WESTERN BURUEAU: Kingston hoteliers want the capital city designated as part of the special corridor or to have the tourism bubble scrapped altogether and for vaccinated visitors to be allowed to fly into Kingston without the red tape that is...

Jamaica crossed the psychological milestone of administering one million COVID-19 jabs on Sunday, an important benchmark of progress amid strong scepticism and pushback nationally. The target was achieved more than three weeks ahead of the end-of-....

As primary schools prepare for the resumption of face-to-face classes today, several long-standing issues continue to plague administrations. Rennock Lodge All-Age School is one of the 376 institutions that have been cleared for reopening. Acting....

ALLIGATOR POND, Manchester: Makeshift barriers and damaged buildings metres away from the shoreline in the Alligator Pond area paint a grim picture of loss and worsening danger for those whose residences and livelihoods are threatened by the...

On September 24, Winston Findlay proudly aided his ailing wife, Carolyn, outside of the Pembroke Hall Community Centre after she was inoculated with her first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Back then, Mr Findlay told The Gleaner that he would...

Nearly 50 per cent of schools in St Mary that are on the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) list to resume face-to-face classes on Monday, November 8, will not open their doors as scheduled. Only 22 of the 43 schools certified by the Ministry of...

Kevin Smith kept daily tabs on his flock’s contributions to his multimillion-dollar empire with daily reports on collections and expenditure, and personally contacted members if their life insurance policies under his management were in arrears......

The police have reopened the investigation into the 2014 murder of Montego Bay gangster Michael Heron, who sought counsel from the late controversial preacher Kevin O. Smith and was killed shortly after in the same manner predicted by the self-...

Just under 50 per cent of the monetary value of all contracts awarded by HEART/NSTA Trust to SynCon Technologies took place during the period the company’s CEO chaired the board of the state agency. There is no evidence Edward Gabbidon was involve...

Details have emerged that HEART/NSTA Trust paid out undisclosed millions in new salaries to senior executives before getting the required approvals. However, the public agency that reports to Prime Minister Andrew Holness has denied a Sunday...

Calls are mounting for Speaker of the House of Representatives Marisa Dalrymple Philibert to reverse a ruling shielding Transport Minister Robert Montague from answering Opposition questions on the $450-million investment scandal at the Airports...

Ten weeks after Eustace Wilson indicated his willingness to be vaccinated and after 15 residents lost their lives to COVID-19 in Cocoa Walk and the surrounding areas of Marlie Hill in Manchester, the 81-year-old is yet to receive a single jab...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi survived an assassination attempt with an armed drone that targeted his residence early Sunday (Iraq time), and is unharmed, officials said. Two Iraqi officials told The Associated...

“I finished what my daughter started.” Those are the words of Wendy Miller, a grieving graduate of The University of the West Indies (UWI) who has dedicated her undergraduate degree to her late daughter. Her only child, Toni Haughton, died thr...

The St Catherine South police recovered a stolen motor car and an illegal gun following a robbery and shooting that left a gunman dead and three policemen injured in Portmore, St Catherine, on Friday afternoon. Two of the lawmen were shot but...

Several members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and queer community are lobbying for Jamaican mental-health practitioners to exercise greater compassion in a country much criticised for its widespread condemnation of sexual minorities.......

Education Minister Fayval Williams is urging parents and guardians to check the ministry’s website and their children’s schools for information on the schedule for the resumption of face-to-face classes. A total of 376 small primary and infant.....

The Emergency Powers (Amendment) Act 2021 was passed in the Senate on Friday without any amendments despite strong arguments against it by Leader of Opposition Business Peter Bunting and his colleague, Damion Crawford. Bunting argued that with the.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Police Federation Chairman Corporal Rohan James says rank-and-file lawmen are fuming over the action taken by St Elizabeth Parish Judge Alwayne Smith, whose instructions resulted in a uniformed policeman being hauled before the...

Strathmore Children’s Home in Spanish Town, St Catherine, received an early Christmas gift on Friday – its first donation since the beginning of the year, according to a senior administrator. The onset of COVID-19 has crippled donations from......