The People’s National Party’s (PNP) Damion Crawford says a PNP government will make skills training a central part of its education agenda by introducing vocational labs in schools across Jamaica. Speaking at a PNP mass rally in Sam Sharpe Square...

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness gifted his '1PM' sweatshirt to veteran entertainer Mr Vegas during a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) mass rally in Spanish Town, St Catherine, on Sunday. The gesture came after the entertainer, born Clifford Smith,...

Julian Robinson, the People’s National Party’s (PNP) candidate for St. Andrew South Eastern, says that Jamaica has failed to grow as a nation because there are not enough well-educated persons to fill the jobs that are available. Addressing...

People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding says he is not surprised by the latest Don Anderson poll that show his party slightly ahead of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party, arguing that the JLP is desperate to maintain power. Golding was...

The national minimum wage will be doubled to $32,000 per 40-hour work week over “the next few years” starting next year if the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) retains state power, JLP Leader Dr Andrew Holness has announced. The national minimum wage...

A member of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) communications taskforce has made another appeal to undecided electors to go out and vote for the governing party in Wednesday’s general elections. A little more than 28 per cent of eligible voters do...

People’s National Party (PNP) supporters from Westmoreland Central have voiced disappointment in the representation by the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in the constituency, citing poor road conditions and youth unemployment as key issues. The...

The Jamaica Labour Party's representative in Kingston Western, Desmond McKenzie, says the JLP is not afraid as it faces electors on Wednesday, even as he urged supporters to transfer the energy at Sunday's mass rally in St Catherine to the ballot...

People’s National Party (PNP) candidate for St James Central, Janice Allen, has pledged to restore Montego Bay’s middle class and create opportunities for small business operators, including street vendors, to thrive in a fairer economy in the...

People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding has declared that financing his party’s ambitious plans to raise the income tax threshold to $3.5 million has become more attainable, following confirmation that the country’s debt-to-GDP ratio...

Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Campaign Committee Chairman Dr Christopher Tufton has declared that «the real poll is really the result in the ballot box» amid two national polls painting completely different pictures as it relates to voting intention...

A mentally-ill Manchester man who allegedly attacked a member of a police party with a machete has succumbed to gunshot injuries received during the incident. The deceased has been identified as 36-year old Raynard Smalling of Ellen Street...

The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) says 25,938 election day workers, police and military electors voted during special services voting on Friday for the general elections, representing a voter turnout of 57 per cent. A total of 45,455 special...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has advised that the payment of National Insurance Scheme (NIS) benefit arrears for some pensioners have been delayed this month «due to unforeseen technical challenges beyond the Ministry’s control»....

Jewish families have been part of Jamaica’s history since the island’s earliest days, their traditions quietly visible in neighbourhoods from Spanish Town to Kingston. On February 3, 1930, a curious man wrote into The Gleaner with a question. He...

Never again shall we be ashamed! Never shall we go through this defeat again. Never shall we go through this suffering. Never! Maybe, your situation is like that of the children of Israel. They were invaded by different kinds and levels of...

As August comes to a close today, this week will bring much change for us in Jamaica. Schools resume. Traffic increases. The heat (hopefully) starts to die down. And our nation will host the General Election. So, I wanted to use today to bring our...

Free Town, Clarendon – The Free Town Foundation’s annual Back-to-School and Health Fair was held on Friday, August 22, at the Miracle Tabernacle Free Town Church of God of Prophecy in Clarendon, drawing scores of children, parents, and community...

Twenty-year-old William Allyson, otherwise called ‘Willy’, a construction worker of Somerset Heights, Greenvale, Manchester, has been charged with two counts of house breaking and larceny following two incidents in his community. The Mandeville...

The High Command of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) says its members who are currently on interdiction should vote with the general population on September 3. In a media release Saturday evening, the High Command said it was aware of...

A family of four is now homeless after fire of unknown origin gutted their six bedroom concrete house at Anchovy Gardens in Portland on Saturday while they were at church worshipping. Two fire units, one from Port Antonio and the other from...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC- CARICOM, at the invitation of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ), has mounted a 10-member CARICOM Election Observation Mission (CEOM) to observe the electoral processes for the general election to be held on...

A 23-year-old St James resident has been charged after he allegedly entered a man's house and attacked him with a knife. Melvin Ricketts of Peace View, Albion has been charged with assault at common law and malicious destruction of property...

The Clarendon police are probing the death of a man who was reportedly killed as he attempted to grab his licensed firearm from his wife. He has been identified as 56-year-old Dean Melville of Spalding, Clarendon. The incident happened at his...

The St Catherine North Traffic Department is conducting an investigation into a motor vehicle crash along the Spanish Town Bypass, which resulted in the death of a man and injuries to a bystander. Dead is Wakeham Hyman, a 48-year-old resident of...

KEY WEST, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says the crew of its Cutter Mohawk returned to their home port in Key West, Florida, on Friday following a 75-day maritime border security patrol in the Windward Passage, Florida Straits and Caribbean...

In ‘Celebrating a Cultural Icon’, The African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/ Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB) is staging the 2025 Annual Olive Lewin Distinguished Lecture on Thursday, September 11, at 10 a.m. at the ACIJ/JMB, located at 12 Ocean...

WASHINGTON, DC: It was billed as the ‘Party with a Purpose’, and it lived up to the promise. Last Saturday in New York City, more than 600 members of the Jamaican diaspora and friends of Jamaica gathered for a grand celebration of the island’s...

Imagine the scenario; you are at your high-profile job where you have been a standout employee and loyal servant to the company for decades. Becasue of a change in upper management, you find yourself the subject of an investigation. You expect...

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has called on Caribbean nations to embrace “co-petition,” a blend of competition and cooperation, as the region positions itself as the global epicentre of experiential tourism. Speaking at...

WESTERN BUREAU: When most persons think of Jamaica, images of white sand beaches and all-inclusive hotels spring to mind. But as global wellness tourism surges toward what experts project will be a multi-trillion-dollar industry, local stakeholders...

The Discovery Bauxite Partners company in St Ann has granted millions of dollars annually, to assist students from primary to tertiary level, over the past seven decades. Acting Vice President and General Manager of Chris Cargill, labelled the...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Ministry of Labour is taking steps to make life easier for the nation’s senior citizens by establishing satellite offices across the island which are designed to bring its services closer to persons who are now having...

Every step of 37-year-old Shanique Walker’s tertiary education has been funded by scholarships. In just a few months, the former Hampton School student will begin her PhD at Padua University in Italy, focusing on biotechnologies and how yeast...

“Hypocrite,” “liar,” and “flip-flopper” were some of the insults hurled during the leadership debate between Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness and Opposition Leader Mark Golding, as the two men clashed on issues ranging from corruption and the...