It has been almost two weeks of turmoil for a Clarendon family as they search for their 82-year-old patriarch, James Carter, who vanished from his Glenmuir Housing Scheme home on Monday, May 30. The 5ft 8in tall Carter, who is also know as Jim, was....

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Fitz Bailey has said that it is time other arms of the criminal justice system shoulder more of the crime-fighting responsibility as the police redouble efforts to cool the country’s simmering crime monster....

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has welcomed the announcement of the United States-Caribbean Partnership to Address the Climate Crisis (PACC) 2030. The two core points of emphasis in the initiative are to strengthen energy security and promote...

With no immediate end in sight to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, a group of academics and diplomats on Friday painted a gloomy picture of the continued impact of the war on poorer countries and even those whose economies are relatively...

Locals are expressing a burning desire for the authorities to breathe new life into the crumbling structures in the historic Emancipation Square in the Old Capital and make it once again attractive to tourists as the island celebrates 60 years of......

There is more to agriculture than just producing food and, at Marcus Garvey Technical High School in St Ann’s Bay, St Ann, this has become apparent in recent times. In what could aptly be described as a revolution, the agricultural science...

Developer Peter Issa believes that in order for downtown Kingston to return to its former glory, derelict properties need to be restored, which will have a ripple effect on employment and the opening of new businesses, including restaurants. This....

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has initiated an investigation into a suspected fish kill in Dawkins Pond, off Port Henderson Road in Portmore, St Catherine. Hundreds of dead fish washed up along the coastline about 10 p.m. on......

MANDEVILLE, Manchester: Despite Mandeville Mayor Donovan Mitchell, who is councillor of the Royal Flat Division in the Manchester Municipal Corporation (MMC), indicating that he will not be seeking re-election in the next local government polls,...

Deputy Commissioner Fitz Bailey has shot down a state minister’s suggestion for the Police High Command to negotiate with gangsters amid a 6.3 per cent increase in murders. Bailey, who heads the crime portfolio in the Jamaica Constabulary Force,...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade has made contact with the mother of five-year-old Malaisha ‘Million’ Miller and multinational efforts are being made to ascertain the whereabouts of the young Jamaican. Miller, who will turn six...

Lawrence Smith relocated from Guyana 20 years ago and settled in the Williams Lane area of Spanish Town, St Catherine. Over that time, he watched the community disintegrate into gang conflicts. However, he did everything to keep his wife, four...

In the wake of criticism over last week’s fire at the Negril Great Morass, the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has disclosed that costing and recruitment woes have stalled the rehydration project for the ecologically sensitive...

WESTERN BUREAU: Councillors at the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC) are lamenting the continued garbage-collection issues affecting the parish despite being able to haul in nearly a third of the $526-million property tax target for the 2022....

Desmond and Terry Howitt are desperate for their two tertiary-level children to complete their education. Terry’s 20-year-old daughter, Shenae Simpson, is in her first year at the Caribbean Maritime University, while 22-year-old Shemoe Collash...

An ex-hotel worker who was robbed of four years of his life after he was wrongfully convicted on gun and wounding charges has rubbished the proposed amendments to the Bail Act, barring persons on murder and gun charges from getting bail as “...

WESTERN BUREAU: Private and public contractors in Westmoreland who distribute water by way of trucking will now be required to have a food handler’s permits. That decision, according to the Westmoreland Public Health Services, is to become...

The alleged bribery case against dancehall producer Shab Don, who is accused of offering $2 million to a policeman in a gun matter, was on Thursday scheduled for mention on July 12 in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. Shab Don, whose real...

The Tivoli Gardens High student charged with assault after a classroom brawl with a 56-year-old teacher on Monday has claimed that he acted in self-defence. Speaking with The Gleaner on Wednesday with the consent of his mother, Debraly Coleman,...

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has hinted at a pact between Secretary General Patricia Scotland and some African countries within the Commonwealth that could derail Jamaican Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith’s...