A desperate fight for survival, a missing woman feared dead and 13 residents forced from their homes. That was the grim aftermath of torrential rainfall that swept through the York Street community in Linstead, St Catherine, on Friday, leaving a tra...

WESTERN BUREAU: Just two weeks after telling young Jamaicans that leadership was a lifestyle, not a title, Montego Bay Deputy Mayor Dwight ‘Debo’ Crawford has died suddenly at 48, leaving western Jamaica in mourning. On Friday, Crawford was amon...

WESTERN BUREAU: Women have shattered glass ceilings, claimed executive offices, and risen to the highest levels of leadership. But Dr Luz Longsworth is challenging the notion that reaching the top means the battle is won. “We have broken a lot of ...

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...

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...

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: 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...