An immigration investigator employed by the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) is lamenting how a grouse he has with the state entity is being handled after being held on interdiction for two years without 50 per cent of his salary....

WESTERN BUREAU: A United States pastor charged with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition by the Jamaican police walked scot-free out of the Western Regional Gun Court in St James on Friday morning, after being admonished by Justice Martin......

Security consultant Mark Shields believes that security companies should provide more technology-based services instead of relying solely on manpower. His suggestion comes as a 50 per cent cost increase looms over the industry after a recent...

Fifty-two Jamaicans are currently enrolled in a voluntary intervention programme led by RISE Life Management Services, which assists those struggling with their gambling habits in stepping away from such activities and refocus their lives and...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Friday said that his administration has a master plan for 15,000 housing solutions on lands located in the vicinity of Clifton in St Catherine, a day after the Government moved in to bulldoze unfinished structures......

Tanya Williams is growing more anxious daily as her two-year-old son, Jahari Headley, is in need of urgent heart surgery with his condition worsening. In an interview with The Gleaner on Friday, Williams detailed how she took her son to the doctorâ€...

Leader of Opposition Business Phillip Paulwell has given notice that the parliamentary Opposition intends to invoke Standing Order 17B, more commonly referred to as Prime Minister’s (PM) Question Time, on Tuesday, when the head of Government is......

After more than a year of peace, bloody violence rocked the community of Flankers in St James on Thursday night as gunmen ambushed patrons at a shop, killing two men and injuring two others. The deceased have been identified as 34-year-old Bobby...

The Government has imposed a ban on incandescent light bulbs, effective April 1, 2023. On September 19, the Cabinet approved a ban on the import, export, manufacture, distribution, and sale or purchase of incandescent light bulbs. Minister of...

ST THOMAS Top five: 1. Dominique Balfor, Lyssons Primary 2. Okeno Parsons, Bath Primary 3. Nianda Brown, Morant Bay Primary 4. Christopher Bailey, Morant Bay Primary 5. Andrew Campbell, Golden Grove Primary Top boy: Dominique Balfor, Lyssons.....

Retired Senior Superintendent of Police Reneto Adams is suggesting that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) consider housing high-risk criminals in its custody at Up Park Camp, the headquarters of the Jamaica Defence Force. Adams said such a move.....

The demolition of some 30 unfinished houses constructed illegally on the outskirts of the Clifton community in Portmore, St Catherine was halted on Thursday after a crew had destroyed 10 of the units. As early as 6 a.m., the security forces had...

Too embarrassed to disclose the scale of his losses, a young man standing at the cordoned security checkpoint along the Bernard Lodge main road Thursday morning rued the decision of his mother and girlfriend to purchase land from an unscrupulous...

Local manufacturers, distributors, other businesses, and citizens who have been deeply impacted by the congestion at the Port of Kingston can expect steady improvement in the clearance of their goods. Concerns were recently raised by the...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is to investigate the disappearance of approximately 40 metal drums used to collect garbage at designated areas in Salt Spring, St James, under its environment programme. Approximately 45...

A government lawmaker has strongly suggested that the requirement for early childhood educators to produce a police record before obtaining employment be expanded to include teachers at the secondary level. Minister without portfolio in the Office.....

An analysis of Jamaica’s STEAM ecosystem has found that 55.5 per cent of the required components are not present, 11.1 per cent are developing, 22.2 per cent are emerging, and only 11.1 per cent are proficient. STEAM is an approach to learning tha...

Julia Rogers was overcome with emotion on Thursday being one of two recipients of a two-bedroom home, valued at under $6 million each under the Government’s indigent housing solution programme. The resident of Fleet Street in Kingston Central...

Kingston 1. Nicardo Henry, Boys’ Town Primary 2. Zendaya Davis, St Aloysius Primary 3. Victoria Powell, Wolmer’s Preparatory Top boy: Nicardo Henry, Boys’ Town Primary Top girl: Zendaya Davis, St Aloysius Primary Winning word: D-Y-S-P-L-...

The Government is cracking down on a criminal gang accused of a land grab on the outskirts of Clifton, St Catherine, and will today start the demolition of 30 illegally erected houses. The lands, which fall within the Government’s Greater Bernard....