The Passage of new regulations regulations will introduce sweeping changes to the way the boards of public bodies are appointed and carry out their duties – a point of concern amid a swirl of scandals in the Holness administration. Opposition...

Even as a projected fourth wave of COVID-19 looms large for the new year, Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ announcement of a shortening of the daily curfew hours during the Yuletide season has received widespread support from the parliamentary...

WESTERN BUREAU: Trembling in anguish after his schoolteacher daughter Chanel Smith was gunned down in the full view of infants in Treasure Beach on Tuesday morning, Vernon Smith channelled his rage into a rallying cry against cold-blooded killers......

Little T-Mora McCallum would have celebrated her seventh birthday on December 27, offering the family added cheer just after Christmas. But instead of a celebration, distraught grandmother Monica Spraggs and cousins who live on Text Lane in central....

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says his administration is grappling with finding a balance between driving Kingston’s construction boom and avoiding environmental degradation. Holness said the sector is critical to positioning the capital city as....

Five days after a Gleaner report on a corruption probe into police complicity in the escape of a fugitive at the Kingston Central lock-up and a series of questionable jailbreaks islandwide, the High Command revealed on Tuesday that 11 personnel...

Colleagues of Reniece Fletcher, the 28-year-old nurse from the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) who was abducted on November 1, say she is doing well after the bizarre experience one month ago. She was among three women who were held......

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.....