The education ministry has ordered that effective this academic year, no graduation ceremonies should be held for fifth-formers as Jamaica transitions to the now-compulsory seven-year secondary education period. High school principals have also...

The bombshell testimony that Vybz Kartel had ordered murder hits on three persons from behind bars may have already placed the notorious entertainer on the police’s radar for investigation before it was made public, a senior police officer has...

WESTERN BUREAU: The National Works Agency (NWA) has begun to assess the damage to the road network in western Jamaica after sustained heavy rainfall lashed that section of the island between Sunday afternoon and yesterday morning, triggering...

TROY, Trelawny: With a hardy bucket attached, a makeshift zipline transfers goods and people precariously over a yawning river in Troy, a rural district bordering northwestern Manchester and south Trelawny. It’s not for leisure. That’s the daily...

Amid public backlash on the high-end Ruthven Towers apartment complex in New Kingston, the National Housing Trust (NHT) has defended its pricing strategy, arguing that the unit costs – which range between $27.7 million and $37.7 million – reflec...

A former member of the One Don Gang yesterday revealed that reputed leader Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan not only gave orders for persons to be killed, but also requested pictures of their bodies as confirmation of their demise. “Blackman like when y...

WESTERN BURUEAU: Kingston hoteliers want the capital city designated as part of the special corridor or to have the tourism bubble scrapped altogether and for vaccinated visitors to be allowed to fly into Kingston without the red tape that is...

Jamaica crossed the psychological milestone of administering one million COVID-19 jabs on Sunday, an important benchmark of progress amid strong scepticism and pushback nationally. The target was achieved more than three weeks ahead of the end-of-....

As primary schools prepare for the resumption of face-to-face classes today, several long-standing issues continue to plague administrations. Rennock Lodge All-Age School is one of the 376 institutions that have been cleared for reopening. Acting....

ALLIGATOR POND, Manchester: Makeshift barriers and damaged buildings metres away from the shoreline in the Alligator Pond area paint a grim picture of loss and worsening danger for those whose residences and livelihoods are threatened by the...

On September 24, Winston Findlay proudly aided his ailing wife, Carolyn, outside of the Pembroke Hall Community Centre after she was inoculated with her first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Back then, Mr Findlay told The Gleaner that he would...

Nearly 50 per cent of schools in St Mary that are on the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) list to resume face-to-face classes on Monday, November 8, will not open their doors as scheduled. Only 22 of the 43 schools certified by the Ministry of...

Kevin Smith kept daily tabs on his flock’s contributions to his multimillion-dollar empire with daily reports on collections and expenditure, and personally contacted members if their life insurance policies under his management were in arrears......

The police have reopened the investigation into the 2014 murder of Montego Bay gangster Michael Heron, who sought counsel from the late controversial preacher Kevin O. Smith and was killed shortly after in the same manner predicted by the self-...

Just under 50 per cent of the monetary value of all contracts awarded by HEART/NSTA Trust to SynCon Technologies took place during the period the company’s CEO chaired the board of the state agency. There is no evidence Edward Gabbidon was involve...

Details have emerged that HEART/NSTA Trust paid out undisclosed millions in new salaries to senior executives before getting the required approvals. However, the public agency that reports to Prime Minister Andrew Holness has denied a Sunday...

Calls are mounting for Speaker of the House of Representatives Marisa Dalrymple Philibert to reverse a ruling shielding Transport Minister Robert Montague from answering Opposition questions on the $450-million investment scandal at the Airports...

Ten weeks after Eustace Wilson indicated his willingness to be vaccinated and after 15 residents lost their lives to COVID-19 in Cocoa Walk and the surrounding areas of Marlie Hill in Manchester, the 81-year-old is yet to receive a single jab...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi survived an assassination attempt with an armed drone that targeted his residence early Sunday (Iraq time), and is unharmed, officials said. Two Iraqi officials told The Associated...

“I finished what my daughter started.” Those are the words of Wendy Miller, a grieving graduate of The University of the West Indies (UWI) who has dedicated her undergraduate degree to her late daughter. Her only child, Toni Haughton, died thr...