A need to use the bathroom at one of the main public hospitals in western Jamaica while there on a medical emergency proved too much for Sandra*. As ill and desperate as she was, the stench and nasty state churned her stomach so much, she would...

Opposition Spokesman for Health Dr Morais Guy is blaming the Christopher Tufton-led health and wellness ministry for the unkempt, unhealthy state of several restrooms at public facilities unveiled in a Sunday Gleaner probe. But Tufton says that...

The Supreme Court has awarded Muriel Fraser just over $2.4 million for the death of her son, Imran Ferguson, who died as a result of injuries he received from being badly beaten in police custody in 2010. Fraser had sought $20 million as redress...

Richard Pandohie harbours no doubt that Jamaicans have the capacity to blaze a trail on any world stage and in any field, even when not given the best of starts. For decades, his fellow countrymen have been tapping into their creativity and...

Although neighbours heard 38-year-old farmer Kerry Ann Williams screaming for help during a dispute at her Mount Airy home in Westmoreland on Wednesday afternoon, the dead silence which followed did not arouse suspicion that the woman was being...

Petrojam’s chief financial officer (CFO) on Friday testified that he had not checked if the disbursement cheques he had signed for former Chairman Dr Perceval Singh had breached any of the company’s rules. Delroy Brown also testified that he had...

Opposition Spokesman on Education Damion Crawford has proposed a minimum sentence of 15 years for men who sexually abuse underage girls. At the same time, the opposition senator is also calling for the age of consent to be adjusted from 16 to 18...

Shireka Campbell is optimistic that women will have access to more opportunities in the field of electrical engineering and renewable energy after participating in a three-day Soleco Energy Limited-hosted solar photovoltaic (PV) systems training...

Human rights lobby Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) has registered its opposition to Section 5 of the proposed Bail Act, 2022, which speaks to pre-charge bail. JFJ Executive Director Mickel Jackson argued that there is no giving back time when...

Graduates of The Mico University College on Thursday received a lecture on the importance of people development from founder and CEO of Island Grill, Thalia Lyn, who was bestowed with an honorary doctorate. Lyn, reminiscing on the journey that...

St Ann’s Bay Mayor Sydney Stewart says the road traffic law should adopt draconian measures to stem the tide of indiscipline on the roads. Stewart was speaking on Friday as he and several fellow councillors from the St Ann Municipal Corporation.....

Tayjaun Banner is motivated to help transform Jamaica one step at a time. The 17-year-old, who is the reigning Mr Teen Jamaica United Nations, told The Gleaner that he had always been passionate about wanting to work towards seeing his country...

Senator Matthew Samuda has responded to concerns raised by at least two stakeholders in relation to the public-private partnership (PPP) agreement signed by the Government last week to build a new water treatment plant in Content, St Catherine....

The Government is taking steps to improve its deposit refund scheme for plastic bottles over the next year, according to Matthew Samuda, minister with responsibility for water, the environment and climate change. He said that the government will be....

The proposed bail law may contravene Jamaica’s Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms because the provisions cannot be shown to be “demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society”, a law lecturer warned a parliamentary committee.....

Jamaica’s investment in infrastructure to tackle organised crime needs to rack up huge successes to convince citizens that the Government is serious about addressing corruption, according to Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) President....

In April 2006, when Erica Wright-Silas came across the Bashy Bus, a mobile clinic offering HIV/AIDS information, counselling, and testing, she didn’t have the slightest idea that something could possibly be wrong. “I had no symptoms at all. I ju...

Petrojam’s Chief Financial Officer, Delroy Brown, claimed Thursday that he was sent on a five-day suspension in 2018 after then general manager Floyd Grindley and then human resource manager Yolande Ramharrack concocted false allegations against.....

Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs Marlene Malahoo Forte on Thursday sounded a warning to thugs who threaten or intimidate persons by claiming to have a gun, noting that the new firearms law makes provision for them to be prosecuted. She.....

In four days, Aneka ‘Slickianna’ Townsend would have been celebrating her 36th birthday. And the woman, who her friends describe as the life of the party, was looking forward to doing something spectacular. But her life was cut short before tho...