“He is a mess.” That is the grim assessment, by a close associate, of a grieving policeman whose teenage brother is believed to have shot himself fatally with the cop’s gun as the lawman had a bath Saturday evening. The Clarendon police are no...

Maybe because of her age, she doesn’t fully understand the severity of her situation and so she remains upbeat. Or maybe it’s a mother’s faith in God manifesting itself through a child. Whatever it is, seven-year-old Gabrielle Baker is showin...

Gregory Ffolkes developed an interest in engineering through his love for mathematics. From solving simple algebraic equations as a youngster to using engineering processes to determine the assembly of parts for space vehicle hardware and systems,.....

Seeking to close the diversity gap in the commercial airline industry, Jamaica-born United Airlines pilot Glendon Fraser has launched the Redtail Flying Academy in upstate New York, to train young black men and women to become commercial pilots....

RESIDENTS OF Lilliput, St James, are appealing for increased police patrols following three murders on Saturday, with a 17-year-old boy among the victims of two separate shooting incidents. Those killed have been identified as 31-year-old Akash...

The Combined Disabilities Association (CDA) is appealing to its members and the wider society to join in solidarity with the lobby today by wearing royal blue to celebrate the activation of the Disabilities Act. February 14 has traditionally been......

The Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (JCCF) has implored the Government to boost its budget so the organisation can effectively carry out its functions and help steer at-risk youth away from crime. During its senior command conference at the Caribbean.....

A jilted ex-boyfriend has given a detailed confession of killing his former girlfriend’s eight-year-old son because she ended their less-than-a-year-old relationship. Ochest Rose, 42, wanted his former flame to “feel the same pain he was going.....

The majority of Jamaicans are opposed to the idea of mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for children or the wider populace, a Bill Johnson-Mello TV poll has found. The survey, which was conducted among 1,176 people in 84 communities between January 14.....

Despite being a stalwart and fearless advocate for the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ), its former president, Edith Allwood Anderson, had to fight towards the end of her days to be fairly compensated by the organisation. Allwood Anderson died......

It is hard to mistake Pamela Coke-Hamilton for anything other than the high-powered, heavyweight international trade expert, diplomat, attorney-at-law and trailblazer she is, yet too often she is wrongly seen as the secretarial accompaniment to...

In just over a month, arguments for why an apartment complex worth more than $100 million in the Golden Triangle neighbourhood of St Andrew should not be demolished will take centre stage in the Court of Appeal. The March 22 showdown will pit six.....

WESTERN BUREAU: A man who the Westmoreland police say topped the parish’s most wanted list since October 2021 was fatally shot by the cops during an operation in Bluefields yesterday. An assault rifle and several rounds of ammunition were taken.....

The Westmoreland police are now hunting for two men they say shot at them this morning during an operation in which the parish's most wanted man was killed. Head of operations for the Westmoreland Police Adrian Hamilton say the men,...

Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is cautioning against a narrative calling for children to stop wearing masks, saying that, while he has never discouraged public discourse around matters of national interest and policy, the right to one’s...

In an apparent call for legislation targeting the migration of lottery scammers who pump millions of dollars into the underworld, Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson has insisted that the police are doing their part to disrupt...

WESTERN BUREAU: Transport and Mining Minister Audley Shaw has said that under his administration, the railway system from Montego Bay to Kingston, which has been out of service since 1992, will be reopened. Addressing journalists during Wednesday’...

A sub-machine gun and several items believed to be used in scamming were seized during a police-military operation in Chantilly Gardens, Westmoreland, on Thursday. Three persons suspected to be major players in lottery scamming were taken into...

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) is always watching. That is the message to would-be smugglers from Kingsley Henry, the agency’s director of cargo imaging and physical security management. Speaking with The Gleaner at the JCA Employees’ Awards...

The taxi driver implicated in last month’s Washington Boulevard hit-and-run could not hold back his tears yesterday when he appeared in Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. The 42-year-old accused, Godfrey Graham, who was a picture of remorse and...