A jilted ex-boyfriend has given a detailed confession of killing his former girlfriend’s eight-year-old son because she ended their less-than-a-year-old relationship. Ochest Rose, 42, wanted his former flame to “feel the same pain he was going.....

The majority of Jamaicans are opposed to the idea of mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for children or the wider populace, a Bill Johnson-Mello TV poll has found. The survey, which was conducted among 1,176 people in 84 communities between January 14.....

Despite being a stalwart and fearless advocate for the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ), its former president, Edith Allwood Anderson, had to fight towards the end of her days to be fairly compensated by the organisation. Allwood Anderson died......

It is hard to mistake Pamela Coke-Hamilton for anything other than the high-powered, heavyweight international trade expert, diplomat, attorney-at-law and trailblazer she is, yet too often she is wrongly seen as the secretarial accompaniment to...

In just over a month, arguments for why an apartment complex worth more than $100 million in the Golden Triangle neighbourhood of St Andrew should not be demolished will take centre stage in the Court of Appeal. The March 22 showdown will pit six.....

WESTERN BUREAU: A man who the Westmoreland police say topped the parish’s most wanted list since October 2021 was fatally shot by the cops during an operation in Bluefields yesterday. An assault rifle and several rounds of ammunition were taken.....

The Westmoreland police are now hunting for two men they say shot at them this morning during an operation in which the parish's most wanted man was killed. Head of operations for the Westmoreland Police Adrian Hamilton say the men,...

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.....