Local egg farmers are struggling to ramp up production to satisfy the traditional pre-Christmas surge in demand as stakeholders emerge from the shadows of the COVID-19 economy, Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) President Lenworth Fulton has said......

Jamaicans have been urged to temper their appetite for foreign-produced essential oils and to invest in local production to tap a global industry valued at US$8.8 billion and which is expected to exceed US$15 billion by 2027. State Minister for...

Security firm KingAlarm Systems Ltd has been accused by a former guard of using aggressive detention tactics, including the use of handcuffs, in an industrial relations hearing, but the company has defended its investigative practices as legitimate....

WESTERN BUREAU: Public-private partnerships should be utilised to finance national projects geared at reversing the degradation of living conditions in Jamaica, a leading banker has suggested. That dealmaking could speed up deliverables with...

One thing that Jamaica-born Lou-Shane Daley, a third-class petty officer, has learned from enlistment in the United States Navy is the value of philanthropy, especially for the benefit of children. Daley learned about the hospital ship USNS Comfort....

WESTERN BUREAU: Gloria Henry was honoured Saturday for her pioneering role in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry and her influence on the build-out of the sector in Montego Bay, Jamaica’s western city. Henry, the Nearshore Executive o...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) made amends on Sunday for the gun salute blunder that marred the funeral of Corporal Oliver Mullings, which drew the ire of Police Commissioner Antony Anderson and caused an investigation to be launched....

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....