Nearly $250 million in assets, suspected to have been acquired through criminal activities, were restrained by the Jamaican courts over a 13-month period that ended in May this year, official figures have revealed. These assets include six houses,.....

Twenty-nine-year-old Cassandra* is an employee at a popular resort in Antigua and Barbuda. Instead of preparing to celebrate her first anniversary on the job on September 27, Cassandra is worried sick that the coronavirus pandemic could leave her......

Energy Minister Daryl Vaz has opted to remain silent on the explanation attached to his reinstated United States (US) visa. The United States Embassy in Kingston on Friday reinstated Vaz’s travel permit two years after it was revoked for reasons.....

Several former directors of a government company that provides food to schoolchildren and who served during the period of a damning audit say they’ve either not read or have been advised against commenting on the report that has accused them of......

The prosecution’s star witness on Friday elaborated on two more murders which he claimed have been ordered by the reputed leader of the One Don Gang, Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan. The self-confessed member of the gang, who has appeared very relaxed...

A People’s National Party (PNP) councillor with eyes firmly set on succeeding Dr Peter Phillips as the member of parliament for St Andrew East Central when he retires has purchased the Lyndhurst Road property on which individuals aligned to the......

At 10 years old, he watched as both the police and gangsters invaded his home in search of his two older siblings, who were criminals. By age 15, he was left to fend for himself after his mother left to seek greener pastures in the United States,......

Beverley Anderson Manley, who played a pivotal role behind the scenes in the enlistment of the first four women into the army in 1976, has described the elevation of Commodore Antonette Wemyss Gorman to chief of defence staff of the Jamaica Defence...

When Commodore Antonette Weymyss Gorman takes the ship’s wheel of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) in January, she will bear the hopes of a generation of women hopeful that the new chief of defence staff (CDS) will chart a sea change in the army’...

Sixty years to the day when a 1955 Jaguar XK140 sputtered and failed to finish in the 1961 Jamaica Grand Prix, the restored diamond in the rough is still racing in England today. David Churchill’s 33-year romance started with love at first sight....

1. Married to Jonathan Wemyss-Gorman for more than 20 years. 2. She is 48, has a son, James, and is an avid gardener. 3. Studied at Britannia Royal Naval College in the UK and US Naval War College. 4. Master’s degree with distinction in...

Opposition Leader Mark Golding is calling for the Government to immediately implement a ticketing system under the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) to avoid Jamaicans facing hefty fines. He is also rejecting the use of criminal law in enforcing.....

WESTERN BUREAU: The widow of late reggae giant Rainford Hugh ‘Lee Scratch’ Perry yesterday told mourners that the COVID-19-induced shutdowns and restrictions within the entertainment sector globally may have contributed to the iconic producer’...

A state witness yesterday told the Home Circuit Court that Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan, the alleged leader of the deadly One Don Gang, laughed as his bodyguard carried out a hit on a man in St Catherine in 2018. The former gangster-turned-state witne...

Embattled former Education Minister Ruel Reid has applied for an extension of special leave from Jamaica College until 2026. He had originally been seconded from the St Andrew high school for national duties in 2016.

The prime target of Wednesday’s triple murder in Enfield, St Mary, was implicated in the killing of a retired policeman and had been hunted by gang enemies for the last two years, The Gleaner understands. The killing of Donald Westcart, 19, has......

The government has amended an order under the Disaster Risk Management Act to facilitate in-person worship at churches on Saturdays and Sundays. Previously, a maximum of 20 people could attend worship services on Saturdays. But on Sundays, which...

The former gangster who pleaded guilty on Wednesday for his role in 11 murders was the man who ensured that contract killings ordered by the leaders of the Clarendon-based Bloods Gang were carried out. Travis Gilman’s roles included hiring hitmen...

A self-confessed member of the One Don Gang shared details on Wednesday of how an alleged don aligned with the Tesha Miller faction of the Clansman Gang was gunned down on Chancery Street, St Andrew, in 2017. The well-orchestrated execution-style.....

Several anti-COVID-19 vaccine protesters were arrested yesterday amid shouts of “Murder! Murder!” as they disobeyed an order not to march with the Joseph Patterson-led United Independent Congress (UIC) to Gordon House in Kingston. The march was....