In the aftermath of Thursday’s stabbing death of a student at Kingston Technical High School, a senior law enforcement officer is recommending that administrators collaborate with the police to conduct more unannounced searches at institutions...

The Portmore Municipal Corporation has placed a stop order on the construction of houses at the Sandown Palms development weeks after a groundbreaking ceremony featuring Prime Minister Andrew Holness. Portmore Mayor Leon Thomas said the developers.....

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has been criticised as borderline reckless for pushing up the benchmark policy rate on overnight deposits with the central bank by deposit-taking institutions (DTIs) by another 50 basis points to 6.5 per cent, effective...

The transport operator who breached the lock on one of three safety floodgates in the Bog Walk Gorge, St Catherine, on Monday during storm rains has expressed regret for his action, claiming that he felt compelled to reach home to attend to his...

Members of a joint select committee reviewing the Jamaica Teaching Council Act, 2022, have agreed with a recommendation from a key education stakeholder that a person masquerading as a teacher should face tougher penalties than a teacher who has...

The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) is seeking to bolster Jamaica’s counter-terrorism and investigative capacity by administering a suite of bachelor’s degrees in police sciences, forensic sciences, and cybersecurity and digital forensics......

ST ANN TOP FIVE 1. Michael Fletcher, Vista Preparatory 2. Jannae Watkins, Bamboo Primary 3. Jessica Comry, Aabuthnott Gallimore High 4. Rykhai Francis, Tomlinson Christian Academy 5. Jashaya Harris, Priory Primary Top boy: Michael Fletcher,...

WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says his ministry will have to employ fresh approaches to spreading awareness about prostate cancer, including engaging women to persuade men to get screened. Tufton was speaking on....

Cop on assault charge faces February trial A February 6-7 trial date has been set for a police constable who has been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm contrary to common law. Rajeeck O'Connor was placed before the Kingston and....

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.....