The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) says it will again make a request from the Government for funding to carry out the long-awaited electoral reverification exercise next year. Director of Elections Glasspole Brown told The Gleaner on Friday that ...

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s failure to construct a public hospital in more than four decades has left the Government without the technical expertise needed to deliver major healthcare projects efficiently, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has acknow...

Despite a decline in fatal crashes on Clarendon’s roads, motorcyclists continue to account for the majority of the parish’s road deaths, raising concerns about reckless driving, inadequate training, and the failure to use proper protective equip...

The Supreme Court hearing into the leadership dispute at the Clarendon Municipal Corporation (CMC) was delayed on Friday after another councillor sought to be formally added to the proceedings, with the matter now scheduled to return to court on Nov...

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Labour Party Councillor Cetany Holness and his People’s National Party counterpart Donovan Pagon on Thursday revived a decade-old appeal for a tax collection centre in Junction, St Elizabeth. Holness, who represents the Jun...

WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has admitted that it would have been more cost-effective to demolish and rebuild the Montego Bay-based Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) when it started having infrastructural problems, instead of reha...

NEW YORK (AP): Canned rejection emails. Job interviews conducted by AI chatbots. Hundreds of employment applications submitted with no response. Online applications have made it easier to apply for jobs, but they don't always make it easy to get not...

Wang Jinfeng, China’s ambassador to Jamaica, says the island’s improving crime rate is having a positive impact on the Chinese business community, with reports of declining demands for extortion payments. Wang made the disclosure during a media ...

The United States has praised Jamaica for its decision to abstain from voting on an October 28 United Nations resolution calling for an end to its decades-old embargo against Cuba. US Department of State Deputy Spokesman Luke Ortega told The Gleane...

For Somesh Sharma, being named Jamaica’s 2027 Rhodes Scholar is more than a dream fulfilled. It is a chance to turn opportunity into lasting impact and give back to the country that shaped him. “I am feeling very happy, elated. [I] can’t belie...