A school administrator has sounded the alarm about children’s growing obsession with occult practices in the wake of a deadly fight between students over a guard ring. Audrey Steele, acting principal of William Knibb High in Trelawny, said the...

As the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge prepare to visit Jamaica today on the second stop in a three-country Caribbean tour, local vendors have called for the renaming of streets and places honouring the monarchy in the capital. Royal visits have long....

Being an orator for royal visits is no easy task, says Fae Ellington, one of Jamaica’s most embraced broadcasters. On Monday, while gearing up for the arrival of Their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and...

During his interactions with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Opposition Leader Mark Golding intends to convey that many Jamaicans are seeking an apology for the role played by their family in slavery in the island. Prince William and his wife,......

Donnette Dowe, manager of Trench Town Culture Yard, hopes the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will inspire tourists to start visiting the home of the legend Bob Marley in large groups again. While she and 40 other persons swept First...

WESTERN BUREAU: William Knibb Memorial High School Principal Linvern Wright is calling for more resources to be made available to tackle the problem of violence and other delinquent behaviour in schools following the deadly dispute between two...

1. Was the first future British king to be born in a hospital, after arriving at the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital in London. 2. Made his first trip overseas when he was nine months old, joining his parents on an official visit to Australia an...

WESTERN BUREAU: Unlike villagers in Belize who caused the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to cancel a scheduled stop, the Rastafarian community in western Jamaica has pledged that it will not stage protests against the royal couple, who are expected....

Talk of Jamaica’s allies in North America and Europe possibly easing sanctions against oil-rich Venezuela to avert an energy crisis amid global sanctions levied against Russia could lead to the Holness administration rekindling the island's...

Despite at least two CARICOM nations imposing sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukriane, Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith has indicated that Jamaica will continue to be guided by the United Nations Security Council on whether to.....

Police targeting of gang activities in the crime hotspots of Newland, Naggo Head, Gregory Park, and Central Village has paid off with a reduction in murders, says Senior Superintendent Christopher Phillips, who commands the St Catherine South...

With the Government’s withdrawal of the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) orders last Friday, faithful participants in the annual Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run hope the new freedom will be a silver lining that will allow thousands of persons to......

Nearly seven years ago, during preparations for the arrival of then United States President Barack Obama, crab, corn, and soup vendors who sell along the southwestern end of National Heroes Circle in Kingston were temporarily dislocated. Now, on...

Jon Hendrik von Thiel, chargé d’affaires at the German Embassy in Kingston, has questioned Jamaica’s commitment to its displaced medical students who fled war-torn Ukraine last month. Von Thiel, who is tapped to become Germany’s ambassador t...

A Sunday Gleaner undercover investigation has unearthed that a high percentage of taxi operators are breaking the law by overcharging commuters on a number of routes across the island. During the probe that included eight taxi routes across seven......

The feat is not for the impatient or claustrophobic, and at peak hours, it involves long waits, pushing, shoving, and the deadly COVID-19 disease lurking inches from those who dare. For many Jamaican commuters, however, there is little choice –......

When the financial year ends in March, taxpayers would have shelled out more than $40 billion in bailout support for two of three agencies involved in the provision of public transportation. Stakeholders agree that government subsidy is necessary.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Some route taxi operators in western Jamaica are disregarding the rates set by the Transport Authority and have affixed a surcharge that the commuting public pays with very little protest. In some instances, a Sunday Gleaner...

Like those in other sections of the island, commuters in Portland and St Mary are having to dig deeper into their pockets to pay higher rates by taxi operators in breach of Transport Authority regulations. A Sunday Gleaner undercover probe has...

She may be 80 years old, but Beverley Manley-Duncan’s unmistakable voice still commands attention, whether it’s coming to you through the airwaves, the phone, via a YouTube video or if she is sitting across from you. She has also been the voice....