A St Catherine father could be in serious legal trouble after reportedly firing three shots through a door at a figure thought to be an intruder at his home, only to discover it was his 15-year-old son. The boy later died. The deceased has been...

President of the Nursing Association of Jamaica (NAJ), Patsy Edwards-Henry, has accused the Ministry of Health of not doing adequate consultation before the mass recruitment of overseas nurses as part of the $1.3-billion ‘Code Care’ initiative.....

Six years after encountering challenges to get Spanish hotel chain Iberostar to pay for wrongful suspension stemming from alleged fraudulent on-the-job activities, the Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) has ‘vindicated’ Marlon McLeod. On Wednes...

RJRGLEANER Communications Group CEO Gary Allen is calling for a review of the January 2023 deadline for full digital switchover (DSO), noting that all players in the local broadcasting landscape and members of the public will not be ready in time......

Raheem Shaw was deeply invested in helping to beautify the fifth-form block at Wolmer’s Boys’ School where he was a student. He worked with the form’s coordinator to buy flowerpots that would line the corridors. “He was one of my first contr...

PORT MARIA, St Mary: After a two-year hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic, the sponsors, coaches and spellers were buzzing with excitement on Monday as the 62nd staging of The Gleaner’s Children’s Own Spelling Bee Competition got under wa...

The discovery of the decomposing body of 74-year-old Clifton Chambers in bushes near his home in Silent Hill, Manchester, on Tuesday sent shock waves throughout the rural district. Chambers, who was visually impaired, reportedly went missing on...

No new budgetary allocation will be made to undertake repairs to rain-damaged roads preliminarily estimated to cost $360 million. Prime Minister Andrew Holness, who made the announcement in Parliament Wednesday, said that at least 47 roads were...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness is urging Jamaicans to embrace ambitious infrastructural developments geared towards transforming the economy. “I don’t want Jamaicans to be fearful when you see your Government taking on massive nation-building...

High Court judge Justice Vinette Graham-Allen yesterday chided the defence and prosecution for causing a further delay in the murder case involving Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald, after they disobeyed her order to meet. The 68-year-old-0ld...

The National Water Commission (NWC) is hoping to shave millions of dollars from its $1.1-billion monthly electricity bill with today’s project launch for the Mona Reservoir floating solar system. Floating solar systems provide an opportunity to.....

Dwight Burgess was forced to spend the eve of his 50th birthday elevating his bed and other furniture before abandoning his home as alarming floodwaters swept through Halse Hall, Clarendon, on Monday. Burgess and many other locals spent Tuesday...

Constituents in Clarendon North Western allegedly defaced the office of Member of Parliament Phillip Henriques, reportedly evidence of growing dissatisfaction with the performance of the first-term lawmaker. The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) newcomer.....

The community of Creamy Corner in Above Rocks, St Catherine, which has suffered at the hands of robbers for years, rejoiced at the fatal shooting of two men who were allegedly caught red-handed during a break-in at a bar early Tuesday. Among the......

The Upper House plugged a hole in the highly touted Firearms Prohibition and Restriction Act on Friday when Opposition Senator Donna Scott-Mottley pointed out a provision in the proposed law that may have opened the door for a criminal to hand in......

What little thought residents of Albion Mountain in St Thomas could spare for the rain associated with Hurricane Ian drenching their community on Monday, was for the impact it would have on the already badly eroded road surface. “A no storm we a.....

A 58-year-old businessman who beheaded the mother of his child and threw her body in a septic tank in 2012 is now fighting to have his 20 years-to-life sentence set aside and his murder conviction quashed in the Court of Appeal. The matter...

A day after being spared the rainy wrath of Hurricane Ian when it was a less-powerful tropical storm, the weather system drenched southern Jamaica with near-relentless rain for much of Monday, ravaging roads and triggering landslides as it...

VertiCast Group says it is finalising its new management team to fully take control of the recently acquired CVM Group by mid-October. Although refusing to divulge the size of the deal or the portion of CVM Group it now owned, VertiCast Group CEO......

Sticking points persist over duty concession and mid-range salary bands as public-sector workers aim to complete, by this weekend, their perusal of a draft heads of government agreement under the compensation review and inform union leaders whether....