The majority of Jamaicans are not impressed with the job being done by Peter Bunting in his role as opposition spokesman on national security and have voted him the worst-performing shadow minister. Opposition Leader Mark Golding also struggled.....

Manchester High has revised its rules to allow for schoolgirls to wear hair extensions to classes, a rare concession in Jamaica’s long-running culture clash over grooming. The compromise, which Manchester’s Dean of Discipline Sigrid Miller said....

Academics are lobbying Jamaican policymakers to seize on perceived growing comfort with the use of Creole in formal settings to have the native tongue accepted as the first language in schools. Coordinator of the Jamaican Language Unit at The...

In her hour of greatest need, a gravely ill cop with 12 years of service to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said she has been shunned by her colleagues and is in desperate need of assistance. Grace-Ann Williams, 39, was diagnosed with...

Michael Millwood’s construction company Millard Development has been forced to abandon a sewer main project along Constant Spring Road after staunch resistance from residents. In a September 5 letter to Garth Jackson, the National Water Commissio...

Between bouts of tears, Adrian Laing, flanked by Sanmerna Foundation executives, made an impassioned plea for speedy assistance as his daughter, who is suffering from third-degree burns, is pressed for time to get treatment overseas. The 12-year-.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Five people were killed as gunmen went on a bloody 12-hour rampage spanning four separate locations in Westmoreland and St James on Wednesday. Those killed have been identified as 25-year-old Crissanti Wilson, a shop operator of...

Days after Mico University College President Dr Asburn Pinnock called for the Government to capitalise on the global teacher shortage by training a surplus of educators for overseas institutions, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has noted the need to.....

Curfews were imposed in Olympic Gardens and Waterhouse late Tuesday as law enforcers scrambled to rein in escalating violence as five persons were murdered in the St Andrew South Police Division in 24 hours. That intervention was activated after....

Persons who are implicated in gun crimes will not be allowed to enter into plea-bargain arrangements unless they provide information in relation to other illegal firearms under proposed amendments to the Criminal Justice (Plea Negotiation and...

Jamaican healthcare workers involved in direct care of monkeypox patients without the appropriate personal protective equipment and household contacts of confirmed patients will be prioritised for vaccination when the inoculants arrive this month......

WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaican patty is an iconic snack but often does not receive premium treatment like other cultural nibbles. A Jamaican woman has single-handedly embarked on the journey of taking the patty to the next level, launching what she....

A papier-mâché replica of folklorist Miss Lou more than 20 years ago by students and teachers of the Louise Bennett-Coverley Primary continues to be a centrepiece at the school’s yearly celebration and showcase of the late cultural icon. Patric...

WESTERN BUREAU: Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson has urged parents and communities to teach children conflict-resolution skills, noting that 15 per cent of the murders committed in Jamaica this year stemmed from interpersonal...

WESTERN BUREAU: Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson has downplayed an RJRGLEANER Group-commissioned Don Anderson poll that gave him and National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang failing grades, saying he is focusing more on the...

$2b budget for textbooks The Ministry of Education will be spending $2 billion on textbooks this academic year. Portfolio minister Fayval Williams told Parliament that the budget will be split evenly between primary and high schools. “I am.....

Nearly 40 per cent of 3,000 acres of prime farmlands in Innswood, St Catherine, that are at the centre of a firestorm over planned construction of homes by investors led by Michael Lee-Chin had already been rezoned for housing three years ago,...

Jamaica’s Minister of Health Dr Christopher Tufton has been rated as the best-performing member of the Cabinet while National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has been ranked as the worst, an RJRGLEANER-commissioned Don Anderson poll has revealed...

Mark Golding and the People’s National Party (PNP) have registered improved figures in their positive performance ratings, a year after poll numbers spelt trouble for the opposition party bedevilled by infighting and resignations. The opposition....

WESTERN BUREAU: When popular western Jamaica disc jockey Anthony Laing heard shouts of “Fire!” on Sunday night, he could not imagine the tragedy that was unfolding at his house in Springfield, Westmoreland, where three of his children lost their...