A man who has been on the run for two months after he mysteriously “walked out” of a police lock-up in St James is now a “major suspect” in the killing of the complainant in his assault case, a top police official has revealed. The male comp...

WESTERN BUREAU: With entertainment events still being restricted as the usually party-heavy Christmas into New Year’s Day period approaches, sector players as well as those in the culture and creative industries have welcomed yesterday’s...

Corruption allegations have been levelled against the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) after it admitted that an “administrative error” led to the approval of strata plans for 14 apartment units at a controversial Birdsucker,...

There are days when Shaunee* assesses her economic situation and bursts into tears. Life is tough for the 38-year-old Trinidadian mother-of-three, who earns little as an itinerant geriatric nurse. Trying desperately to fight back tears, and with......

Retired fishing vessel captain Jeffery Steadman is now homeless but he is not giving up the fight to ascertain how his father, the late custos of Portland, John Henry Stedman, who died 25 years ago, was allegedly swindled out of 267 acres of prime.....

Although saddled with the seemingly unshakeable burdens of crime, corruption, under-education and a huge social deficit as it takes a blow from the COVID-19 pandemic, Keith Duncan believes there is hope for Jamaica lying in social transformation,......

After losing an estimated $6 billion in produce and animals to thieves annually with little or no redress, and having seen at least 12 of their colleagues murdered this year alone, many of the island’s farmers are now awaiting the maturity of thei...

Members of the previous Clarendon Alumina Production (CAP) board of directors were not able to verify the price its business partner, the Noble Group, obtained for Jamaica’s share of alumina produced by Jamalco, a Sunday Gleaner investigation has....

Twenty-six-year-old Constable Orlando Irons, who died from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident which also claimed the life of controversial pastor Kevin Smith on October 25, was laid to rest in St Ann on Friday after a service in which......

Education Minister Fayval Williams yesterday rubbished comments made by William Knibb Memorial High School Principal Linvern Wright, which characterised her stewardship of the portfolio as “poor”, declaring that she and her team have done a...

Opposition senators while supporting the passing of the Corrections (Amendment) Act, 2021 yesterday charged that the bill, which is seeking to institute tougher penalties with fines of up $3 million and sentences of up to five years, would have...

The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) is to erect a six-storey $238-million complex geared towards elevating the services and offerings of the facility to international standards. The disclosure was made yesterday as the St Andrew-based....

Some 390 farmers in Little Park, St Elizabeth, are now benefiting from a reduction in the cost of irrigation water, thanks to an upgrade to the National Irrigation Commission’s (NIC) pump station in the area. The station has been retrofitted with ...

BUFF BAY, Portland: The manhunt for Davian Bryan, a Portland man suspected to have abducted of two young girls in St Thomas in October, is still on, the police have said. The abduction of the girls – aged nine and 13 – days apart had triggered.....

Businessmen Peter Chin and Robert Chin, the principals of Alliance Investment Management Limited (AIML) and Alliance Financial Limited (AFL), will return to the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on January 10 next year. The men and their...

WESTERN BUREAU: Hanover Charities (HC) this year handed out $29 million in support to some 205 students in the western parish. The Katrin Casserly-led charitable organisation has been playing a pivotal role in helping students access tertiary-level....

A federal appeals court panel on Friday allowed United States President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for larger private employers to move ahead. The 2-1 decision by a panel of the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals reverses a decision by a......

Stony Hill Capital, an investment vehicle controlled by the family that owns the Musson conglomerate, has acquired a block of shares in Lumber Depot Limited, giving Paul ‘PB’ Scott and Melanie Subratie seats on the board of the hardware company...

At least two transport associations in Jamaica are calling for the Government to extend the payment period for traffic fines or suspend the issuance of tickets until the collection system returns to normality. In late November, Tax Administration.....

A number of students who want to continue attending the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) in Kingston will have to be vaccinated against COVID-19 following a new mandate expected to take effect in February. But already, there is pushback against.....