Jamaica Gleaner

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:08:50 -0500
DPP ‘steps aside’
Paula Llewellyn, the long-standing director of public prosecutions (DPP), has decided to “step aside” in wake of the controversy over the various interpretations of Friday’s Constitutional Court ruling on the validity of her extended tenure. W...

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:08:23 -0500
JLP looks to sharpen up with raft of changes announced at Central Exec meeting
The Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) first Central Executive meeting in the aftermath of the bruising February 26 local government elections has ushered in a raft of changes by way of resignations from some key stakeholders. Among the notables to step...

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:07:10 -0500
‘Sister Make Up and Lipstick’ celebrated for 40 years in ministry despite no church grounds
Reverend Dr Clara Marshall, pastor for the Cornerstone Mission Open Bible Church, who was formally recognised on Sunday for 40 years of service to ministry, is happy that she continues to successfully spearhead a church that has no building of its.....

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:08:09 -0500
21 receive PM’s National Youth Awards
Fifty young people were nominated for the 2023 Prime Minister’s National Youth Awards for Excellence (PMNYAE) \, and on Saturday evening, on the lawns of Jamaica House, 21 nominees became awardees. They are Kuti Kamau Ra, Nile Anderson, Aayush Jai...

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:07:56 -0500
Jamaican educators in diaspora condemn school violence on island
Jamaican educators and community leaders in the diaspora have condemned the recent public brawls among students of at least four Corporate Area high schools and are calling for the principals of the institutions to take firm action to prevent a...

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:07:04 -0500
Maternal experience gives birth to ZaNatural business venture
Clarendon native Chenee Morris-Thomas says she drew inspiration to launch her skincare line from her quest to find natural and effective products for her baby’s sensitive skin. She said that personal need sparked a passion to create a range of...

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:08:14 -0500
US travel advisory plays havoc with educational conference participation
The level-3 travel advisory placed against Jamaica by the United States Department of State has affected participation in an educational conference opening today in Jamaica and running until April 26. Some 30 students from New York-area schools,...

Sun, 21 Apr 2024 00:09:55 -0500
CHAOS IN SPANISH TOWN
An uneasy calm hung over sections of the Old Capital on Friday night after Clansman enforcer Sheldon Lennox Walters, more popularly known as Termite, was cut down in an alleged shootout with cops. At daybreak on Saturday, several streets in Spanish....

Sun, 21 Apr 2024 00:09:36 -0500
‘A GREAT RISK’
It is “dangerous” and “a great risk” for the country’s chief prosecutor to continue to exercise the powers of her office following a ruling by the Constitutional Court on Friday, a top legal expert has warned. The Jamaican Constitution giv...

Sun, 21 Apr 2024 00:08:57 -0500
Holness urged to clean house
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader Prime Minister Andrew Holness is being urged to go to today’s meeting of the party’s Central Executive with political guns blazing, ready to crack the whip at the executive and officers, remove members whose tim...

Sun, 21 Apr 2024 00:08:13 -0500
A kiss then heartache
WESTERN BUREAU: A St James mother is fuming, months after her 16-year-old daughter’s expulsion from St James High School as she faces difficulties in getting her enrolled at another institution in the parish, after the teen was reportedly captured...

Sun, 21 Apr 2024 00:08:22 -0500
Legal wrangle over Port Royal development escalates to Court of Appeal
A fight involving private investors, who are accusing the Government of breaching a nearly 30-year-old agreement for the development of Port Royal, including through a cruise port, is now at the Court of Appeal. In a major decision last month, the....

Sun, 21 Apr 2024 00:08:34 -0500
TAJ to seek guidance as Office of the Information Commissioner disputes DPA block
The Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) says it will be seeking “guidance” from the country’s data protection regulator, which has contradicted its claim that the law blocks the release of the names of owners of two properties it is leasing. The ...

Sat, 20 Apr 2024 00:11:01 -0500
DPP IN LIMBO
CONFUSION SHROUDS Paula Llewellyn’s status as director of public prosecutions (DPP) with the Government insisting that there is no order in place for her to demit office, while the Opposition contends that the post is vacant arising from yesterday...

Sat, 20 Apr 2024 00:10:03 -0500
Golding threatens legal action over shielded AG’s opinion
Opposition Leader Mark Golding says the parliamentary Opposition may ask the court to compel House Speaker Juliet Holness to release the legal opinion of the attorney general (AG) on how reports sent to Parliament are to be tabled. Golding has...

Sat, 20 Apr 2024 00:10:11 -0500
Opposition expressed grave concern from first reading of the bill
THE CONSTITUTIONAL Court handed down a decision yesterday that the extension given to the director of public prosecutions (DPP) last year was unconstitutional. However, the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Government has argued that the court’s.....

Sat, 20 Apr 2024 00:08:07 -0500
‘I don’t know how I am going to live without my son’
WESTERN BUREAU: ON FRIDAY, Stacy-Ann Dunkley stared blankly as she spoke about her son Raniel Plummer’s request to be transferred from Irwin High School in St James. That request will never come to fruition as the 15-year-old boy was stabbed and....

Sat, 20 Apr 2024 00:08:43 -0500
Health fears mount amid garbage pile-up at Alligator Pond
COUNCILLOR FOR the Alligator Pond division in Manchester, Omar Robinson, is appealing to the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) to act quickly in ridding the community of the unsightly garbage pile-up. According to Robinson, it has.....

Sat, 20 Apr 2024 00:08:51 -0500
Five schools tip off climate smart projects
AS THE world gears up to celebrate another Earth Day on Monday, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Jamaica has entered into a partnership with the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) to develop and...

Sat, 20 Apr 2024 00:08:33 -0500
New web-based car rental marketplace launched
KARL SIMMS, founder of Arah Rides, is looking to revolutionise the car rental marketplace. In an interview with The Gleaner yesterday, Simms stated his desire to establish a new way for people to find vehicles to rent. By leveraging technology,.....

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