A visibly frustrated Glenda Wright reluctantly opened the door to her two-bedroom home in Portland Cottage, Clarendon, later admitting that she thought the Sunday Gleaner team was from yet another “agency”, coming around to offer more empty...

Clarendon-born fashion designer Mikayla Salmon began nurturing her passion in high school, driven by a dream of one day collaborating with top international brands. That dream took an unexpected leap forward last November when global fast-fashion......

Dozens of fishermen are lost at sea each year, and in most cases they are ushered home quickly by local marine security. In other instances, much like the case of three fishermen who have been missing at sea for more than a week, they are not so...

They are not all troublemakers – at least, that’s what they are quick to clarify. Most of them are older men from nearby communities, disheartened by life’s hardships, who feel their only choice is to manage public parking spaces and wash cars...

WESTERN BUREAU: Pundits are gearing up for an exciting showdown in Hanover Western as the constituency heads into the next general election. For the first time in its history, two women, both born and raised in the parish, will be vying for a seat.....

In Jamaica, where general election dates aren’t fixed by law, as the Holness administration closes in on its fifth anniversary since its 2020 re-election, it’s almost time for Jamaica’s to be summoned back to the polls. And according to politi...

Members of the Jamaican diaspora in the United States are condemning the new excise tax of one per cent on money remitted to Jamaica, effective December 31 this year. The one per cent tax is set out in the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ passed by the US.....

A Jamaican businesswoman, who accused immigration authorities of unlawfully seizing her passport, scored a major victory in court on Friday when the document was returned to her after nearly seven months in government custody. The passport of...

Opposition Leader Mark Golding is urging People’s National Party (PNP) supporters not to succumb to pressure he said will come from the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) for their votes in the coming general election. Golding, who was speaking at the......

A special invitation has been extended to members of the Upper House to the 49th meeting of the CARICOM Heads of Government between July 6 and 8 in Montego Bay, St James. Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade......

When Rotendo Mukulu decided a year and half ago that she was going to climb to the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa, to celebrate her 50th birthday, she had never even hiked before. Nonetheless, the immigration adviser believed...

WESTERN BUREAU: The school family at Glendevon Primary and Junior High, in St James, is today celebrating the success of their grade-six cohort as, despite sitting their 2025 Primary Exit Profile examination during a riot in the community, 30 of...

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s Ambassador to Japan, Shorna-Kay Richards, is calling for global nuclear disarmament, urging the passengers aboard the Peace Boat to “never give up the fight” for peace, justice, and a nuclear-free world. Delivering a....

Persons traversing the roadway near the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, yesterday morning were greeted with an unfamiliar sight – several billboards nailed to palm trees displaying messages of “Free Gaza” and “No to....

WESTERN BUREAU: Twelve-year-old Ciara Farquharson was the toast of Thursday’s Greater Destiny Preparatory School graduation, walking away with the Director’s Award in recognition of her outstanding discipline, leadership, and well-rounded...

Curtis Martin has retired as managing director of the JN Financial Group Limited, effective July 1. In a released yesterday evening, Earl Jarrett, chief executive officer of The Jamaica National Group Limited, parent company of JN Financial Group......

Asians make up the largest number of people requesting an extension of stay in Jamaica, accounting for 46 per cent of the 10,146 aliens registered in 2024, according to Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) records. In its latest Economic and Social....

Airbnb operators in Jamaica are warning that a proposed law requiring licensing and regulation of short-term rental (STR) accommodations by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) could cripple the industry and drive small, local hosts out of business. The....

Jamaica’s economy grew by 1.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2025, compared to the corresponding period in the previous year, driven by increases in both goods and services, according to the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). The figure....

WESTERN BUREAU: Three survivors of the August 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States will be among the 1,700 passengers, who will arrive at the Montego Freeport Cruise Ship Port on Saturday, on the Peace Boat’s 120th......