The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is being urged to deepen its collaboration with schools to ensure that commemorative events, such as those honouring the national heroes are not isolated from academic grounding. Custos of...
WESTERN BUREAU: Oral Johnson, who was held with 23 pounds of cocaine during a police operation in Coral Gardens, St James, on April 26, 2022, was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment in the St James Parish Court on Wednesday. Johnson, a bar and...
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Matthew Samuda, says the Government has allocated $350 million to lessen the impact of the dry spell affecting several regions across the island. Addressing a special...
DWAYNE GRANT, as a police officer, is serving and protecting the Jamaican people, but, he’s also preserving and telling the checkered stories of black people in his art, art that is provocative, revealing, “bold”, and embracing black spirituality....
WESTERN BUREAU: Hanover Custos Lennox Wayne Anderson-Jackson was officially conferred with the Order of Distinction (OD) in the rank of Commander in a public installation ceremony at Rusea’s High School in Lucea on Thursday. Anderson-Jackson, a...
A total of 2,482 Jamaicans travelled to the United States (US) for employment between January and June 2025 under the H-2A (agricultural) and H-2B (non-agricultural) visa programmes. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles Jr,...
Commanding Officer for the St James Police Division, Senior Superintendent Eron Samuels, is calling for cooperation from the public as the parish hosts the 2025 staging of Reggae Sumfest, which has already started with “no major incidents”...
Prime Minister, Dr Andrew Holness, has charged Custos Rotulorum of Hanover, Lennox Anderson-Jackson, to mobilise the Justices of the Peace (JPs) within the parish to play a more active and transformative role in their communities. These roles,...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Five immigrants, including one Jamaican, deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration's third-country programme are in prison, where they will be held...
Dewayne Redfin, a 37-year-old serial rapist who posed as a taxi operator for years, is to spend 11 years in jail. He was sentenced on Thursday by Justice Dale Palmer in the St Catherine Circuit Court. Redfin, who pleaded guilty on June 12, was...
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing three police fatal shootings that occurred in Spanish Town, St Catherine, this morning. The incidents reportedly took place at different locations. The Gleaner was told that the...
The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) is calling for an urgent overhaul of Negril’s emergency response system, citing persistent ambulance shortages that may have contributed to recent loss of life. In a strongly worded statement...
The Beverly Hills, Cavaliers and Up Park Camp wells in St Andrew will be recommissioned as a result of the current drought conditions. The disclosure was made by National Water Commission (NWC) Acting President, Garth Jackson, during a special...
The police in St Elizabeth are probing the death of an elderly American man who was found unresponsive at a guest house in Black River. He has been identified by the police as 85-year-old pensioner Carlton Roberts of a Mount Vernon, New York...
Some parents in Trelawny are hailing the planned introduction of a rural school bus system by the Government, saying it will result in savings and a more comfortable ride for children. At the same time, they are calling for details to be shared...
Beginning in 2026, grade-six students taking the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) exams will face fewer testing days with Mathematics and Language Arts assessments, as they will be condensed into single-day sittings under new changes. This was...
A policeman who shot and killed a bus conductor at the bus park in Spanish Town, St Catherine, five years ago has been charged with murder. Constable Jimoki Ingram was charged following a ruling by the Office of the Director of Public...
People’s National Party (PNP) candidate for St Elizabeth North East, Zuleika Jess, says she will establish a special welfare fund, if elected, to assist residents in need. Speaking at a party meeting in Black River on Wednesday night, Jess told...
The police in St Ann are investigating the death of a 68-year-old woman who succumbed to injuries she sustained in a crash on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Shirley Phillips of Port Antonio, Portland. Reports are that about 7:15 p.m...
LONDON (AP) — Britain will lower the voting age from 18 to 16 by the next national election as part of measures to increase democratic participation, the government announced Thursday. The centre-left Labour Party pledged before it was elected in...
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government says that the eight-hour curfew specifically geared towards young people 18 years and under will remain in force, even as the country prepares to host its annual Carnival celebrations....
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Patricia Duncan Sutherland, president of the People’s National Party (PNP) Women’s Movement, is urging the women of Central Westmoreland to take a stance against domestic abuse by not voting for incumbent member of parliament,...
The highly anticipated National Dance Theatre Company’s 63rd Season will open on Friday, July 18 at 8 p.m. with a benefit performance for JamCoders computer science Summer Camp. Delivered through partnerships and administered by the Department of...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Angela Brown Burke, the chairman of the People’s National Party (PNP), is appealing to the nation’s teachers to vote for her party, saying that in doing so, they will be helping to “rescue Jamaica” from the ruling Jamaica Labour...
WESTERN BUREAU Jamell Robinson, the deputy premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands, wants deeper Rotary collaboration across the Caribbean and greater youth inclusion in leadership, declaring that the next generation is not waiting in the wings;...
Construction is to get under way on the long-awaited Harmony Cove resort immediately after a groundbreaking exercise later this month, bringing tangibility to the US$1-billion luxury project more than 20 years after it was first announced by former...
UNITED NATIONS (CMC): The United Nations Security Council has unanimously extended the mandate of the UN’s political mission in Haiti until the end of the year amid escalating gang violence, political paralysis, and a deepening humanitarian crisis...
NASSAU, Bahamas: Leading telecoms provider Liberty Caribbean has underscored the urgency of forging new public-private partnerships, infrastructure initiatives, and policy frameworks to build a Caribbean that is resilient, inclusive, and gigabit-...
Key stakeholders from the pet retail sector gathered recently at Sandals Ocho Rios for the True Pet Food Retailer Brunch, where the Jamaica brand unveiled upcoming product innovations and led a forward-thinking conversation on the future of pet...
Professor Donna Hope of The University of the West Indies (The UWI), Mona, was recently installed as president of the Caribbean Studies Association (CSA) at its annual conference held in Simpson Bay, St Martin. Professor Hope, a distinguished and...
WASHINGTON, DC: The Union of Jamaican Alumni Associations (USA) Inc (UJAA) is marking its 35th anniversary with a special edition of its Leadership Development Academy (LDA) series, bringing together past and present leaders to celebrate...
Over 300 Jamaican farm workers are departing the island this week for Canada under the Government’s Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme. An official send-off ceremony was held at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Overseas...
A St Andrew tiler was sentenced to life imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to firearm related offences in the Corporate Area Gun Court. Charged with possession of prohibited weapon and unauthorised possession of ammunition is Shane Boothe of a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that he plans to place tariffs of over 10 per cent on smaller countries, including nations in Africa and the Caribbean. «We'll probably set one tariff for all of them,» Trump said,...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – China doubled down on its dismissal of the United States criticism of a multimillion dollar loan to The Bahamas, describing as “baseless and absurd” accusations that it was using the funding for the construction of a...
