They are incarcerated. Some for stomach-churning crimes fitting the most macabre movies. Yet they wield cell phones at will, recording fights, ‘lavish’ parties and even using them to intimidate and order the deaths of Jamaicans beyond their...

Jamaica’s major hospitals are teetering on the very thin edge of collapse as some have either run out oxygen stock or are dangerously low amid rising COVID-19 hospitalisations and the resulting demands for the life-preserving chemical. “There i...

Nearly 400 appeals filed in the last four years challenging rulings handed down by Jamaica’s high and parish courts have stalled because of the absence of transcripts. Between 2016 and February 22 this year, a total of 311 transcripts and 67 judg...

Clifton Reader, the president of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association, has already made it clear that as far as the hospitality sector is concerned, the COVID-19 vaccination programme can’t begin soon enough. In fact, more than six weeks ago,...

“Need help. Get help. My body is weak. My battery is dead.” Those were the piercing, desperate appeals of 32-year-old Shenay Spencer, in the early hours of Tuesday, March 2, to her relatives. Texting her loved ones was the last resort for the.....

A man is now in police custody and his cronies are being sought by the police after they carried out a brazen daylight shooting of a man at about 2 p.m. yesterday in Braeton, Portmore, St Catherine. Rohan Martin, 42, had just left the burial of his....

WESTERN BUREAU: Justice Seymour Panton, retired president of Jamaica’s Court of Appeal, has labelled as “time-wasting nonsense”, the ongoing Trafigura court case involving former Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and four other People’s....

Former chairman of the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), Hyacinth ‘Cindy’ Lightbourne, has criticised Audley Shaw for making “unfortunate and inaccurate” statements about the agency. The industry, investment and commerce minister said the ...

One hundred-year-old Muriel Duncan has lived a life dedicated to education and the work of the Lord. “I’m fine, thank God. Just watching the TV and praising God for His mercy,” said a bubbly Duncan in a telephone interview with The Gleaner on...

The African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB) is pleased with the extended reach of its recently concluded lecture series, which was staged virtually this year because of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Each February, the...

A senior opposition lawmaker raised concern on Wednesday that the integrity of Jamaica’s electoral process could be at risk if steps were not taken to replace the automated fingerprint identification system that is at the end of its useful life......

Despite calls from the World Obesity Federation for severely overweight people to be among priority groups for the COVID-19 vaccine, the Holness administration has disclosed that front-line healthcare workers will be first in line to get the jab,.....

Stung by a reprimand about her judgement after a six-month vote-buying probe, legislator Dr Michelle Charles has rejected recommendations that she apologise for the perceived blunder. Charles, the St Thomas Eastern member of parliament, was scolded....

WESTERN BUREAU: Debbie Baker thought the COVID-19 pandemic would last just a few months and she could live off her savings, but within 90 days of the devastating virus landing on local shores, reality struck. The former Spanish-speaking tour guide....

Residents of Gordon Town in St Andrew are concerned that further deterioration could occur along the badly damaged main road even before the planned $195-million effort to repair a major breakaway has been completed. Expressing doubts that the...

Jamaica may be left behind because it has failed to seize the opportunities of the emerging medical marijuana industry, Anthony Hylton has said. The opposition spokesman on industry, competitiveness, and global logistics has described the...

An air of mystery surrounds the death of a man in the Sydenham area of Spanish Town, St Catherine, yesterday. The deceased, 33-year-old labourer Kenrick Genas, of a Sydenham address, was reportedly shot about minutes after midnight. According to......

While efforts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, including a focus on securing vaccines, have overshadowed the local fight against the human papillomavirus (HPV), gynaecological oncologist Dr Ian Bambury believes that the waning interest in shots to.....

The age-old proposal of using unclaimed balances in financial institutions to fund micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) has failed to gain policy support – at least, up until now. The issue came up for discussion again on Thursday during a....

WESTERN BUREAU: A day after one of its security officers was killed in a foiled robbery in St Elizabeth, Guardsman Group has committed to mandating the wearing of bulletproof vests among its 300-strong armoured fleet guards. The security company is a...