A member of parliament, at least 10 current and former permanent secretaries and 10 senior local government officials are among more than 150 names that the Integrity Commission (IC) submitted to two financial institutions last year for key...

Omar Anglin swears that if his eyes did not stray to the computer screen of the Wexford Court Hotel general manager who was about to interview him for a job to wash pots in the hotel’s kitchen, he may have been condemned to a short life expectancy...

The RJRGLEANER Communications Group dominated the 2021 Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) Awards last night, copping the top prizes in 14 categories. Senior Gleaner journalist Jovan Johnson took the prestigious 2021 Journalist of the Year Award for....

In recent weeks, even before Fitz Brown stopped at the petrol station, he would quickly work out how much fuel he could afford to put in his tank. With energy prices rising steadily, filling up was out of the question, the Guyanese taxi driver...

WESTERN BUREAU: Andrea Timmonds* had an out-of-body experience, expressing that her heart went straight to her gut when Russia launched a military assault on Ukraine last Thursday. The single mother of twin boys studying medicine in Ukraine, who up....

WESTERN BUREAU: Just like the blast that shook the buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, last Thursday, this was the same impact news of the invasion had on two Ukrainians living in Jamaica. “I was shaking, and it was very difficult to stop,” journalist....

Surrounded by strangers in a bomb shelter deep underground in Kharkiv, Ukraine, a 21-year-old Jamaican medical student desperately wants an end to Russia’s invasion of the Eastern European nation that is clinging relentlessly to its independence.....

Paula Downer wailed for belly pains as reality set in that her grandson, four-year-old Jordane Clarke, would not be coming home after he was sent to school for what should have been a day of fun and frolic for Jamaica Day celebrations on Thursday......

A Jamaican organisation in Florida, Jamaican Men of Florida, has offered to provide financial resources to pay airfares for Jamaican students currently stranded in Ukraine, which is under attack from Russia. In a statement to The Gleaner, the...

A former member of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), who was allegedly working with the Clansman-One Don Gang while in the army, reportedly wanted his cronies to attack the gang’s rivals in Shelter Rock, St Catherine, and to kill anyone that was......

Residents and business operators on St John’s Road in St Catherine are fuming after a truck yesterday accidentally pulled down guy wires in their community disrupting power to several areas and damaging motor vehicles. The Jamaica Public Service (...

The Women Without Blemish Ministry of the Liberty for Living Ministries International presented the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) with a DC-30 ultrasound machine valued at US$18,000 at a handover ceremony on Friday. The system is expected to...

Marcus Mosiah Garvey, who was appointed Jamaica’s first national hero in 1969, should be recognised at the regional level and accorded the status of Caribbean hero, according to Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (UWI) Professor....

In an effort to boost the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ outsourcing of vaccination administration plan, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded grants totalling US$600,000 to nine private-sector healthcare...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of National Security have forged a US$7-million partnership, aimed at preventing violence in vulnerable schools and communities. Some 16,000 students and 10,000...

The Jamaican Government is being urged to treat the massive fallout in global oil markets triggered by weeks-long escalation in tensions and Russia’s declaration of war on Ukraine as a national emergency. The ripple effects could worsen consumer....

Facing a conundrum on whether to leave war-threatened Ukraine or remain and complete the six months of study he had left in medical school, time ran out on a Jamaican student and dozens of compatriots in the Eastern European nation. Since his...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has added his voice to the chorus of condemnation from world leaders against Russia’s attack on Ukraine, saying that Jamaica is consistent in its support for universal respect and adherence to the principles of...

The Jamaica Customs Agency is coming under close scrutiny for leakage and corruption as the Government seeks to clamp down on security breaches linked to the smuggling of illegal guns. Prime Minister Andrew Holness made the revelation as he...

The Ganja Growers and Producers Association Jamaica (GGPAJ) has called for an immediate two-year incentive programme for marijuana cultivators, especially for small, traditional, Rastafarian and indigenous farmers, many of whom have been excluded......