The newly installed president of the Rotary Club of St Andrew is planning to expand support for the Allman Town Primary School Literacy Programme, to include professional assessments for students with learning challenges, conflict resolution...

Buff Bay, Portland: Forty-four students from West Portland have been awarded for their outstanding performances, as shown in the recently released Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination results. The students were selected from 22 schools, which saw...

Eight new or returning faculty deans have been appointed across the campuses of The University of the West Indies (UWI), following approvals granted by the University Council at its annual business meeting in May, and by the Finance and General...

As customs clearance and logistics processes modernise to serve global supply chains and cross-border trade, the acumen required to keep pace with the disruptive technologies of the Fifth Industrial Revolution such as artificial intelligence (AI)...

WESTERN BUREAU: For nearly two decades, Rose Skinner stood at the intersection of discipline and compassion, growth and grit, as she quietly built one of the strongest human capital legacies in Jamaica’s hospitality industry. On her final day as...

Mayor of Kingston Andrew Swaby says work is to begin cleaning gullies and drains in the Corporate Area within a week. He gave the commitment after completing a two-day tour of 10 divisions in Kingston and St Andrew to assess the condition of...

Forty-five-year-old taxi operator, Floyd Miller, otherwise called ‘Tev’ and Indian’, has been charged with wounding with intent following an incident in Bamboo River, Morant Bay in St Thomas on July 14. The police say about 8:15 a.m., Miller and...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, CMC – The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency says agents from its Air and Marine Operations (AMO) have nabbed a yola-type vessel, arresting three Venezuela nationals and seizing 1,009 pounds of cocaine...

A 61-year-old taxi operator has been charged with malicious communication after reportedly using his phone to send nude images of a woman. Alfred Kelly, of Eltham Park, St Catherine, was charged by detectives assigned to the St Catherine North...

The police have announced restrictions for persons visiting the Logos Hope, the book ship docked at the Cement Coral Pier in Kingston. Citizens are being advised that all persons entering the ship will be subjected to search. No firearms,...

THE REVISED Common Lectionary presents from the Epistolary, Paul’s Epistle to the Colossians for the Sundays through to August 3, 2025. Last week, Chapter 1:1-14 gave the opening presentation. This week continues from 1:15-28. The letter is named...

OUR TIME together discussing the aspects of effective powerful prayer is coming to an end, but we couldn’t move on before we touched on this vital aspect. The text we’ve been studying says, “The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails...

BRISBANE, Australia: In a groundbreaking moment for the global Baptist movement, Rev Karl Baldwin Johnson of the Jamaica Baptist Union (JBU) has been elected as the first person from the Caribbean to serve as president of the Baptist World Alliance...

AS A tea lover, my nightly ritual usually involves a calming cup of chamomile before bed. But for the past couple of weeks, my favourite tea has been missing from my cabinet, so I’ve skipped the routine. That changed last week. Out of nowhere, at...

Pause for seven minutes and find seven things to give thanks for. Make a note of them. Will come back to that in a while. The numeral seven has significant spiritual and symbolic meanings in various cultures. It is considered a sacred number...

Seniors’ advocacy organisation, the Caribbean Community of Retired Persons (CCRP) hosted its third online meeting on estate planning Wednesday, July 16 with retired Administrator General Lona Brown and attorney-at-law Alicia Hussey making a...

Genuine fire calls decreased by 14.2 per cent last year, with 9,775 calls reported, while the number of fire-related deaths also declined by 15.6 per cent. The Planning Institute of Jamaica’s (PIOJ) Economic and Social Survey Jamaica, 2024, reports...

A NEW police vehicle has been handed over to the Pedro Plains Police Station in St Elizabeth by the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), aimed at strengthening security in the southern end of the parish. During the handover ceremony at the...

The 2025 Christmas in July trade show took place inside The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Thursday, July 10, and Friday, July 11, under the theme ‘Tropical Wonderland’. It was the 11th iteration and patrons turned out in droves to this must-go-to event...

“I have a physical disability that affects my mobility, and which results in me using a wheelchair. Just to note, while it is a part of who I am, it does not define me or the things I am capable of doing,” Yanique Mendez told The Gleaner. Earlier...

WESTERN BUREAU: Hanover Custos Lennox Wayne Anderson-Jackson was officially conferred with membership in the Order of Distinction in the rank of Commander (CD) in a public installation ceremony at Rusea’s High School in Lucea on Thursday. Anderson-...

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...