In the most nightmarish incidents of corporal punishment, Jamaican children are tortured, burned, and maimed by their parents and guardians for the most senseless reasons. And with more than 30 broken bones, the plight of a two-year-old girl is...

TOKYO, Japan: The world yesterday witnessed one of the most amazing sporting performances in history, as Elaine Thompson Herah emphatically defended her Olympic 100m title with a 10.61 seconds run inside the Tokyo Olympic Stadium – in a run and a....

Encouraged by the number of persons who turned up to be inoculated across the country yesterday, Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is now eyeing an ambitious 800,000 additional Jamaicans receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, which would take Jamaica.....

Keith Thompson, father of Elaine Thompson Herah, was one overjoyed man yesterday when The Sunday Gleaner visited him following his daughter’s stunning performance in the 100m final at the Tokyo Olympics. Basking in the loud cheers from his clients...

The perpetrators of human trafficking are to face tougher sanctions as the Government vows to introduce legislation to impose mandatory jail time for those convicted of the crime. The US State Department has maintained Jamaica’s Tier 2 ranking in....

In what many track and field experts and analysts predict to be the most dramatic event of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, three of Jamaica’s top female sprinters line up early today for the semi-finals of the highly anticipated 100 metres event in Tokyo...

Western Bureau: The bravery of a 15-year-old girl paid off on Thursday afternoon, in Trelawny, as her valiant efforts thwarted an alleged attempt by a taxi man who tried to rape her. The young woman fought the taxi operator and made good her escape....

Pleasure boat operators are being warned that any failure to observe COVID-19 protocols on the high seas, including sticking to the curfew deadlines, will result in prosecution. This as the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), working in...

Medals of honour for general service were presented to soldiers on parade yesterday by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen and Prime Minister Andrew Holness at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) 2021 Armed Forces Day ceremony. The colourful affair took....

Jamaica’s medal winning streak in the women’s 400-metre hurdles could continue in Tokyo when the Olympic track and field programme begins. This is according to Okeile Stewart, who coached Rushell Clayton to third place at the 2019 World...

WESTERN BUREAU: Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says that persons who do not satisfy the Ministry of Health’s protocols for receiving COVID-19 vaccines, including those with medical conditions that would preclude them from receiving their......

Banana Ground, Manchester Several communities across Jamaica have produced some great talents who continue to contribute to national development and represent the island on the global stage. One such is the small community of Banana Ground in...

WESTERN BUREAU: A rift has widened in the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC) over the naming of the newly unveiled headquarters after the sitting mayor, Bertel Moore, who has scoffed at detractors and insisted that they had no right and power....

Pressure is mounting on the Holness administration to respond to a surge in violent crimes, with murders rocketing by eight per cent year-on-year. The worrying trend comes as Opposition Spokesman on Crime Peter Bunting declared on Thursday that...

TOKYO, Japan: Retired sprinter Usain Bolt is eyeing a return to track and field but at a much slower pace. Bolt, who hung up his spikes after the 2017 World Championships in London after a decade of dominance that saw him mine eight Olympic and 11....

MANDEVILLE, Manchester: In the wake of a violent dispute between two cabbies in Mandeville that left one hospitalised and the other in police custody, the head of the Central Manchester Taxi Association has condemned hustlers for swarming the town.....

WESTERN BUREAU: If the tough talk coming from Councillor Kevin Murray of the Friendship division is anything to go by, trouble is brewing in the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) camp in Westmoreland Western, which is represented by rookie politician...

With track and field action now under way at the Tokyo Olympics, several local pundits are predicting a big medal haul for Jamaica’s athletes, with some hoping for an overall double-digit booty to rival the 11 garnered in Beijing in 2008 and Rio i...

The police personnel implicated in the arrest and coercion of a Moneague, St Ann, resident remain on front-line duty on Thursday, a day after Commissioner Antony Anderson ordered a probe into their conduct. The incident, captured on video and...

Five people who were accused of being part of a lottery scam ring that fleeced a United States citizen of more than US$100,000 were on Thursday freed of various offences under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) when they appeared in the Westmoreland.....