The Government is banking on Jamaica’s robust childhood inoculation record for success as it makes a renewed push to procure COVID-19 vaccines for five- to 11-year-olds and to blunt school disruptions amid a fifth wave of the virus. The decision t...

The Venezuelan government said it has no resentment towards the Holness administration after Jamaica compulsorily acquired Caracas’ 49 per cent stake in the Petrojam refinery amid the threat of sanctions from Washington. The revival of the South.....

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that there is to be greater investment in the development of commercial and residential real estate in downtown Kingston. “We have been speaking with the World Bank and the IFC (International Finance...

Charlemont High is reeling from the death of 62-year-old vice-principal Jennifer Gidden, who had been absent from school since falling ill last October. Gidden is the sixth teacher in Jamaica to have died in just over a week - a shocking sequence......

Carol Palmer, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, affirmed yesterday that no public sector worker can spend the Government’s – or taxpayers’ – money at will. Taking the stand in the ongoing fraud trial of f...

WESTERN BUREAU: AGRICULTURE MINISTER Pearnel Charles Jr has indicated that consideration is being given to increase the fines for praedial larceny to upwards of $5 million as part of measures to combat the illicit practice that has plagued Jamaica�...

The Mexican government has toughened immigration processes in permitting landing to Jamaicans amid growing concerns over an illegal “human-smuggling” corridor to the United States. The development has caused increased scrutiny on travellers on ...

The family of 11-year-old Ananda Dean, whose rape and murder sparked national outrage more than a decade ago, is reliving that agony after her 27-year-old sister Shanice was killed in a shocking funeral attack on Tuesday. Gunmen struck early in...

More than 300 Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) workers have rejected a proposed 15 per cent salary increase, triggering a fresh round of talks between the central bank and the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) amid a tense industrial climate across the....

Governments have been urged to make health services more comprehensive in a bid to reduce unintended or unplanned pregnancies, including the extension of greater social protection as a safety net for those vulnerable to poverty. The warning comes.....

Indian President Ram Nath Kovind has said that the South Asian country is willing to share its technical skills with Jamaica to advance the island nation’s prospects in education and commerce. Speaking at Tuesday’s joint sitting of Parliament,....

WESTERN BUREAU: An avid reader of The Gleaner for 88 years, nonagenarian Fitzroy Buchanan has credited his development to the knowledge and awareness gained from reading the near-200-year-old newspaper. Buchanan, who turned 95 on Monday, picked up.....

The Government is moving to address the misuse and overuse of fertilisers which has been having an adverse effect on crop production. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Pearnel Charles Jr said the administration is collaborating with the main...

The Government will be spending another $70 million on land acquisition and promoting alternative crop production in the Monymusk cane belt in Clarendon this fiscal year to improve the lives of former sugar-cane workers. Minister of Agriculture and....

Industry players are hoping for strong action after tests on illegally imported brown sugar seized by the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) have proven that it was not produced by either of the island’s two sugar factories. The illicit trade, they...

Kingston Mayor Delroy Williams has vowed to launch a campaign to scrub some colonial-era names from the capital city. Moments after Monday’s renaming of a section of Tower Street in honour of late civil-rights activist Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, William...

The Government is to mirror the Indian model in its implementation of the controversial National Identification System (NIDS) that is expected to come on stream later this year. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Floyd....

Sixth-graders at a Corporate Area school have pledged to honour their late teacher with exam success in the Primary Exit Profile (PEP). Carlos Gordon, who taught at One Way Prep in St Andrew, died in hospital last Wednesday after a suspected heart.....

Upset over a lack of regular electricity supply, angry residents of Retreat, St Ann, blocked the main road leading from their community to Stewart Town, Trelawny, on Monday, causing scores of students to miss school in both parishes. Several...