Plunging take-up of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has forced Jamaica’s health ministry to scale back procurement of the flagship brand and to fast-track negotiations for the swapping out of more than a million doses of one-shot Johnson and...

Gangster-turned-lay evangelist John Martin watched more than 50 times a video of heavily armed attackers who drove into the Tower Hill, St Andrew, community and murdered his son at a cookout last Saturday. Robert Martin, otherwise known as ‘......

Jamaica’s chief prosecutor will rule next week on the fate of the cop accused of forcibly cutting the hair of a Rastafarian teenager while she was in custody at the Four Paths Police Station in Clarendon. The case - which dates back to July 22 and...

A fix to the ills in the public health system, Howard Mitchell believes, could start with the National Housing Trust (NHT) and its facilitation of accommodation for healthcare workers, the majority of whom, it is argued, are not earning liveable...

Dismissed dean of discipline at Hopewell High in Hanover, Alfred Grayson, was dealt another blow in his efforts to retain his job after the Supreme Court upheld, on Wednesday, the school board’s decision to terminate his employment. However, he......

Jamaicans are being urged to cut down fewer trees for decorative purposes as they celebrate Christmas this year as the 876 Volunteer non-profit organisation ramps up its On a Mission for Modda Nature drive with its No-Cut Christmas campaign to...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) suspended Montego Bay South East division Councillor Arthur Lynch on Wednesday after he was charged with assault and gun charges in an altercation with his wife. The St James police confirmed that...

WESTERN BUREAU: As Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn prepares to appeal the “unduly lenient” sentencing of a reputed gangster convicted of two murders, the man’s lawyer is accusing Jamaica’s chief prosecutor of bringing t...

WESTERN BUREAU: MBJ Airports Limited, operator of the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, is forecasting a 70 per cent increase in passengers using its facility in 2022 as it regains pre-COVID-19 dominance of travel and tourism....

The Passage of new regulations regulations will introduce sweeping changes to the way the boards of public bodies are appointed and carry out their duties – a point of concern amid a swirl of scandals in the Holness administration. Opposition...

Even as a projected fourth wave of COVID-19 looms large for the new year, Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ announcement of a shortening of the daily curfew hours during the Yuletide season has received widespread support from the parliamentary...

WESTERN BUREAU: Trembling in anguish after his schoolteacher daughter Chanel Smith was gunned down in the full view of infants in Treasure Beach on Tuesday morning, Vernon Smith channelled his rage into a rallying cry against cold-blooded killers......

Little T-Mora McCallum would have celebrated her seventh birthday on December 27, offering the family added cheer just after Christmas. But instead of a celebration, distraught grandmother Monica Spraggs and cousins who live on Text Lane in central....

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says his administration is grappling with finding a balance between driving Kingston’s construction boom and avoiding environmental degradation. Holness said the sector is critical to positioning the capital city as....

Five days after a Gleaner report on a corruption probe into police complicity in the escape of a fugitive at the Kingston Central lock-up and a series of questionable jailbreaks islandwide, the High Command revealed on Tuesday that 11 personnel...

Colleagues of Reniece Fletcher, the 28-year-old nurse from the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) who was abducted on November 1, say she is doing well after the bizarre experience one month ago. She was among three women who were held......

The Jamaican Government will as of next week approve the administration of booster shots for all front-line workers and people aged 60 and over. Under the extended roll-out of booster shots, all persons who had initially received the Johnson...

As the last set of measures under the Disaster Risk Management Act expire on Wednesday, Prime Minister Andrew Holness is expected to tell the country what, if any restrictions, are to be introduced for the upcoming holidays and the new year. At the....

The lead detective in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial admitted on Monday that he had not informed the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) about the eyewitness, an ex-gang member, who he had whisked away from the scene of a fatal...

Despite the presence of security staff at the newly reopened Red Rose Fish Market in downtown Kingston yesterday, vendors believe that it will take a long time to stamp out the deep-rooted scourge of extortion. The fish vendors, some of whom have......