Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang will today table in Parliament the Emergency Powers (Parish of Saint Catherine) Regulations, 2022, under the Emergency Powers Act. Chang told The Gleaner on Monday that the regulations will have to be.....

Reputed One Don Gang leader Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan on Monday distanced himself from being the head of the feared St Catherine criminal outfit while accusing two of his alleged ex-cronies of fabricating lies against him. The 38-year-old is accus...

(New Times Rwanda for The Gleaner): Several delegates attending the 12th edition of the Commonwealth Youth Forum have called on heads of government of the 54-member bloc to back calls for debt cancellation for poor countries in the wake of the...

Still on edge a week after the ear-splitting sounds of gunfire in a deadly daylight attack shattered the peace in Spanish Town last Tuesday, even the sound of a motorbike driving by is enough to strike fear into traumatised people in the Old...

(New Times Rwanda for The Gleaner): Women and girls have been urged to recast stereotypes of themselves as victims of violence and become front-line defenders of lasting peace between nations, Rwanda First Lady Jeannette Kagame said on Monday. The....

August Town native Miguel Collins, more popularly known as reggae artiste Sizzla Kalonji, has reportedly met with investigators following a deadly shooting at his Judgement Yard compound in the St Andrew community on Sunday. Reports are that about....

WESTERN BUREAU: Senator Damion Crawford is calling for a special minimum wage to be introduced in the hotel sector, similar to what is in place for security guards. Crawford, who was addressing a combined People’s National Party (PNP) divisional.....

After some delay, the Transport Authority (TA) has announced that public passenger vehicle (PPV) operators can now apply for the fuel relief grant promised by the Government in the wake of surging petrol prices. The TA said that the owners of PPVs.....

Concerns are mounting that porous vetting processes and lax disciplinary mechanisms in Jamaica’s public schools may be shielding dangerous educators who have remained in the classroom despite being guilty of physical and sexual abuse. But a...

With no public pledge of support ahead of the expected Commonwealth secretary general election this week in Kigali, Tuvalu’s candidate Sir Iakoba Italeli is banking on last-minute wooing to corral heads of government in the Rwandan capital....

When his wife of 10 years, Joan Tomlin Jones, died in 1988, James Jones faced the test of a lifetime that even his broad shoulders may have found difficult to bear. That challenge included fulfilling his obligations to his four daughters – Sofia,....

WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Constabulary Force should charge the St Elizabeth police sergeant whose 12-month-old daughter died after being locked in his car, the director of public prosecutions (DPP) has recommended. DPP Paula Llewellyn handed down....

As development discussions ripen in St Thomas with the buildout of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP) and the construction of a state-of-the-art town centre, at least one investor believes the introduction of a special...

Come October, the archaeological treasure trove of Port Royal will become home to Jamaica’s newest museum, with an immersive experience tracing 500 years of the country’s history. The two-storey building, which is still under construction, is.....

New Times Rwanda (for The Gleaner): The 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) will kick off in Kigali Monday, with youth issues already at the centre of deliberations on the eve of the event. The meeting, which was initially due to.....

Members of the Jamaican clergy say they are willing to lead negotiations with warring gangsters in a bid to bring an end to deadly feuds. The pronouncement comes on the heels of a controversy sparked recently by State Minister Homer Davis, who...

Lennox Channer has framed photographs of his daughters, Kyra-Jade and Maya-Paige, prominently displayed on his desk at the head offices of the Jamaica Broilers Group (JBG) in McCook’s Pen, St Catherine. Another framed piece with the word ‘Dadâ€...

On August 14, 2010, the nation awoke to a bloodbath in Tredegar Park, Spanish Town, St Catherine. Eight people, among them an 11-year-old girl, lay bloody and lifeless – the aftermath of a dozen men storming several homes in a predawn attack. The...

While it might be true that any man can be a father, not everyone can raise a child in a volatile community like Norwood, St James, and stand his ground and survive, guiding his offspring to be model citizens. Derron ‘Brown Man’ Jarrett is one....

One of the men who mounted the first legal challenge against the state of emergency (SOE) in 2020 said his motivation was to establish a precedent for the use of the enhanced security measure, particularly in inner-city communities. The St Andrew.....