The Jamaican Government will as of next week approve the administration of booster shots for all front-line workers and people aged 60 and over. Under the extended roll-out of booster shots, all persons who had initially received the Johnson...

As the last set of measures under the Disaster Risk Management Act expire on Wednesday, Prime Minister Andrew Holness is expected to tell the country what, if any restrictions, are to be introduced for the upcoming holidays and the new year. At the....

The lead detective in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial admitted on Monday that he had not informed the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) about the eyewitness, an ex-gang member, who he had whisked away from the scene of a fatal...

Despite the presence of security staff at the newly reopened Red Rose Fish Market in downtown Kingston yesterday, vendors believe that it will take a long time to stamp out the deep-rooted scourge of extortion. The fish vendors, some of whom have......

Vendors of gungo peas and sorrel in downtown Kingston’s Coronation Market are hoping for a turnaround in flagging sales for the Christmas season. With just over two weeks before Christmas Day, the expected rush of customers stocking up ingredients...

Lisa O’Connor Dennie and her two daughters have embarked on a year-long prayer cycle and it is to find her Boaz – the faithful husband of biblical character Ruth – for Christmas. O’Connor Dennie, who is 45 years old, told The Gleaner that s...

What was intended to be a night of celebration of life morphed into tragedy for a 24-year-old woman celebrating her birthday and the motorcycle driver with whom she whizzed through Kingston’s streets late last week. Those circumstances appear to b...

The Ministry of Transport and Mining has acknowledged that Lerone Laing, a former adviser to portfolio Minister Robert Montague, was selected to head the Toll Authority although he does not meet the minimum requirements for the job. The Toll...

Weeks before the heights of the Christmas shopping season, thieves in the rural northern St Catherine region of Glengoffe are already targeting small business operators on Main Street and other districts like Cassava River and Big Road. Just last......

A years-long dispute between two women over a shared partner ended fatally after a stabbing incident on Princess Street in downtown Kingston last Friday. Dead is 31-year-old Kayon Boyd, otherwise called ‘Pretty Kay Kay’, a nail technician of 28...

An increase in entry barriers against unvaccinated Jamaicans is expected to be a key strategy of the Holness administration in its bid to ramp up the country’s flagging COVID-19 immunisation campaign That will complement community-focused outreac...

Insurance companies have been urged to create more “inclusive” coverage specifically tailored for low-income Jamaicans who have been adversely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The call was made on Saturday by Opposition Senator Damion...

An American citizen was taken into custody following a drug seizure at the Sangster International Airport on Saturday. Reports are that, about noon, the female was about to board a flight to Charlotte in the United States when the narcotics police.....

An unidentified male was shot and killed in the vicinity of a train line near the Jonathan Grant High School on Salt Pond Road on Sunday. The latest incident brings to three the number of homicides in Spanish Town, St Catherine, within a 24-hour...

Nearly US$100 million or more than J$13 billion in payments made by Clarendon Alumina Production (CAP) over a four-year period to its joint venture partner in the Jamalco refinery cannot be accounted for, a leaked preliminary treasury and financial...

An alleged scoring error that resulted in an initial winner of a multimillion-dollar contract to supply tractors has plunged the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) into controversy, with a lawsuit threat from the aggrieved company...

Businessman Robert Ivey was given licences for four guns, including a rifle and a shotgun, despite convictions in the United States (US) for drug-related crimes, a Sunday Gleaner investigation has revealed. Late businessman Robert Fletcher had two.....

With the global supply chain yet to recover from COVID-19 shocks, it could be a bleak Christmas for shoppers across the island as merchants pass on the increasing costs to source goods overseas. Freight rates have spiked by as much as 600 per cent....

With fewer boots on the ground, after the failed attempt to extend the states of emergency, the Area One Police have increased their presence in troubled communities in Westmoreland with a hope of establishing relationships that will aid in their......

Police Constable Dwight Gregory, who was killed in Hatfield, Manchester, on Friday night, had snubbed suggestions by his sister to retire from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) – the institution to which he had given some three decades of...