Brazen criminals in inner-city neighbourhoods are renting captured or abandoned premises, fully loaded, free of utility charges for electricity and water, to interested persons and are profiting from encroachment on Jamaica Public Service Company (....

The Government has withdrawn the national award it bestowed on popular pastor Merrick ‘Al’ Miller, bowing to public pressure over the decision amid the clergyman’s criminal convictions and his unrepentant attitude. The development comes as P...

David Salmon/Gleaner Writer A thriving culture of cheating has been documented across the campuses of The University of the West Indies, forcing the administration to pull the plug on remote testing and order all students return to physical sites......

In an unswerving defence of his stewardship, the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ chief accounting officer Dunstan Bryan declared on Wednesday that his officials and staff did not veer from the Government’s policy of administering the Pfizer...

Paying customers who allege that the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) turns off electricity, sometimes for the entire day, as part of measures to combat electricity theft could be on firm footing should they decide to file a class-action suit......

At least three health regions across Jamaica have reported that some vaccines for young children are in short supply. South Eastern Regional Health Authority (SERHA) Regional Technical Director Dr Sandra Chambers-Gause disclosed that the BCG...

Education Minister Fayval Williams has shied away from indicating whether the controversial board of Nutrition Products Limited (NPL) still enjoys the confidence of the Government given that at least five members who had oversight of the scandal...

Antoinette Rochester spent eight days at Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) waiting for a bed to deliver her baby girl. By the time she eventually got one, it was too late. The infant died before labour was fully induced, sending Rochester, who had......

In a policy shift, Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang has announced plans to revamp the Protective Services Division of the police force and to redeploy trained officers to the front line of crime fighting. In a statement to the House of....

WESTERN BUREAU: A primary schoolteacher was on Wednesday battling for life in the Black River Hospital in St Elizabeth after she was abducted by two men in Santa Cruz on Tuesday afternoon. Her throat was slashed and she was left to die after being....

WESTERN BUREAU: Three men were shot dead and and three other persons, including two bystanders, injured as gunmen travelling in a Toyota Corolla motor car opened heavy gunfire on the occupants of a Toyota Mark X as both vehicles sped through the...

In the face of withering criticism of the Ministry of Health & Wellness’ policy to expand the dispensing of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine beyond children to adults, Permanent Secretary Dunstan Byran is expected...

Prison authorities have denied knowledge of reports that administrative action was recently taken against warders after tens of thousands of dollars allegedly confiscated from the cell of incarcerated entertainer Tommy Lee Sparta went missing. The.....

The mysterious noxious fumes that forced evacuations and early closure at a number of organisations in the Corporate Area on Tuesday may have been caused by a cooking gas leak. The fumes, which were believed to have started emanating late in the......

As the parliamentary Opposition joins a call from the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) for the central bank to rescind its one percentage-point increase in deposit interest rates, Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor Richard Byles......

Second-term member of parliament (MP) for St Andrew West Rural, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, has outlined expansive improvement plans for the Lawrence Tavern division, focusing on water, roadways, and healthcare infrastructure. Cuthbert-Flynn, who is...

With poor housing being a major developmental challenge in Kingston Central, first-term Member of Parliament (MP) Donovan Williams has announced a major land-title drive and the courting of private-sector investors in developing the blighted...

Two men who left their homes in Retirement, St Ann, early Monday morning to purchase cows and were reported missing after they failed to return home were a day later discovered to have been murdered. Dead are Samuel Johnson, 70, and Richard Harris....

Applications for the award of Integrated Resort Development (IRD) orders open today as the Government moves to attract billions of dollars from the casino gaming industry and investors, more than a decade after the required legislation was passed......