The United States has reissued a visitor’s visa to opposition lawmaker Phillip Paulwell just over two years after it was revoked. The Kingston Eastern and Port Royal member of parliament confirmed on Tuesday that he’s now in possession of the.....

Chairman of the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), Robert Montague, is facing a quiet-but-potent challenge headed by the party’s powerful Area Council One to oust him amid a trail of scandals spanning two ministries he has headed since 2016......

When Macquisha Smith never returned to her workstation last Thursday afternoon after leaving to meet a family friend, her employer, Natisha Miller, became anxious. Her unease was further fuelled when the salon’s receptionist phoned her the...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has been buoyed by the early success of the newly formed Maritime, Air and Cyber Command (MACC) that intercepted a drug run by smugglers off the island’s southwestern coastline, netting cocaine value...

An early-morning fire on Tuesday flattened a tenement building along Hanover Street in Kingston, putting a damper on plans for Christmas cheer for some residents, while others have been plunged further into poverty having lost all their possessions....

An arduous and sometimes raucous hours-long debate on the extension of states of public emergency (SOEs) ended with the Government side easily passing the measure with its superior majority, while the parliamentary Opposition slammed the Holness...

A man believed to be of unsound mind who allegedly murdered his 46-year-old mother in Greater Portmore, St Catherine, was fatally shot early Tuesday after going on a rampage in which he attacked security guards and hijacked a motor vehicle. The...

Dennis Wright, the former deputy chairman of the board of the Clarendon Alumina Production Limited (CAP) who is at the centre of the controversy involving the final in a series of contracts issued to CCA Capital Partners, has vowed to break his...

Two of three transcripts of the secret recordings of alleged members of the One Don Gang were blocked on Tuesday from being entered into evidence after defence lawyers raised objections. The prosecution’s first police witness and the third of 42 i...

Two claimants who filed a lawsuit against their employers, Cari-Med Group and its subsidiary Kirk-FP Limited, complaining that the COVID-19 policy breached their constitutional rights, want the Supreme Court to grant an injunction blocking the...

Describing the recent wage offer made by the Government as an attempt to rob rank-and-file members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Police Federation Chairman Corporal Rohan James has warned that demoralised law enforcers could not provide.....

Garnet Johnson, whose board house was crushed by a tree on September 30 and who lamented having spent years in state homes as a child, has finally been reunited with his mother. Days after The Gleaner shared the 28-year-old man’s story, his mother...

When Derran Wright saw his neighbour’s house inside Richie Lane on fire during the wee hours of Sunday morning, he was jolted into action and sought to help extinguish the blaze. Little did he know that it was an act of arson allegedly committed b...

Residents of Orangefield and Orangefield Village in St Catherine took to the streets on Monday, blocking access roads to force the National Water Commission (NWC) to address the supply crisis affecting the adjoining communities for more than a...

Chief Justice Bryan Sykes received a resounding thank you from the hungry group of accused One Don gangsters yesterday after his intervention yielded news that they will be allowed to consume food prepared by relatives starting today. The accused,.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Despite Prime Minister Andrew Holness seemingly not being convinced that there is a dire shortage of policing manpower in western Jamaica, crime-weary residents and overworked cops are adamant that more boots are needed on the...

Security concerns are mounting among staff at Clarendon College in Chapelton after the school’s groundsman was killed on the compound Sunday night. The victim, 37-year-old Roydel Senior, also known as ‘Tay’, was reportedly gunned down sometim...

The 46-year-old deportee who allegedly shot and killed his grandniece, Sorika Picart, in east Kingston on Saturday was arrested in the community of Seaview Gardens Monday afternoon. The 16-year-old girl was reportedly killed by Gilford Henry in...

A 16-year-old girl who was slain in bizarre circumstances at her home was among 12 persons killed over 24 hours on the weekend in a psychological blow to the states of emergency (SOEs) imposed nine days ago to rein in runaway murders. Five of the.....

Jamaica’s garbage watchdog and chief collection agency has pledged to probe the transformation of a Paddington Terrace open lot into a massive dump and has vowed to crack down on the widening scourge of construction-industry rogues who scatter...