Ajanae Parchment, the 11-year-old whose scoliosis surgery was cancelled last month due to issues at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC), will undergo the procedure today. The surgery, which doctors have indicated is high risk, is scheduled......

WESTERN BUREAU: Workers at Excellence Oyster Bay in Trelawny returned to work yesterday after the hotel’s management agree to more favourable working conditions and better remuneration. The staff walked off the job on Monday morning, demanding...

A UC Rusal employee wrongfully fired two years ago, despite being cleared of intentionally taking scrap metal from his employer, has been awarded $3.5 million and will be reinstated after the Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) ruled his dismissal......

Motorists affected by the closure of the Raheen main road, which connects Siloah and Balaclava in St Elizabeth, are becoming increasingly frustrated. Following a further collapse of the road as a result of heavy rains associated with Tropical...

There is an urgent need for new strategies to mitigate the risk of antimicrobial resistance, especially as deaths from this issue are projected to rise among older adults, Dr Osbil Watson, chief veterinary officer in the Ministry of Agriculture and....

Balaclava Councillor Everton Fisher is urging the health ministry to take stronger action in regulating the production and consumption of sugar in food and beverages. While acknowledging the efforts of Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton in...

Jamaica can expect continued support from the Norwegian government in its effort to mitigate the impact of climate change, state secretary from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway, Bjorg Sandkjaer, has affirmed. “We work very closely with.....

Consideration for the removal of taxes on tips and an efficiency committee headline the Holness administration’s pivot towards boosting economic growth, setting the stage for a potential policy showdown with the Opposition ahead of a general...

A major fire on Ashenheim Road in St Andrew on Monday has left millions of dollars in damage, destroying 90 per cent of Pure Ice Factory’s assets and all of the inventory Azan’s Supercentre was storing for its Cross Road branch with the crucial....

Emergency responders and teary-eyed vendors worked tirelessly on Monday to salvage goods as a raging fire destroyed 95 shops at the Pearnel Charles Arcade on Church Street in downtown Kingston. Janet ‘Netty’ Mitchell, a vendor at the arcade for....

There is a rift within the ranks of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in Manchester North Eastern over who should be its candidate in the upcoming general election as Audley Shaw exits the political arena at the end of his current term. Shaw, who has....

WESTERN BUREAU: Low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines’ Chapter 11 bankruptcy is unlikely to significantly impact visitor arrivals to Jamaica, according to a number of the island’s tourism experts. Spirit Airlines, the biggest US budget airline, filed...

Derek Osbourne, a fisherman from Rocky Point in Clarendon, has been venturing out for more than 40 years and has lost at least two boats to the sea. Last August, he came close to losing a third when it drifted from its anchor at Pedro Bank....

A nearby breakaway that has reduced traffic to a single lane is posing a serious risk to students at Retirement Primary School in St Elizabeth. Acting Principal Leon Chisholm voiced concern in an interview with The Gleaner last Thursday. He said......

WESTERN BUREAU: Despite pleas from the Jamaica Tourist Board and the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association for more dialogue amid simmering tensions, the tourism sector was hit with another protest action on Monday, this time by staff at Excellence....

Eleven-year-old Dee-O’neill Reid* was in her classroom at Christiana Moravian Primary and Infant School in Manchester, preparing for devotions, when a sudden barrage of gunfire shattered the calm. The deafening shots sent her and her grade six......

Occupants of a structurally defective four-storey apartment in Torrington Park in St Andrew are on edge and calling for urgent intervention from the Government after one of the building’s staircases collapsed yesterday, injuring a woman. Althea......

With 320 lives already lost since the start of the year as a result of road accidents and more than 10,000 persons injured annually, Prime Minister Andrew Holness is appealing to citizens to show greater regard for road safety and work together to.....

WESTERN BUREAU: District Officer O’Neil Kerr, the Jamaica Fire Brigade’s (JFB) fire investigator for St James, wants stricter fire-safety measures to be put in place at the Old Shoe Market in downtown Montego Bay, which has experienced three fir...

A federal judge in a Massachusetts court has dismissed a charge of money laundering brought against Dr Kingsley Chin, a Jamaica-born spinal surgeon, and the company he founded, SpineFrontier Incorporated, while castigating the Government for...