Jamaicans are expected to pay higher prices for medication as the pharmaceutical industry reels from skyrocketing freight charges for prescription and non-prescription drugs. Stakeholders have said that the logistical nightmare stemming from the...

It has been a week of torture and sleepless nights for 29-year-old Jameal Mendez, Sr since the mystery disappearance of his only child, a two-year-old boy named after him. While the family, concerned neighbours and the police have combed multiple......

More than 2,000 educators are expected to be impacted by the Jamaica Teaching Council Bill currently before Parliament’s joint select committee following a requirement of at least a bachelor’s degree to satisfy qualification. Representatives of...

Junior Health Minister Juliet Cuthbert Flynn has said that the Government will be revisiting customer service experience in public-health facilities and is partnering with a business process outsourcing (BPO) outfit to improve public confidence in.....

The family of 26-year-old Omar Hewitt and Navardo Brown, 21, who were killed in a three-vehicle crash in February, have expressed frustration with the pace and progress of the police investigation. Nickeisha Walters, sister of Hewitt, said the...

Carol Palmer, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Science, Energy, and Technology, said Thursday that permanent secretaries are not at liberty to vary the ministry guidelines on how taxpayers’ money should be spent and are obliged to follow all...

Former state ward Megais Simpson believed that the intervention of social workers to shape the course of his life over the past 17 years has been instrumental in setting him on a path to success. The 19-year-old believes that were it not for the...

WESTERN BUREAU: AS THE Hanover Health Department (HHD) hauls the operators of Chances Rehabilitation Centre before the courts for operating without the required permits, there are concerns that the number of mentally ill persons seen roaming the...

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.....