A security audit has been triggered at the Ian Fleming International Airport, following an operation on Friday in which local and international law enforcement officers seized a $4-billion stash of cocaine believed to have been destined for Canada.....

They may have replaced the broken fences and repainted the muddy walls, but the memories of the treacherous Weise Road flooding in St Andrew two years ago remain etched in residents’ minds and rekindled fears as the threat of Tropical Storm Ian......

Five months after an elderly woman and her grandchild were washed into Montego River by floodwaters in Montego Bay, St James, residents of Westgreen in the town are anxious about the expected increased rainfall over the next few days. The middle-.....

• Have a family emergency plan and ensure that each member of the household is aware of it. • Ensure that you have an emergency disaster kit packed and ready to be utilised. • Ensure you have adequate supply of medication and non-peris...

The Jamaica Society for Industrial Security (JSIS) says Jamaica should brace for at least a 50 per cent jump in the cost of private security services following Friday’s landmark ruling by the high court that security guards are employees and not.....

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the People’s National Party (PNP) is to decide whether the party will substitute the term ‘democratic socialism’ for ‘democratic left’, an apparent cosmetic change to the political party’s ideology...

Two months before stabbing his father to death at their Petersfield District home in Westmoreland in July 2021, Garnett Foster Jr had researched ways to kill a parent. The now 18-year-old man had become wayward and believed that his parents,...

Despite showing no remorse for raping a nine-year-old girl, who he strangled while buggering, the mother of the child says she has forgiven the cold-hearted, young killer. The now-17-year-old convict was 13 when he committed the brutish and...

Several residents in the Crescent Road area of St Andrew were on Friday adamant that they would be heading to the United States-Mexico border after the latest explosion of violence which claimed two lives and left a third man injured. Jamaicans...

Local Government and Rural Development Minister Desmond McKenzie is urging Jamaicans to exercise caution when using the roadways as the country remains under tropical storm watch. “I am urging residents, not just in this community but right across...

WESTERN BUREAU: Fifty-one-year-old Natalie Reid, operator of the Chances Rehabilitation Centre in Hanover, is to pay a fine of $150,000 or spend one month in prison at hard labour for operating a nursing home without the requisite licences. Reid,......

August 16 will forever be etched into Zenora Reynolds Davis’ memory after she suffered huge losses as a result of two devastating fires which ravaged farms in Flagaman, St Elizabeth, on that exact date in both 2019 and 2022. When the third...

Residents of Bannister and surrounding communities in St Catherine are praying that the forecast torrential rain from a weather system set to affect the island this weekend will not result in the infamous Big Pond heaping another round of flooding.....

Residents in at least two flood-prone areas in southeastern Clarendon believe they are prepared to withstand the snares of a tropical storm predicted to pass south of Jamaica by Sunday. The Meteorological Service said on Friday that Jamaica and its....

Recycling Partners of Jamaica Chairman Dr Damien King says the entity has been surprised by citizens’ enthusiasm to embrace plastic-bottle recycling. Speaking on Thursday as the RPJ signed a memorandum of understanding with the Tourism Product...

Twelve new residents of the Bell Rock neighbourhood off Olympic Way in St Andrew are thrilled to have a new place to call home that can adequately protect them from the approaching storm as Jamaica braces for severe weather this weekend. Michael......

Nearly a year ago, Rushane Barnett and his brother were unemployed and in a financial bind when they telephoned their aunt, Gwendolyn McKnight, for help. The brothers wanted to move to Clarendon, where McKnight and her family lived, to find jobs...

Tax debtors who were among 20 persons picked up across St Catherine during an early morning operation Thursday dug deep in their pockets to settle or part-pay property, education and income tax arrears. The delinquent taxpayers were taken into...

What was supposed to be a gathering of mourning relatives taking steps to prepare a final place for a senior family member dramatically turned into a machete-wielding and gunslinging bloodbath in Glengoffe, St Catherine, on Wednesday, leaving one......

What Chang claims Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang has accused The Gleaner of “misleading editorialising” of his controversial remarks on police use-of-force when confronted by gunmen. In a press statement issued Thursday, Chang......