Dear Mr Bassie, I read that I will need to prove my identity when applying for a visa to go to the United Kingdom. Please advise me what information is needed and what this entails. HG Dear HG, When applying for a visa to go to the United Kingdom...

A BAD credit score can feel like a financial burden, but all doesn’t have to be lost. Andrea Bicknell, senior adjudicator at JN Bank, says many individuals struggle with bad credit not necessarily because they deliberately fail to pay, but due to...

SINCE GAINING Independence, Jamaica has been on a journey to define itself as a nation equipped to sustain itself and its people. Despite political and economic challenges, exogenous global events and the increasing impact of climate-related...

“RELYING ON a single source of income is very risky,” stressed Rose Miller, financial education consultant at the JN Foundation. She emphasised that diversifying income streams is critical for financial stability. “Unexpected circumstances and...

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s Governor General Sir Patrick Allen, who is also the island’s chief scout, says the transformative influence of the scouting programmes orchestrated by the Scout Association, which is being driven by committed adult...

The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato, authored around 375BC, has shaped western political thought. Greece is now known as the “cradle of democracy”. Not only was the first democracy in the world in Athens, but the...

In Jamaica, where crime and violence remain critical issues, literacy has emerged a powerful weapon for change. The European Union (EU), in partnership with the Ministry of National Security, and the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth, and...

As Jamaica’s economy continues to rely on efficient logistics, motorcycle-riding bearers remain an essential yet often overlooked part of the workforce. Despite the lingering stigma, riders like Dwayne Wilkinson of Aklamar Courier and Damone Brown...

Having witnessed first-hand the needs of children in homes run by the Jamaican Government across the island, Gary Williams made a pledge to help those children 30 years ago Out of his efforts was born Children of Jamaica Outreach (COJO)...

The Island Traffic Authority and the Jamaica Constabulary Force are seeking to clarify that only persons or businesses offering driving instructions for a fee must be certified and licensed. They indicated that Regulation 168, paragraph 2 (d) of...

Two Trelawny men have been charged with murder over the death of a man who succumbed to injuries in hospital after being beaten by a group in Duncans. Charged are 58-year-old shopkeeper Franklyn Brown, otherwise known as ‘Johnny’, of Duncans, and...

The St Andrew North police this afternoon seized an illegal firearm in Temple Hall, the ninth such seizure since the start of the year. Information reaching The Gleaner is that a police team carried out a snap raid in the area about 1:55 p.m. The...

Two men were fatally shot by the police on Saturday during an alleged confrontation on Terminal Road, Old Harbour Bay, St Catherine. One of the deceased has been identified as 28-year-old Damar Muirhead. The incident is under investigation by the...

The police in Westmoreland on Saturday charged a man for shooting at a man who tried to stop him from stealing lumber. Charged with shooting with intent is 50-year-old Calvin Salmon, otherwise called ‘Druggist’, of Savanna-la-mar, Westmoreland,...

A 43-year-old fisherman was gunned down early this morning on Port Henderson Road in Portmore, St Catherine. He has been identified as Donovan Morgan of Hellshire Park in Portmore. Reports are that about 1:30 a.m., Morgan was shot and killed by...

An investigation has been launched into a suspected suicide in the community of Wander Lane in Bog Walk, St Catherine. The deceased, identified as David Summers, who was reportedly mentally challenged, was found hanging from an ackee tree by a...

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – A Colombian woman was ordered to compensate an immigration officer and security officer whom she bit while they attempted to detain her at a resort last week. On Friday, the judge arraigned 30-year-old Daniela Torres on two...

An extensive clean-up of the Yallahs Market in St Thomas is to be undertaken, with a view to begin accommodating vendors as soon as possible. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, who visited the facility on...

The police in Westmoreland have charged the taxi operator who fatally chopped popular jerk vendor Rodway Powell, otherwise called ‘Jerky,’ who was a passenger in his cab, during a dispute. Shadwayne Ellis, 36, of Geneva district, Grange Hill,...

The St Andrew North police are probing the murder of a man who was shot and killed by men travelling on motorcycle this morning along Constant Spring Road. Our news team was reliably told that a Mercedes Benz was shot up in the vicinity of Phil’s...

Jamaicans are being encouraged to take control of their personal data and defend their digital rights as the country navigates an increasingly data-driven landscape. Information Commissioner, Celia Barclay, made the appeal while addressing the...

The police in St Catherine are searching for a gunman who shot three men, one fatally, on Peck Street in Linstead on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as 42-year-old labourer Jason Martin of Russell Pen and Time and Patience district in...

IN MONEY matters, our heart is critical and important. “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” Proverbs 4:23 (NIV). Persons who have tried repeatedly but failed in doing a proper financial plan and failed to reduce...

THE SACRIFICE of God is a troubled spirit; “a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise”. (Psalm 51:17). Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. It is not a holiday for the Christian. It is instead a day of fasting, and a reminder of...

THERE ARE also other things that can bring family generational curses, like spilling of blood, sexual immorality, exploitation, betrayal, mockery, treachery, stealing, cheating, etc. Some families are today struggling with difficult curses because...

IT WAS reported in The Gleaner of February 16 that churches are experiencing sparse attendance and not enough pastors. Yeshua told us that one of the signs of the end of days would be “because iniquity or lawlessness shall abound, the love of many...

It Will Be Long, But Not Forever, is a memoir by Fionia Salmon about her experiences as a single mother fighting for custody of her son. The book shares how she transformed heartbreak into resilience; and the grit and perseverance that people can...

TORONTO: The Canadian government has commemorated the national historic significance of the West Indian Domestic Scheme, 1955-1967, at a special plaque unveiling ceremony at Blackhurst Cultural Centre in Toronto. The event brought out many,...

EDISON, NEW JERSEY: Three former teachers of Cedric Titus High School in Clark’s Town, Trelawny, were honoured for contributing a total of 106 years of service to that institution by the North America Chapter of their past students association....

TORONTO: Dr John Carlos — the American Olympian who, at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City joined his teammate, Tommie Smith, in raising their black-gloved fists at the medal podium for the men’s 200-metre dash to signal their defiance of the...

LONDON: A petition to support a community activist from Jamaica, who has been banned from feeding the homeless for seven years, has gone viral. Ringo Vision has been feeding the destitute in Croydon, south London, from a mobile soup kitchen,...

FROM FEBRUARY 20 to March 8, many of the late Eugene Hyde’s artworks belonging to his family are on an exhibition called, ‘Eugene Hyde 1931-1980 – A Retrospective...

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information is reporting that special accommodations were provided for 508 students who sat the Grade Six Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Ability Test last Thursday, February 20. Special accommodations refer...

Lionel Reid, one of Jamaica's most passionate advocates for small hotel operators and a stalwart in the tourism industry, has died.  Reid, who served as president of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) from 1993 to 1997,...

The South East Regional Health Authority is advising that parents have the ability to have extended visits, including overnight stays, with their children at the Bustamante Hospital for Children.  The regional health authority says this is...