The resignation of House Speaker Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert has triggered fresh calls for the six legislators under probe by the Integrity Commission for illicit enrichment to be named as “this unresolved matter still has a dark cloud cast on the....

Ryan Evans, a director at the Integrity Commission (IC), was shot in the car park near the agency’s offices in New Kingston on Thursday morning after men on a motorcycle accosted him and stole his briefcase. Deputy Commissioner of Police Fitz...

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn, KC, is to remain in office for another two years. An amendment this year to the Constitution changed the age of retirement for the post from 60 to 65. Llewellyn, who turned 63 on Thursday,...

POLITICAL representatives in Trelawny Southern have reacted with surprise at the resignation of Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, saying she has been one of the best members of parliament (MPs) to serve the constituency. The four-term MP resigned with...

A CONSERVATION biologist has raised concerns that, with the expansion of rural communities, the habitats of the American crocodile, a protected specie by law, could be under threat. The American crocodile is Jamaica’s largest terrestrial animal.....

Alysia Moulton White’s defence team is now seeking to get their hands on information being held by Sagicor to clear her name of any involvement in a suspected $65-million racket uncovered at the bank’s Liguanea branch last October. Attorney-at-l...

WHEN THE House of Representatives meets on Tuesday, a new Speaker must be elected. This follows the resignation of Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, who is facing eight charges for making a false statement in her statutory declarations. The charges...

LIKE LIONS in the jungle, crocodiles are the dominant predators in their ecosystem, the swamp. As carnivores, they feed on a variety of live and dead mammals, birds, fish, molluscs, crustaceans, amphibians, reptiles, and insects. According to...

THE NATIONAL Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has informed The Gleaner that there is a list of well-known wild animals that are eaten in Jamaica, whether legally or illegally, that was on its radar. This list includes native species such as....

PRESSURE IS mounting on Speaker of the House of Representatives Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert to step aside as the presiding officer in the Lower House until the eight charges she is facing are dealt with by a court of law. The charges relate to...

With two students still hospitalised after being struck by lightning on Tuesday, a sense of gloom and anxiety swept across Dinthill Technical High School in St Catherine yesterday. When The Gleaner visited the institution in the morning,...

The murder trial of Portland businessman Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald and his co-accused is to begin from scratch on Monday in the Home Circuit, with the empanelling of a new jury, after the judge was forced yesterday to discharge two of the....

LITHIUM IRON phosphate-powered batteries are the future of electric vehicles, argues Mujeeb Ijaz, founder and CEO of Our Next Generation Energy (ONE), which is based in Detroit, Michigan. He believes his company has made a lot of progress with this....

OVER THE years, Jamaicans have developed a love-hate relationship with protected animals like the American crocodile ( Crocodylus acutus). Locals have occasionally been observed, on social media platforms or otherwise, engaging in the unlawful...

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of Stand Up For Jamaica (SUFJ) Carla Gullotta is renewing her call for authorities to track and release all mentally ill inmates from prison. Some of these persons, she said, are lost in the system. Her call comes on the heels of....

With an unprecedented ruling by the Integrity Commission (IC) that Speaker of the House of Representatives Marisa Dalrymple Philibert should face eight counts of corruption-related charges, calls are being made for her to resign. According to the.....

A $6-million Mercedes-Benz GLA250 that was omitted from House Speaker Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert’s statutory declarations for seven years, but the acquisition of which was flagged by the Integrity Commission (IC) as possibly involving fraud, has.....

Retired Justice Seymour Panton, the chairman of the Integrity Commission (IC), has made it clear that there was no committee of Parliament that can interfere with the ruling by Director of Corruption Prosecution (DCP) Keisha Prince-Kameka against......

The Mico University College on Tuesday copped the 2022 RG Platinum Award for its transformative leadership, pioneering research, and exceptional contributions to education in Jamaica. “It’s a team effort!” President Dr Asburn Pinnock declared ...

A meeting to remove Debbie Ann Gordon as the trustee for Mystic Mountain Limited, a major tourist attraction in Ocho Rios, St Ann had to be abandoned half way through on Monday after the Supreme Court granted an injunction stopping it from taking.....