More than a decade since gangsters challenged the security forces in defence of strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, former Prime Minister Bruce Golding has called the hiring of United States lobbyists to circumvent the extradition process his �...

The contract of a regional operations manager of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) was not renewed and an accountant and procurement officer were transferred to the agency’s head offices in a shake-up following glaring anomalie...

The lawsuit filed by Fitz Jackson against Scotiabank over cheque-cashing fees could result in a drop in campaign contributions from financial institutions to prospective candidates of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP), former General......

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) often clamours for more resources to run its operations, but Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis has found that what the agency needs to operate effectively has not been quantified. According to....

While labelling the prosecution’s two main witnesses as “bad” and “unreliable” attestors, the lead attorney for reputed Clansman-One Don Gang leader Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan asked the judge on Tuesday to reject the self-confessed ex-gang...

The St Andrew South police say they are following strong leads in Tuesday’s daring daylight murder and mass shooting in Waterhouse, St Andrew. Undeterred by a downpour about 8:50 a.m., assailants travelling in two motor cars opened fire on a group...

Defence lawyers on Monday ripped into the credibility of one of the prosecution’s main witnesses in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial for placing their clients at various locations, including murder scenes, while they were behind bars. Drawing on th...

WESTERN BUREAU: Retired veteran parliamentarian Pearnel Charles Sr has rallied farmers to form a brigade to stave off the attacks and plunder of produce and livestock. Charles, the father of Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Pearnel Charies Jr,...

As the clock wound down for the women’s 100-metre hurdles finals at Hayward Field in Oregon, Elizabeth Smith started to suffer a throbbing headache hundreds of miles away in Jamaica as her granddaughter Britany Anderson settled down for the bigges...

The private-sector-driven social transformation and community renewal project launched on Monday will shortly tap the Jamaica Social Stock Exchange to raise $650 million over the next five years. The $2-billion Project STAR initiative targeting 10-....

WESTERN BUREAU: Former Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Deputy Leader Pearnel Charles Sr is urging political representatives to intensify efforts to have students displaced from the education system by the pandemic back into the classroom to finish their....

Cultural music blaring from speakers within the Kingston Craft Market near the waterfront has done little to pique the interest of residents, tourists or passers-by to drop by and make purchases. With the nation celebrating its 60th year of...

WESTERN BUREAU: Already equipped with public Wi-Fi access, the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation will this week commence rehabilitation work on Independence Park, the parish’s legacy project for the island’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Bertel...

WESTERN BUREAU: Black River Mayor Derrick Sangster has said that a St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation project to upgrade the E.V. Allen meeting room into a museum, among other things, will not be completed in time for Jamaica’s Diamond Jubilee....

People’s National Party President Mark Golding has chided the Government for its non-response to the Opposition’s proposals to cushion the effects of the cost-of-living crisis on the most vulnerable citizens. “The world is going through a wick...

Sunday’s mass-casualty crash along the Llandovery main road in St Ann has highlighted Jamaica’s public emergency traffic crisis. That grim warning comes from Dr Lucien Jones, vice-chair and convenor of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC). ...

Excelsior Community College (ECC) is facing the threat of a lawsuit following claims from several final-year nursing students that senior administrators have sabotaged their prospects of completing the Bachelor of Science nursing programme. The...

Audrea Shaw-Green still has cups and other paraphernalia she was given as a child during the 1962 Independence celebrations. Though she was 10 years old at the time, she recalls the happenings vividly, the excitement etched in the mind of the now......

St Catherine Southern Member of Parliament Fitz Jackson has locked horns with Scotiabank Jamaica, filing a lawsuit in the Supreme Court challenging the legality of cheque-cashing fees imposed by the financial institution on its customers. The court....

A decade has passed since Brigitte Foster-Hylton, OD, hung up her spikes, calling time on a long and successful international career. And in a Sunday Gleaner interview last week, the former women’s 100-metre hurdles World champion shared that the...