect for religious freedom and diversity, says Prime Minister, Dr Andrew Holness. He said that the Administration will continue to engage with religious...

The National Water Commission (NWC) is reporting that more than 7,000 persons have applied for its debt amnesty programme, with many successfully formalising their contracts and reconnecting to its network. The programme started on January 2 and...

Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith says Thursday's arrival in Kingston of a deportation flight from the US was in continuance of regular monthly arrangements previously in train. She noted that the flight was the first such scheduled...

The Jamaican government says it is «rigorously» assessing the risks associated with the deportation of criminals to Jamaica from the United States of America. President Donald Trump's administration has ramped up arrests of undocumented migrants...

A phased handover of the Morant Bay Urban Centre project in St Thomas is expected to begin mid-February, says Chairman, Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ), Lyttleton Shirley. In an interview with JIS News, he noted that the delay in the...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) Captain Jedrzej Mierzewski has issued a warning to staff that their salaries will be docked if they participate in an “orchestrated” sickout under way at...

Forty-one-year-old farmer Gregory Allen, who was charged with the stabbing death of a man during a scuffle in Above Rocks, St Catherine in 2022, was today freed after it was accepted that he acted in self-defence. Allen was freed of a charge of...

Wanted man, 46-year-old Glendon Amos, alias ‘Bull’, from Commodore district in Linstead, St Catherine, was captured by the police on Wednesday. Amos was apprehended during a joint intelligence-led operation conducted by the Joint Anti-Gang Task...

Disgruntled workers employed at Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited have again stayed off the job to press for better salaries. The Gleaner understands that several production workers called in sick today. There was a similar work stoppage on...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) Captain Jedrzej Mierzewski has issued a warning to staff that their salaries will be cut if they participate in an “orchestrated” sickout under way at Jamaica’s main port...

The police in Clarendon are investigating the murder of a 57-year-old man whose body was found with gunshot wounds along a road in Portland Cottage last night. Dead is Garfield Morrison, unemployed, of Content Street in Portland Cottage. Reports...

HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – Cuban President and First Secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party, Miguel Diaz-Canel, described as a brutality act the recent announcement from the Trump administration in the United States about forcibly incarcerating thousands of...

The St Catherine South police are seeking to ascertain the identity of a man whose body was found in bushes along Dyke Road in Portmore. The police say the body is of a dark complexion, about six feet long, dressed in a black jogger’s suit, and...