After months of deafening silence over the scandal bedevilling the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ), Transport and Mining Minister Robert Montague told Parliament on Tuesday that he had dissolved the board of the public body over the FirstRock......

Opposition Spokesman on Health Dr Morais Guy has alleged that there is an ongoing scam involving polymerase chain reaction (PCR) COVID-19 testing with whirlwind turnaround of results in a matter of minutes. He made the claim during Tuesday’s...

A hairdresser brutally attacked in downtown Kingston last Thursday died at the hands of a gunman who, it is theorised, mistakenly pumped bullets into her as she sat in front of a wholesale attired in clothing similar to their intended target’s.......

With two of her children at her side on Tuesday, Amorel Wright screamed at the Rio Cobre, her agonising cry personifying the St Catherine river as a cruel thief who had stolen her 14-year-old daughter. Damoya Bennett became the latest drowning...

A psychotherapist in Britain was a picture of frustration as she spoke to The Gleaner five hours before the charter flight with deportees, including her partner, was due to take off at Birmingham Airport in the United Kingdom (UK) for Kingston,...

The prosecution’s first star witness disclosed on Tuesday that he had suspected that the police had a criminal case against him before he came forward with information on the One Don Gang. The witness had previously testified that he voluntarily....

Opposition Spokesperson on Education Dr Angela Brown Burke has described as “utter nonsense” the Government’s decision to disallow fifth-form graduations as it transitions to compulsory participation of students in a seven-year educational pla...

Homeless persons roaming the Corporate Area will soon get the chance of becoming employed in a programme spearheaded by the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC). During an interview with The Gleaner after the corporation’s monthly....

Metcalfe Street in the Denham Town division will be renamed in honour of former Councillor Lorna Leslie. Leslie contested local government elections since 1981 for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) without a single defeat. She retired five years ago......

The education ministry has ordered that effective this academic year, no graduation ceremonies should be held for fifth-formers as Jamaica transitions to the now-compulsory seven-year secondary education period. High school principals have also...

The bombshell testimony that Vybz Kartel had ordered murder hits on three persons from behind bars may have already placed the notorious entertainer on the police’s radar for investigation before it was made public, a senior police officer has...

WESTERN BUREAU: The National Works Agency (NWA) has begun to assess the damage to the road network in western Jamaica after sustained heavy rainfall lashed that section of the island between Sunday afternoon and yesterday morning, triggering...

TROY, Trelawny: With a hardy bucket attached, a makeshift zipline transfers goods and people precariously over a yawning river in Troy, a rural district bordering northwestern Manchester and south Trelawny. It’s not for leisure. That’s the daily...

Amid public backlash on the high-end Ruthven Towers apartment complex in New Kingston, the National Housing Trust (NHT) has defended its pricing strategy, arguing that the unit costs – which range between $27.7 million and $37.7 million – refle...

A former member of the One Don Gang yesterday revealed that reputed leader Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan not only gave orders for persons to be killed, but also requested pictures of their bodies as confirmation of their demise. “Blackman like when y...

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...