Accusing the Holness administration of depriving teachers of their designated vacation leave entitlement, firebrand educator and trade unionist Paul Adams has described the practice as “administratively and politically criminal”. But Education....

Four Jamaicans have been prosecuted for operating Uber services without a public passenger vehicle (PPV) road licence in the last four months, the Transport Authority (TA) has revealed. In an email response to questions by The Gleaner, acting...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has lauded the Jamaica Mortgage Bank (JMB) for partnering with a small developer to construct 30 housing solutions at Red Hills in St Andrew. Dubbed Forest Gate Apartments, the Kirkland Heights apartment complex –...

Death doesn’t only bring tears in the northeast Clarendon community of Crofts Hill. Its finality also sparks oxymoronic laughter, vibrancy, and relief in a popular traditional dance called Ring Play. Led by Robert Walters, Ring Play comprises 100....

Long before Jamaica-born Mona Hammond wowed theatre and television audiences in Britain with her pioneering work and commanding presence, she had already created ripples in the rural Clarendon district of Tweedside, where she grew up. The 91-year-.....

With a review of healthcare financing in Jamaica under way, at least one local medical practitioner is in support of the continuation of the no-user-fee policy in the country’s public health system. Medical Association of Jamaica President Dr...

Though the World Health Organization (WHO) has endorsed health taxes as a win-win policy for preventing disease, while advancing health equity and mobilising revenue, Jamaica is yet to introduce a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages. Earlier this...

A tense calm hangs over residents and business operators on Mannings Hill Road in St Andrew amid puzzling questions behind the murder of well-known bar operator Iciline ‘Rosie’ Tamasa. Reports are that about 9:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Tamasa was......

As plans for entertainment and other activities for the summer get into high gear, Chief Medical Officer Dr Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie is warning party-goers to observe the well-established protocols to reduce the likelihood of transmitting...

Each morning, Yvonne Fearon, a household worker from Rose Hill in Summerfield, Clarendon, uses one pack of chocolate mix to make tea for herself, her husband, and their twin boys. She’s forced to stretch the mixture by adding sugar, milk, and wate...

Lawmakers have pushed back against an Integrity Commission recommendation for legislative amendments to the 2017 Integrity Commission Act to include additional declaration of their assets, calling it “invasive and inappropriate”. They have also...

WESTERN BUREAU: Like a case of déjà vu, Jamaica’s first monkeypox case was confirmed yesterday in a patient travelling from the United Kingdom, two years and four months after the island’s first COVID-19 case was detected in a visitor from the...

Come Emancipation Day, 84-year-old Eustace Richards will line up among the riders in the perennial Top Hill donkey race that has for years been a cultural staple in the St Catherine district. And the evergreen warrior has every confidence he can...

Jamaica, for the first time, will be establishing an entity that will include children as part of school leadership as the country moves to implement a comprehensive transformation plan for the education sector. The recommendation for the inclusion....

A childhood friend of Dominic ‘Domz’ Davis has been left distraught at the murder of the popular photographer she grew up with, constantly sharing dreams and encouraging words as they blossomed into young professionals. Davis, CEO of DomzMedia, ...

The Government on Tuesday pledged $3.8 billion in assistance to struggling Jamaicans amid increasing inflation and rising food costs as it seeks to stabilise an economy rocked by the twin headwinds of the coronavirus pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine...

More than five years after former parliamentarian Ian Hayles filed a suit barring the Integrity Commission from tabling a report in Parliament from the then contractor general, the former lawmaker is being accused by the anti-corruption body of...

Buffeted by criticism about chronic machine breakdowns and overlong downtime for repairs, the Ministry of Health and Wellness is exploring the option of leasing medical equipment for the public sector instead of making purchases. That consideration....

Retired national swimmer Kanute Kelly still sports the green Jamaica athletic blazer he wore to the National Stadium on August 6, 1962. The nostalgia of that moment – of the dot on the atlas charting the unknown future – still fills him with pri...

Likening the economic climate to a Category Five hurricane, Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor Richard Byles has doubled down on the central bank’s position to continue hiking interest rates despite mounting criticisms from the business community....