The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is facing mounting pressure over a prospective lawsuit in the wake of allegations that a woman cop cut the hair of a 19-year-old Rastafarian on the grounds that her locks presented a suicide risk. The charge...

TOKYO, Japan: Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson Herah is on the brink of laying the crucial block of a historic legacy with victory in today’s 200m Olympic final as compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce launches an assault for her first gold medal at these...

TOKYO, Japan: Injury-plagued Tajay Gayle’s brave lunges for an Olympic medal at the Tokyo Games have been praised and questioned in equal measure. But as far as the 2019 long jump World champion is concerned, taking the leap of faith despite a......

The years-long wait for transcripts and notes of evidence, a blot on Jamaica’s judicial system for decades, has been declared a constitutional breach in separate cases filed on behalf of two men who were convicted of serious crimes. A transcript i...

Fisherfolk and residents in the Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine are again appealing to environmental authorities to take decisive action to stop the pollution of the Rio Cobre after a fish kill on Monday. Findings of a test analysis of water and the....

The community of Grange Hill, Westmoreland, and Manning’s School are in mourning following news of the passing of 17-year-old student, Kavian Richards, at the weekend. In a social media post, Kavian’s mom, Shaniel Wallace, said her son had broke...

Manchester, Jamaica With the third vaccination blitz under way across the island and the second to be accommodating persons as young as 18 years old, young vaxxers in Manchester are encouraging Jamaicans to be proactive and get the jab. Nineteen-......

TOKYO, Japan: Limping and heavily bandaged, Yohan Blake’s painful walk away from the track after his disappointing semi-final finish in the men’s 100m at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in many ways reflected the current condition of Jamaica’s ...

In a fervent display of will and determination, the Hermitage Women For Peace, in association with the Sizzla Youth Foundation and the August Town Peace Builders, staged a peace march on Sunday to register their opposition to the continued...

Nannyville Gardens in St Andrew is tense following the murder of a man who is said to have been the community leader for decades. Investigators are now piecing together possible evidence and information to land a clear motive behind the killing of.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Reverend Courtney Walters, the recently retired chaplain for the Police Area One Division, has taken a parting shot at the Police High Command, saying the organisation is guilty of not treating new recruits and junior police...

Freshly minted Assistant Commissioner of The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) Julian Davis-Buckle is beaming with pride and joy. The senior firefighter was also promoted to area officer for Area Two, comprising St Mary, Portland, Trelawny, and St Ann....

In the aftermath of Jamaica’s clean sweep of the medals in the women’s 100m final at the 2020 Tokyo Games, Legacy Athletics head coach Omar Hawes says that it may not be the last time that the Jamaican women achieve similar feats in the future.....

In the most nightmarish incidents of corporal punishment, Jamaican children are tortured, burned, and maimed by their parents and guardians for the most senseless reasons. And with more than 30 broken bones, the plight of a two-year-old girl is...

TOKYO, Japan: The world yesterday witnessed one of the most amazing sporting performances in history, as Elaine Thompson Herah emphatically defended her Olympic 100m title with a 10.61 seconds run inside the Tokyo Olympic Stadium – in a run and a....

Keith Thompson, father of Elaine Thompson Herah, was one overjoyed man yesterday when The Sunday Gleaner visited him following his daughter’s stunning performance in the 100m final at the Tokyo Olympics. Basking in the loud cheers from his client...

Encouraged by the number of persons who turned up to be inoculated across the country yesterday, Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is now eyeing an ambitious 800,000 additional Jamaicans receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, which would take Jamaica.....

The perpetrators of human trafficking are to face tougher sanctions as the Government vows to introduce legislation to impose mandatory jail time for those convicted of the crime. The US State Department has maintained Jamaica’s Tier 2 ranking in....

In what many track and field experts and analysts predict to be the most dramatic event of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, three of Jamaica’s top female sprinters line up early today for the semi-finals of the highly anticipated 100 metres event in Tokyo...

Western Bureau: The bravery of a 15-year-old girl paid off on Thursday afternoon, in Trelawny, as her valiant efforts thwarted an alleged attempt by a taxi man who tried to rape her. The young woman fought the taxi operator and made good her escape....