Minister of Labour and Social Security Karl Samuda says he is willing to convene talks with the unions who are up in arms over a statement by the ministry that it does not have jurisdiction to refer disputes in relation to redundancies to the...

Two of three men charged in connection with the brazen daylight shooting death of 51-year-old Andrea Lowe-Garwood during a church service last month are to make their first appearance in the Trelawny Parish Court on February 15, while their co-...

The Government has signalled that it is prepared to take any disciplinary actions warranted, based on investigations being conducted by the Office of the Services Commission and other oversight bodies, into allegations that correctional officers at....

The Court of Appeal has reserved judgment in the case brought by the three soldiers charged with the alleged murder of St Andrew businessman Keith Clarke. The court, after hearing submissions on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, reserved judgment on.....

The Greenwich Town Fisherfolk Benevolent Society has labelled Tuesday’s announcement by Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Floyd Green of a health and insurance package for farmers and fishers as long overdue and well needed. Under Sagicor...

St Ann has been actively preparing for the roll-out of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as the country awaits its first shipment, which is expected by the end of the month. St Ann’s acting medical officer of health, Dr Tamika Henry, told Thursdayâ...

Janeil Weir is one of the few females in the coding programme being offered through the HEART/NSTA Trust by the Amber Group Limited, and the 21-year-old is determined to do her best given the prospects of securing a full-time job in the industry...

Western Bureau: The main thoroughfare from Sandy Bay to Montpelier in Hanover Eastern is to be named in honour of the constituency’s former Member of Parliament Dr D.K. Duncan, who died last year. This follows the passing of a resolution at...

An internal audit conducted into the death of 81-year-old Noel Chambers, who had languished in inhumane conditions at the Tower Street Correctional Centre for four decades without trial, has been completed and is expected to be tabled in the Houses....

The Jamaican Government is in a race against time to bolster its coronavirus treatment capacity with almost 40 per cent, or 133, more beds in weeks as an overflow of patients and high infections among healthcare workers put hospitals on the verge.....

Tamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer MANDEVILLE, Manchester: The Mandeville Regional Hospital is scrambling to shuttle children out of its Paediatric Ward to create makeshift accommodation for coronavirus patients amid a swell of infections in the parish....

WESTERN BUREAU: Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has defended the signing of the $422-million emergency vaccine communication contract, even before eyebrows are raised about the massive budget. The one-year contract, which has been awarded to.....

Russia has offered to supply the Jamaican Government with the Sputnik V vaccine amid a record upsurge in coronavirus infections but the Holness administration has reasserted that it would only proceed with jabs approved by global health authorities....

Western Bureau: Despite the blood-curdling murders being committed by some of the nation’s criminals, two former top cops have taken objection to them being referred to as terrorists, saying that the label makes them seem far more powerful than......

Prime Minister Andrew Holness lashed out on Thursday against the scourge of squatting, declaring it a breeder of chaos in the country. Holness said the practice could be traced back to the days of slavery but contended that Jamaica could no longer.....

Domestic violence is one of the driving forces behind violent crime in Jamaica, but retired Deputy Commissioner of Police Novelette Grant is concerned that it is not taken seriously across the society. “I don’t think we understand domestic...

Voluntary enrolment in the National Identification System (NIDS) may not achieve significant buy-in without strong moral suasion and targeted social marketing, a senior technocrat has said. Making a submission before a meeting of the joint select......

The St Catherine Health Department has vowed to intensify COVID-19 mitigation exercises to rein in soaring infections in the parish this month. Chief Public Health Inspector Grayson Hutchinson said that several samples have been submitted to...

Rampant breaches of Jamaica’s coronavirus law in the Spaldings division have prompted the sitting councillor to warn of looming catastrophe if residents and commuters continue to flout safety rules. Trevor Gordon charged that commuters – from......

In an emphatic repudiation of Jamaica’s crime-fighting strategy, three retired police commanders have criticised the sustained use of states of emergency (SOEs) as ineffective. The dour assessment was a sweeping rejection of a key weapon in the.....