After a horrific encounter in which he was forced down a 55-ft hole, 66-year-old George Smart said he has forgiven his abductors and is ready to spend the rest of his life serving God and preaching love for humanity. The Portmore cab driver related....

There will be no tender process for the multibillion-dollar Montego Bay Perimeter Road project that has been designated a national development project by the Government and which is to be funded by Jamaican taxpayers. For the current fiscal year,......

Howard Spencer and his wife of 26 years, Beverley, just want to hold their newborn granddaughter. The usual bonding and snuggling in the first few weeks of life have been replaced by photos and videos. Though COVID-19 has robbed the grandparents.....

Jamaica Teachers’ Association President Jasford Gabriel estimates that it will take between two and three years to reverse most of the learning loss since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, following the disclosure that 120,000 students have been...

Several projects are to be undertaken by the Special Economic Zone Authority to build out an additional 400 acres of space worth US$1.3 billion. Construction on these projects is expected to begin during this financial year. This was announced by....

The Independent Commission of Investigations turned the spotlight on the often vexed issue of stop-and-search exercises carried out by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) even as the oversight body reminded law enforcers that the court had ruled......

Clarendon College principal David Wilson said he never imagined that his interaction with school bus driver Keith Dunkley on Tuesday evening would have been his last. In an interview with The Gleaner, he said when he visited Dunkley following the......

The Holness administration has played down concerns that acting Permanent Secretary Dr Grace McLean’s authority in the education ministry poses a conflict of interest to the ongoing investigation of programmes for which she held responsibilities.....

The police hierarchy is rejecting claims that it is denying promotions in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) for cops who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19. Senior communications strategist Dennis Brooks said the claim is an unfortunate......

A 15-million-gallon water treatment plant to serve the Corporate Area is to be built within two years, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation Everald Warmington has announced. Construction of the plant is...

Students poised to sit a range of exit and external examinations are set to return to school for face-to-face engagement, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced. The declaration covers the Primary Exit Profile (PEP), the Caribbean Secondary...

A three-vehicle crash on the Chapelton main road in Clarendon has left a little boy an orphan. His father, Hector Mowen, a taxi operator who plies the May Pen to Chapelton route, was flung from his vehicle into a culvert on Tuesday afternoon and...

Four days after Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) Director General Leslie Harrow departed the disaster-relief agency, he stoutly denied reports of a tumultuous tenure and allegations of political interference from the....

Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis has been asked to probe the farm work programme after allegations surfaced on Tuesday that there was a parallel illegal scheme operating out of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security which has responsibility.....

Jay-Anne Johnson was initially bothered by the fact that she was the only black student in her classes at the Virginia-based university she attended. But on Sunday, the Jamaica-born 21-year-old will become the first black female student to graduate....

The Home Circuit Court on Tuesday heard that the prosecution has found new evidence in the murder case involving popular Portland businessman Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald, who is accused of orchestrating the murder of his two wives. The ...

Several residents of Caymanas Bay in St Catherine have been without an income since the closure of Nature’s Paradise, the major attraction in the area. The river, which is also used as an event venue, has been shuttered because of COVID-19...

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has nudged judges to issue longer prison terms to convicts, as a strong signal to the country amid howls from certain groups over perceived light sentences being handed down from the Bench. In making his contribution.....

Two soldiers who are facing sex charges following an alleged attack on a female trainee at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Up Park Camp headquarters in St Andrew are to return to the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on June 25. Private Michael....

Six months after he assumed leadership of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Director General Leslie Harrow has quit the relief organisation in apparent displeasure over interference by an overbearing local...