Despite a number of fiery tragedies in recent years, several state-run and private childcare facilities across the island are still operating well below the requisite safety and public health standards set by the Government, with gaps in basic...

WESTERN BUREAU: As Canada locks out the Caribbean and Mexico from its borders, Jamaican tourism stakeholders are hopeful the United States will not take the same approach. The US is Jamaica’s largest source market, with Canada playing a significan...

There is hope on the horizon for Portmore mother of seven Natasha Jones, whose plight The Gleaner highlighted a month ago after five of her seven children were taken into state care as result of the deplorable conditions the family had been living.....

Police investigators are concerned that the usually quiet Eve Lane, which runs perpendicular to the National Heroes Circle in Kingston, is becoming a choice location for murderers in the Corporate Area. The latest chapter in the lane’s bloody...

Although the Crawl Pass spring never runs dry, the Clarendon farming community of Bois Content and other surrounding areas have been without piped water since the 1990s. They have been relying on trucks making their rounds on alternate days to...

WESTERN BUREAU: Transportation mogul Ralph Smith, who founded the Montego Bay-headquartered Tropical Tours more than 45 years ago, died at his Park Avenue residence in the tourism capital yesterday morning after a long illness. One of the...

Facing a triple threat of lack of employment, no water and the general ill-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on several areas of life, the residents of Planters Hall and its environs in St Catherine are at their wits’ end. “We have to buy water a...

Anna Kay Rose has assumed full responsibility for taking care of her 102-year-old grandmother Myrtle Campbell for the past six years. Campbell, who has three children, is now deaf and blind and lives in White Shop in Spaldings, Clarendon. One of...

WESTERN BUREAU: For the first time in 30 years, Indians residing outside of Kingston have been able to access consular services without having to journey to the capital city. In a programme dubbed ‘High Commission at Your Step’, India High...

Jamaicans who are not on the priority list for the COVID-19 vaccine being procured by the Government might have the option of buying the much-sought-after jab on the private market. A business coalition banking on procuring the vaccine to...

A team of local and international researchers has planted a seed of faith that the humble guinep may have properties that reduce blood pressure and manage complications like cardiac arrest and other medical problems affecting the heart muscle. The.....

A nutrient cost analysis has revealed that on average, Jamaican minimum wage earners spend close to half, or 48 per cent, of their weekly income of $7,000 on food. If Jamaica were to come close to its Caribbean neighbours St Kitts and Nevis or...

With a whopping 650 per cent increase in murders in Kingston Western since the start of the year, residents are pleading with the authorities to revise their strategy in curtailing crime and violence in the area. Up to Tuesday, January 26, there......

Jamaica has improved in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) but is still among the most corrupt countries in the world as an estimated $95 billion is lost annually to the scourge. The island moved up a single point from 43 to 44 out of 100,...

Deejay Rytikal detained in Bull Bay Dancehall artiste Rytikal has been detained at the Bull Bay Police Station in St Andrew. The 25-year-old entertainer, whose given name is Ryan McFarlane, was taken into custody on Thursday afternoon. The...

WESTERN BUREAU: Despite the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the local hospitality sector, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has said that investor confidence remains high, with ground to be broken soon for a 2,000-room hotel in Green.....

Despite Jamaica’s expectation of receiving more than 900,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine for the first phase of the roll-out set for April, the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) cautioned on Wednesday that it could not commit to the...

Jamaica showed little improvement on Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for 2020, inching up from a score of 43 to 44 out of 100, in a context where zero is deemed very corrupt and 100 is very clean.

Underfunding has crippled the outreach of one of Jamaica’s most prominent peacekeeping organisations, threatening to worsen the crime crisis in St James, where there has been a 350 per cent increase in murders in 2021. The grim assessment was......

A Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) lieutenant and a female officer under his command have both been found guilty of contravening the army’s policy on personal relationship and fraternisation following a probe into allegations of inappropriate conduct.....