WESTERN BUREAU: The 30,000-strong union representing civil servants has rejected the Government’s latest compensation package, issuing a 72-hour ultimatum to respond to simmering concerns or face industrial action. The Jamaica Civil Service...

Lescene Edwards still has nightmares despite having his murder conviction overturned by the London-based Privy Council last month. He had served nine years of a life sentence at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre before the court determined....

Ainsworth Morris and Asha Wilks/Gleaner Writers Barbara Gloudon, whose sharp wit and listening ear endeared her to radioland for decades and whose theatrical genius brought colour to the National Pantomime, died late Wednesday. Her passing at...

Leveraging moral suasion to ward off snowballing labour unrest, Prime Minister Andrew Holness pressed Jamaicans Thursday to exercise civic restraint to prevent economic collapse and an unravelling of social harmony. His plea came in the midst of a.....

WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) has officially called off its search for 68-year-old Beryl Walters, who was washed away during flood rains in the Westgate area of Montego Bay last month. Montego Bay Deputy Mayor Richard......

A legal officer at Petrojam yesterday recalled that before being appointed board chairman, Dr Perceval Bahado-Singh was a part of a board meeting in July 2016 where it was communicated that the board would only be responsible for covering the...

The window of opportunity for defence lawyers in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial to further cross-examine the main witness was closed yesterday and the matter against Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan and 32 accused adjourned until May 24. The main witnes...

A joint select committee reviewing the Firearms (Prohibition, Restriction and Regulations) Act, 2022 has dialled back a massive fine and jail time of up to five years for a licensed firearm holder whose weapon is exposed in a public space. Section.....

The National Water Commission (NWC) was given more than 72 hours’ notice before workers of the state-run entity walked off the job, the Union of Public and Private Employees (UPPE) has said. The revelation came in a Gleaner interview on Wednesday...

Hundreds of thousands of Jamaicans breathed a sigh of relief Wednesday as restive staff of the National Water Commission (NWC) returned to work at 11 p.m., turning on valves that had left taps dry for almost 48 hours, cripping households,...

“I can’t believe I watched my friend drown and couldn’t help him.” Those sentiments of regret and helpless desperation still haunt 17-year-old Jason White, who is still visibly shaken weeks after witnessing the death of his best friend, tee...

Christopher Armond, whose booming voice as a commentator excited horse-racing enthusiasts at Caymanas Park for a decade, and who served later as an administrator in Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad, died Wednesday at age 66. Inducted into the Hall.....

Shoddy roadwork that can hardly stand the test of a heavy shower of rain will no longer be tolerated, de facto works minister Everald Warmington has signalled, even as he demanded proper supervision of contractors by engineers at the National Works....

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is to get a $117-million technology upgrade to allow it to be more responsive to the needs of inmates as it moves away from the current manual system. Courtney Williams, permanent secretary in the...

A manager at Petrojam testified Wednesday that, while on a leadership trip in London in February 2018, he was informed that then board chairman Perceval Bahado-Singh would be joining the delegation but he never turned up. The one-week trip (...

WESTERN REGION: Hospitals, health centres engage contingency plan The Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) activated a contingency plan Wednesday as a strike by National Water Commission (NWC) staff disrupted supplies across the island for a....

Senator Dr Saphire Longmore has called for a rethink to a provision in the Tobacco Control Act, 2020, as language in a provision could be exploited by players in the industry. Longmore, a psychiatrist, told fellow lawmakers and members of a...

WESTERN BUREAU: Emaar Properties, a multinational real estate development company in the United Arab Emirates, is in discussions with Jamaica’s Ministry of Tourism and is eyeing St Thomas and Portland for potential hotel projects. Tourism Minister...

THE islandwide water lock-off spurred by industrial action at the National Water Commission (NWC) has resulted in the loss of millions of dollars at the state-run entity with unions and the Government still at the negotiation table late into...

Stacy Ann Johnson was only able to source a bottle of water to allow her children to brush their teeth and wash their faces before sending them off to school on Tuesday. The nationwide strike by National Water Commission (NWC) workers derailed her.....