WESTERN BUREAU: Rohan Rose, the security guard who was charged for allegedly concealing information he had received about the death of social media influencer, Aneka ‘Slickianna’ Townsend, who was murdered in Montego Bay in 2022, is slated to stand...

A TOUCH of elegance, class and camaraderie set the perfect backdrop for the installation ceremony of the new administration of the Kiwanis Club of West St Andrew, held recently at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel. The past year was filled with great...

OVER 300 students at the University of Technology (UTech), The University of the West Indies, Mona (UWI) and the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts continue to benefit from the GraceKennedy Campus Connect Food Bank, as the...

ALEXANDER BUSTAMANTE and Norman Washington Manley are widely regarded as the fathers of Jamaica’s political independence, the process of which ended on August 6, 1962 when Jamaica officially ceased to be a colony of Britain. There were also a new...

PAUL BOGLE was born James Bogle. He was called Paul after he became a deacon in the native Baptist Church. He fathered at least three children – William, Richard and Cecelia. He was a small cane farmer and businessman who owned horses. Along with...

Motorists are being urged to take extra precautions on the roads this Heroes weekend as recent data show sharp increases in motor-vehicle collisions and thefts across Jamaica. “Long weekends and major events provide criminals with opportunity, not...

Twenty employees at the National Water Commission (NWC) are now enrolled at the University of Technology Jamaica (UTech), where they are completing a course in Leak Detection Technologies. The five-week course, which begun on September 17 is being...

FROM 1823 rumours were going around that the king of England had granted the enslaved their freedom. The rumours were rife in late 1831, especially since Reverend Thomas Burchell was off the island. He went away for medical reasons as the inclement...

Close to 60 young people attended the graduation and close-out ceremony for the European Union (EU)-sponsored BRIDGE Project, on October 9 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. These graduates were a part of the more than 300 young people...

More than 30 volunteers from Jamaica Broilers Group (JBG) joined forces with the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) to remove over 400 pounds of waste from Hellshire Bay Beach in St Catherine, in observance of International Coastal...

WESTERN BUREAU: Professor William Aiken, district governor of Rotary International District 7020, is calling for the widespread installation of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) across Jamaica, noting that the life-saving devices could...

THE CAMPAIGN against Marcus Garvey in the US came from the wider community and people within his own organisation. Chief among his detractors were W.E.B. DuBois, Wilfred Adolphus Domingo, and A. Philip Randolph. The latter two had been early...

At 12 years old, Sutay Kameka, a bright and determined 2025 JN Foundation PEP Scholar, has her eyes firmly set on becoming a mathematician. Her love for numbers, combined with discipline and support from her mother, has already set her apart as one...

The recent rains in the Corporate Area have increased the road hazard associated with a number of potholes that had already been creating headaches for road users for several months. Here are just a few of those damaged sections of road in Kingston...

IN UNFLATTERING circumstances Malcus Mosiah Garvey was born in St Ann’s Bay, St Ann on August 17, 1887. Somewhere along the journey Malcus was changed to Marcus. He became a printer’s apprentice, before moving in 1906 to Kingston, where he got...

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...