Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie says greater effort is to be made to push the use of the AMANDA digital planning system amid vulnerabilities exposed by Hurricane Melissa. McKenzie wants to see the system...

LONDON: Mayor of Lewisham, Brenda Dacres, OBE, has taken her seat in the House of Lords as part of the latest intake of Labour peers to the unelected chamber. She was among the 25 nominations of peerage announced by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer...

Clarendon is to benefit from $192 million under a $1.6 billion national road-patching programme due to begin within two weeks. The pledge follows complaints from residents and taxi operators in Cherry Tree Lane and Clarendon Gardens. Minister of...

Principal of Denbigh High School in Clarendon, Annett Daley, is urging greater collaboration among schools and stronger partnerships with donors and stakeholders. Shared resources – particularly sports infrastructure – are, she argues, critical to...

The Masters of Medicine Conference, the Caribbean’s leading multidisciplinary medical forum, opens today and runs through Monday, January 19. It will bring together physicians, scientists, educators and health-system leaders from across the globe...

Brown’s Town Primary students walked away victors of the inaugural Environmental Quiz and Expo, beating The Glen Preparatory 36-30 in a closely contested final match held at Holiday Haven in Runaway Bay, St Ann, on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Runaway Bay...

The Ministry of National Security is refuting claims that Portfolio Minister Dr Horace Chang, who is also Deputy Prime Minister, is hospitalised. “The Minister did not suffer a health emergency, and such rumours are baseless and fictitious,” the...

The Supreme Court has refused applications from lawyers representing former education minister Ruel Reid, former head of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) Professor Fritz Pinnock, and their co-accused to challenge the indictment in their...

The Forestry Department will replant some 300,000 seedlings between January and June 2026, under phase one of its new RE-LEAF initiative (Reforestation, Ecological Enhancement and Landscape Framework). The programme, which will serve as the...

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) has reported that the inflation rate for December 2025 was 1.3 per cent, compared to November 2025. Director General, Leesha Delatie-Budair, shared the details during a press briefing at the AC Hotel...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — United States President Donald Trump suggested Friday that he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the US controlling Greenland, a message that came as a bipartisan Congressional delegation sought to...

The United States Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is calling on the Trump Administration to immediately reverse its decision to suspend immigrant visa processing for persons from 75 countries, including Jamaica. The caucus, which is headed by...

(AP) - Tens of thousands of Cubans demonstrated Friday outside the United States Embassy in Havana to decry the killing of 32 Cuban officers in Venezuela and demand that the government release former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. They...

The case involving a St Catherine man accused of shooting a 13-year-old girl on New Year’s Day has been transferred to the High Division of the Gun Court. Aaron Ornaldo Esty, 37, a mason from Braeton, Portmore, also known as 'Cone Head,' appeared...

Doctors at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) have joined nurses in protest action at the Accident and Emergency (A...

(AP) — Torrential rains and flooding have killed more than 100 people in South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Authorities warned Friday that more severe weather was expected across several countries in southern Africa. South Africa has reported...

Cabean Badal is carving a niche in wellness décor with Boho Botanics Jamaica, a brand built on sustainability, creativity and respect for nature. Known for naturally fragranced botanical arrangements, the brand reflects a philosophy shaped by...

Two Jamaican academics are working on a national strategy to equip women to thrive in the digital era, following their participation in the United Nations Development Programme’s (YNDP’s) Global Leadership Academy on Women Leading in the Digital...

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Ricardo Bennett, principal of Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College (SSTC) in St James, says the institution’s ability to prepare teachers for modern classrooms has been significantly strengthened with the handover of a fully equipped...

This article is the first in a two-part feature. Back in the summer of last year, I published a four-part series on Bitcoin in The Gleaner (2/July/25). In that series, I tried to cut through the hype and explain what Bitcoin really is, not just...

For 43 years, Devon Reynolds has been a quiet but decisive force behind Wisynco Group’s production operations, guiding the company’s evolution from factory floor to large-scale manufacturing. On Tuesday his contribution was etched into corporate...

Denbigh High School in Clarendon expects a sharp rise in Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) visual arts passes, following a major upgrade to the Visual Arts Department’s computer lab. The transformation, funded by Dr Laverne DaCosta...

During October 2025, Hurricane Melissa devastated several Caribbean nations, including my home country, Haiti. Not only did this storm claim lives, it also damaged power infrastructure and left over 500,000 homes without electricity across Jamaica...

To achieve sustainable progress, climate justice needs to be the foundation upon which Jamaica’s development priorities stand. Climate justice recognises that political factors influence how countries address climate-related disasters. Hurricane...

The St Mary police will be maintaining late-night monitoring of the parish’s roads, aimed at reducing collisions caused by road misuse and breaches of traffic laws during these hours. Speaking during a recent traffic symposium at the St Mary...

Four new ambulances have been added to the fleet of the North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA) to strengthen its patient transport capacity. Regional Director, Fabia Lamm, told journalists following the handover at the NERHA offices in Ocho...

The police in St Ann have arrested four persons in connection with a case in which a taxi operator was fatally stabbed during a dispute early this morning in Salem. The deceased has been identified as 49-year-old Paul Miller of Mount Salem in...

All schools have been reopened following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, with most resuming face-to-face instruction, while others are operating on rotational or reduced schedules. At the same time, the Education Ministry has announced...

The ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) are lauding prominent attorney and businessman Christopher Bovell as someone who served his country with great distinction. Bovell passed away today. JLP...

The St Elizabeth police have now charged Kimeko George, alias 'Shane Brown', who was listed as wanted in connection with a fatal gun attack in New Town, Black River. Brown, who recently surrendered to the police, is charged with murder,...

Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith is advising Jamaicans who will be affected by plans by the United States to suspend the processing of immigrant visas to reach out to the US Embassy for information. In a post on X, formerly Twitter,...

Noted attorney and businessman Christopher Bovell has died. He passed away today after falling ill while overseas. Born on October 7, 1938, Bovell attended Munro College and later Cambridge University in the United States. He practised as a...

Opposition Spokesman on Health and Wellness Dr Alfred Dawes is calling for an independent accountability structure to be implemented at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) as “the public cannot have confidence in internal reviews...

Residents of Manchester now have access to a comprehensive directory, listing all the Justices of the Peace (JPs) who serve the parish. The directory, which is available in both hard and soft-copy formats, provides contact information for the JPs...