Rastafarian Nzinga King will be seeking financial compensation for assault and battery after Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn ruled on Wednesday that a police corporal accused of forcibly cutting her hair should not be charged.....

Carlton Francis and Petrolin Blair’s heart-warming love story has moved donors to give the vulnerable couple a place to call home as an early Valentine’s Day gift. The 62-year-olds, who have been together for 18 years, work in downtown Kingstonâ...

With a build-up of debris, including fallen bamboo stalks and garbage, preventing the free flow of water in the Cave River during periods of heavy rainfall, Hugh Johnson is seeking the assistance of donor agencies to conduct a river-cleaning...

WESTERN BUREAU: EVERALD Warmington, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, has given himself and the Jamaica Labour Party-led Government a passing grade in building out the country’s road infrastructure.......

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a heavy toll on healthcare workers employed at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), acting chief executive officer, Dr Natalie Whylie, disclosed on Wednesday. And that, perhaps, is a major reason why KPH is the sole......

The police have tagged the now-deceased alleged gangster Michael ‘Peat’ Shreaves to at least three recent murders in the parish of St James. The 27-year-old, also known as Pablo, of Wrong Turn in Salt Spring, St James, was reportedly shot during...

President and CEO of Sagicor Group Jamaica (SGJ), Christopher Zacca, says the financial services conglomerate, which is heavily invested in insurance and banking, sees no loss of goodwill in Alliance Financial Services Limited (AFSL), which it is......

Minister Without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Robert Morgan, is defending what he claims is the Government’s unmatched record in the fight against corruption. “The evidence shows that this administration from 2016 has done more...

WESTERN BUREAU: THE MORGAN’S Bridge police in Westmoreland are probing the murder of a 26-year-old man, who was slain outside the gates of a basic school in Grange Hill, Westmoreland, yesterday morning. The deceased has been identified as Jervain....

The policies and programmes of the Holness administration for the 2022-2023 legislative year will be unveiled by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen when he delivers the Throne Speech in Gordon House today. A scaled-down version of the ceremonial...

Motorists and businesses have been hit by spiralling fuel prices, and industry interests are clamouring for intervention amid an overall 10.8 per cent jump at the pump over the last nine weeks. Operators of diesel vehicles have borne the greatest......

Denying that there is tension in the hotel sector over the Government’s COVID-19 containment measures, Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett says some players are merely anxious for normality having witnessed other countries lift restrictions, easing the.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Lawyers representing Hard Rock Café have applied to the Supreme Court to have a default judgment in favour of claimants Caribbean Producers Jamaica Limited (CPJ) struck out after the food and beverage manufacturer and distributor......

Hope Pastures residents are seeking a mandatory injunction from the Supreme Court ordering the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to restore and maintain the supply of underground electricity to the community and to remove its overhead supply....

Were it not for creativity, a shifting of target market and riding the tides of the pandemic, Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ) said it would not have increased its 2021 collection of plastic bottles by 49 per cent when compared to the previous......

Business executive and chartered accountant Anthony Shaw is to take over as managing director of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) on April 1. He will replace Milverton Reynolds, who has been leading the Government’s main development financin...

The January 20 ransomware breach at Northern Caribbean University (NCU) is expected to be resolved soon as administrators and the state-run cyber response team work assiduously to complete ongoing systems improvements. Byron Buckley, NCU’s head of...

The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has announced more tweaks to proposed administrative changes in the building application process that will see greater efforts in the cross-checking of approved construction projects....

British Royals Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge Kate are slated to visit Jamaica in March as part of a Caribbean tour to mark the platinum jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.  Gleaner sources have confirmed that the couple is expected to...

Hotel mogul Adam Stewart does not have the backing of his counterparts in his campaign for the lifting of travel restrictions and mandates imposed by the Government to limit the spread of the coronavirus. In a Gleaner interview on Monday, Couples.....