As news of the assassination of modern Japan’s longest-serving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reverberated around the world, unspoken grief consumed millions in the East Asian country, just over six decades after the famous killing of Inejiro Asanuma,....

Deputy Minister for Investor Outreach in Saudi Arabia Badr Al Badr says investors from his country are ready to invest in Jamaica. Badr, who spoke at a business luncheon on Friday at the Port Royal Cruise Ship Pier, was accompanied by an 80-member.....

Female students who sat the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) this year have outperformed their male counterparts in all subjects. Of the 36,078 students registered, 18,495 were boys and 17,583 were girls. In language arts, 86 per cent of girls received.....

AP: Elon Musk announced on Friday that he will abandon his tumultuous $44-billion offer to buy Twitter after the company failed to provide enough information about the number of fake accounts. Twitter immediately fired back, saying it would sue the....

One-third of the more than 6,000 surgery cases now in backlog at public hospitals across the island include people suffering from hernia-based problems that require elective surgeries for repair. In May, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher....

The Senate on Friday paid tribute to former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, who died at hospital yesterday after being shot during a political campaign event in the southern city of Nara. Abe, 67, was shot twice in the neck while giving a...

Glenford Fearon, a farmer in the rural community of Rose Hill in Summerfield, Clarendon, is a happy man today having moved into a new home with his family. In the past, when the hurricane season approached, Fearon would be worried sick. His unease....

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP): Friday’s shocking assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in one of the world’s safest countries stunned leaders and drew condemnation, with Iran calling it “terrorism” while European leaders s...

WESTERN BUREAU: Following the recording of one local case of monkeypox, Dr Derek Harvey, the senior medical officer (SMO) at the Cornwall Regional Hospital [CRH] in St James, says that the Type A facility can be repurposed as necessary to treat any....

Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston has been acquired by Novamed Properties, which plans to take the hotel off the market and transform the property into a commercial hub. Kevin Donaldson, a partner in the Novamed investment group, said the deal.....

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...