INSURANCE AND pension experts say urgent reforms are needed in how Jamaicans save and prepare for retirement to stave off a crisis in the future, saying that the current culture and attitudes could impact future generations. The experts say some of...
When Chris Campbell arrived in Canada from Jamaica with just $20 in his pocket, he could not have imagined the impact he would have on the North American country’s skilled trades industry. After 35 years of service, Campbell – who made history in...
LASCO, in partnership with the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), has announced the six finalists for the 2025 LASCO Saluting Our Heroes ‘Police of the Year’ title. The annual award recognises exceptional service, leadership and commitment to public...
Jamaican children are more at risk of being trafficked than any other group, according to Diahann Gordon Harrison, the national rapporteur on trafficking in persons. From 2020 to 2025, more than 80% of persons trafficked in Jamaica were children,...
NOT MUCH is known about Queen Nanny’s early years on Earth. But the story is that she was from west Africa, from where many people were taken to the West Indies to work on various plantations under sub-human conditions. Hundreds of the enslaved did...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Mali ‘s Foreign Affairs Ministry said it will require US visa applicants to post a bond of up to $10,000 in response to an identical measure enacted by America last week that takes effect October 23. The ministry statement...
The Ministry of Health and Wellness is moving ahead with plans to expand and modernise the Type V Montego Bay Comprehensive Health Centre in St James, as part of the government’s commitment to enhance and develop Jamaica’s primary healthcare...
The first witness is to take the stand on Thursday in the multimillion-dollar fraud trial involving former Education Minister Ruel Reid and others, after the presiding judge granted the order for indictment and denied the defence’s application for...
The St Elizabeth police have reported that the parish has recorded its lowest murder count in 25 years, with only 12 homicides documented up to October 2025. “We’re at 12 murders compared to 27 last year this time, which is a reduction of 56 per...
A man was fatally shot by the police at a premises along Whitehall Avenue in St Andrew on Monday afternoon. He is yet to be identified. The incident occurred at about 3:40 p.m. This is the second fatal police shooting in Jamaica today. Earlier...
Jamaica cannot sit idly by as a victim of the global climate crisis but must instead play its part in unearthing solutions to the climate change challenges impacting the region, charged Minister of Water, Environment, and Climate Change, Matthew...
An investigation has been launched into the death of a Manchester resident whose body was found with chop wounds in Canewood district in the parish on Sunday night. He has been identified as Shyan Young, otherwise called 'Shane', a farmer of...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A bus veered off a road and plunged down an embankment on a steep mountain pass in northern South Africa, killing at least 42 people and leaving another 49 passengers injured, authorities said Monday. The crash happened around...
Twenty-seven streetlights have been installed in several communities in Guy’s Hill, St Catherine, providing a greater sense of safety and security for residents. The beneficiary communities are Meuse, Ragsville, Waterford, Bonnett, Burksville,...
Spanish Town Mayor, Norman Scott, pleaded not guilty to the charges of assault and destruction of property when he appeared in the St Elizabeth Parish Court on Monday. The charges against the People's National Party representative arise from an...
The development of Drax Hall in St Ann, spearheaded in recent years by commercial and medium to high-end home construction, took a more human turn recently with the establishment of the community’s first social club, the Kiwanis Club of Drax Hall...
The Lotto jackpot has been hit for the second time this year. A player from St Catherine has won the $57 Million Lotto jackpot with the numbers 01, 11, 16, 18, 25, 32 drawn on Saturday October 11. To begin the process of collecting their...
Personnel from the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) were called to the scene of another police fatal shooting this morning on Madden Street in Kingston East. The Gleaner understands that the shooting occurred about 6:30 a.m....
The Board of Directors of Caribbean Airlines has announced the resignation of the carrier's Chief Executive Officer, Garvin Medera, effective immediately. In a media release on Monday, the board thanked Medera for his years of service and...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States has issued a warning to countries, including those in the Caribbean, that plan to vote later this month in support of measures being pushed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for a Net-Zero...
An investigation has been launched into the death of a Manchester resident whose body was found with chop wounds in Canewood district in the parish on Sunday night. He has been identified as Shyan Young, otherwise called 'Shane', a farmer of...
DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts (AP) — A small plane crashed along a major highway in southeastern Massachusetts early Monday amid rain and strong winds, killing both people on board and wounding another person on the ground, authorities said. In...
WESTERN BUREAU: Based on the pace of the ongoing rehabilitation of the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH), Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton believes the project, which has been ongoing since noxious fumes were identified at the Type...
WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says that doctor-interns who were trained overseas are not being deliberately overlooked for placement in Jamaica’s hospital system, but that a process must be in place to ensure...
WESTERN BUREAU: Each morning, garbage trucks groan out of Savanna-la-Mar and Negril in Westmoreland, their diesel engines burdened by the weight of household refuse and commercial waste. Their destination, the Retirement Disposal Site in...
As Jamaicans get ready to recognise and celebrate their national heroes on October 20, time is also being taken to take note of those unsung heroes who give back to their communities every day. Counted among these community heroes is Tishauna...
The High Commission of India, in collaboration with the Indian community, successfully organised the Viksit Bharat Run 2025 on September 28 at the scenic Hope Royal Botanical Gardens and Hope Zoo in Kingston. The three-kilometre run brought...
Sad! Sad! Sad! Our children are killing themselves! Could it be a result of the abuse, misuse, bullying, and rejection they have been experiencing? Are members of the adult population among the chief perpetrators? Is it because they have no or low...
USING 1 CORINTHIANS 12:12-14 as his text, newly enthroned Diocesan Bishop Leon Golding lamented the division in the Church. Division is, of course, one of the most off-putting truths about religion. Bishop Leon Golding noted, “In every age, the...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has formally invited Opposition Leader Mark Golding to high-level, bipartisan talks on constitutional reform after Golding publicly rebuffed a proposal for a meeting with the justice minister. In a letter dated...
Dr Mark Harper recalls his first cold-water swim in the south of England 20 years ago. It was August, but the initial jolt from the plunge took his breath away. The shock to his system lasted a minute or two until he was “recombobulated and able to...
Losing a pet is the first time many children encounter death. The experience can become an opportunity for profound emotional learning and influence how young people understand and process grief when they are adults, according to psychologists and...
WASHINGTON, DC: The Ministry of Health and Wellness’ Adopt-a-Clinic programme received another boost recently with the announcement by the president of the RalRosa Foundation, Dr Jacqueline Watson, that her organisation’s adoption of the Golden...
LONDON: Pawlet Brookes MBE, founder, CEO and artistic director of Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage in Leicester, has been appointed the new chair of Arts Council of England’s Midlands Area Council, succeeding Sukhy Johal MBE,...
LONDON: As UK Black History Month celebrations got under way last week, Minister for Equalities Seema Malhotra hosted the first thematic Race Equality Engagement Group (REEG) roundtable, showcasing the Government’s commitment to working closely...
