Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is cautioning against a narrative calling for children to stop wearing masks, saying that, while he has never discouraged public discourse around matters of national interest and policy, the right to one’s...

In an apparent call for legislation targeting the migration of lottery scammers who pump millions of dollars into the underworld, Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson has insisted that the police are doing their part to disrupt...

WESTERN BUREAU: Transport and Mining Minister Audley Shaw has said that under his administration, the railway system from Montego Bay to Kingston, which has been out of service since 1992, will be reopened. Addressing journalists during Wednesday’...

A sub-machine gun and several items believed to be used in scamming were seized during a police-military operation in Chantilly Gardens, Westmoreland, on Thursday. Three persons suspected to be major players in lottery scamming were taken into...

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) is always watching. That is the message to would-be smugglers from Kingsley Henry, the agency’s director of cargo imaging and physical security management. Speaking with The Gleaner at the JCA Employees’ Awards...

The taxi driver implicated in last month’s Washington Boulevard hit-and-run could not hold back his tears yesterday when he appeared in Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. The 42-year-old accused, Godfrey Graham, who was a picture of remorse and...

WESTERN BUREAU: A MEMBER of staff of the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) was attacked and wounded while on the job in the Lucea Transportation Centre on Thursday. In a report from superintendent of police in charge of Hanover, Sharon Beeput,...

The donation of 50,000 masks to the Combined Disabilities Association (CDA) by the National Health Fund (NHF) will go a far way in easing the burden on the non-profit, which has been having difficulties in meeting the constant demand from its...

Despite the flare-up of violence and murders in the August Town division in St Andrew, African Gardens – one of the five communities within the division – has not recorded a single murder in the last four years. For this, the model community top...

Twenty-eight-year-old Saquino Farr, who is charged with seven counts of obtaining goods by means of false pretence and conspiracy to defraud, is to return to court on March 25 and 29 to answer to the charges. Farr also had his bail extended when he....

Jamaica’s state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, is forecasting a net profit of US$15.77 million for the 2022-2023 financial year. For the current fiscal year, which ends next month, Petrojam is expected to realise an estimated net profit of US$12.58...

Dr Nigel Clarke, the minister of finance and the public service, has described the upcoming 2022-23 Budget as a signal of the transition from crisis towards recovery. The medium-term outlook, however, sees lower growth over the next three years...

Crime, inadequate infrastructure, and economic challenges weighed heavily on the minds of some residents of sections of the Corporate Area who turned out to witness a muted ceremonial opening of Parliament yesterday. Held for the second year under.....

Gangsters or gunrunners found in possession, trafficking in, and stockpiling ‘prohibited’ weapons could be sent to prison for life under a proposed law tabled Thursday in Parliament by National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang. A 15-year minim...

Controversial Westmoreland Central Member of Parliament George Wright is demanding an apology from Opposition Leader Mark Golding, who he has accused of verbally assaulting him during Thursday’s ceremonial opening of Parliament. Wright, who last....

• Economic Growth and Job Creation The long-awaited gazetting of the Cockpit Country Protected Area boundaries will be brought to Parliament. Additionally, the Government will promulgate new legislation to enable the creation and regulation of...

With more than 160 homicides recorded since the start of the year, some of the nation’s youth are welcoming the planned boost to national-security initiatives in the coming parliamentary year, hoping they will have a lasting impact on the crime-.....

Rastafarian Nzinga King will be seeking financial compensation for assault and battery after Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn ruled on Wednesday that a police corporal accused of forcibly cutting her hair should not be charged.....

Carlton Francis and Petrolin Blair’s heart-warming love story has moved donors to give the vulnerable couple a place to call home as an early Valentine’s Day gift. The 62-year-olds, who have been together for 18 years, work in downtown Kingstonâ...

With a build-up of debris, including fallen bamboo stalks and garbage, preventing the free flow of water in the Cave River during periods of heavy rainfall, Hugh Johnson is seeking the assistance of donor agencies to conduct a river-cleaning...