A manhunt is underway to locate a group of men who opened gunfire on the makeshift Franklyn Town Police Station located at Cumberland Avenue in Kingston East, Thursday night. The police believe this was an act of reprisal for a fatal shooting in......

A gun feud between rival gangs in west Kingston and members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), just metres away from the Zone of Operations’ checkpoint at the intersection of Beeston and Oxford streets in Denham Town, left a one-year-old nursing....

WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Andrew Holness says some 30,000 housing solutions are to be established on government-owned lands across the island as part of efforts to reduce the decades-long issue of squatting. “We have identified several...

Western Bureau: The 15-year-old boy, who allegedly shot and killed his six-year-old cousin on Monday in a bizarre shooting incident in a yard on Dalling Street, Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, was formally slapped with a murder charge late Thursday......

WESTERN BUREAU: The Government is to spend a further $328 million this year to continue the protection of the Montego Bay coastline by building more groynes and protective structures, particularly for lands dumped up years ago. The money...

WESTERN BUREAU: Thirty students at the Salt Spring Primary School in St James became happy recipients of their own tablets yesterday, courtesy of Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ Positive Jamaica Foundation. In addition to the tablets presented to.....

The Nest Children’s Home in Kingston has been equipped with a vegetable garden of cucumber and pak choi, as part of national Child Month activities. More than 1,200 children are housed in 52 residential childcare facilities across Jamaica. The.....

Commonwealth health ministers on Friday called for swift and equal access to COVID-19 vaccines for everyone around the world, particularly poorer countries. In a joint statement after their annual meeting, health ministers representing 54...

WASHINGTON,DC: Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States (US) Audrey Marks has argued that industry has a fundamental role to play in driving the green economy and charting the way towards a carbon neutral and sustainable future. She pointed out.....

A probe is under way by investigators to locate a taxi driver who abducted an 11-year-old girl on Monday and allegedly took her to Seaview Gardens, where she was raped. Reports reaching The Gleaner are that the Corporate Area student took a taxi......

That was the simple but profound appeal from Prime Minister Andrew Holness to Jamaican road users on Thursday amid the grim forecast that between 435 and an unprecedented high of 472 commuters could be killed by year end. Holness, chairman of the.....

A high court judge has refused an application by managing director of Guardsman Group, Robert Epstein, to amend his defence and to file a counterclaim in the consequential case involving the National Housing Trust and the security company as the...

The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is urging health ministries across the region to heed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) advice on the use of Ivermectin regardless of the severity of COVID-19 or duration of symptoms. That warning......

WESTERN BUREAU: Twenty-one-year-old Soniman ‘Shortman’ Walker, who was wanted by the St James police in connection with the murder of an American tourist, was captured in Clarendon last Wednesday by detectives attached to the Major Investigation...

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) unlocked the doors for open competitive bidding for the creation of their mascot locally, but only one name came up. Scheed Cole, chief executive officer of Sculptural Elements and...

A court date has been set in the Supreme Court for the resumption of the much-anticipated Trafigura Beheer matter involving former Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and four other members of the People’s National Party (PNP). The quintet is to....

As the price of chicken, pork, and beef steadily increases, St Catherine-based farmer and business operator Roy Jumi is watching his customer base being gradually eroded. Jumi, the managing director of Triple K Enterprise Butchery and Cold Storage....

WESTERN BUREAU: A jealous boyfriend in Great River, Hanover, is on the run after allegedly dousing a woman with gasoline and setting her afire yesterday, much to the horror of bystanders. The incident is the latest in a grim roll of cases of...

Disgraced attorney Jennifer Messado, who has reportedly defrauded international dancehall star David ‘Mavado’ Brooks of $30. 7 million, yesterday told the Supreme Court that she is bankrupt and was given time to file an affidavit explaining her....

The ownership debacle over Jamaica Moves has finally been settled, with Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton announcing yesterday that the brand has been transferred from Market Me to the Ministry of Health. Tufton noted yesterday...