A Sunday Gleaner undercover investigation has unearthed that a high percentage of taxi operators are breaking the law by overcharging commuters on a number of routes across the island. During the probe that included eight taxi routes across seven......

The feat is not for the impatient or claustrophobic, and at peak hours, it involves long waits, pushing, shoving, and the deadly COVID-19 disease lurking inches from those who dare. For many Jamaican commuters, however, there is little choice –......

When the financial year ends in March, taxpayers would have shelled out more than $40 billion in bailout support for two of three agencies involved in the provision of public transportation. Stakeholders agree that government subsidy is necessary.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Some route taxi operators in western Jamaica are disregarding the rates set by the Transport Authority and have affixed a surcharge that the commuting public pays with very little protest. In some instances, a Sunday Gleaner...

Like those in other sections of the island, commuters in Portland and St Mary are having to dig deeper into their pockets to pay higher rates by taxi operators in breach of Transport Authority regulations. A Sunday Gleaner undercover probe has...

She may be 80 years old, but Beverley Manley-Duncan’s unmistakable voice still commands attention, whether it’s coming to you through the airwaves, the phone, via a YouTube video or if she is sitting across from you. She has also been the voice....

A pastor in the Southboro section of Portmore, St Catherine, said he will be seeking to put his house up for sale following the brutal murder of a woman in the community yesterday afternoon. The clergyman told The Gleaner that the ongoing tension.....

While expressing joy yesterday that the Court of Appeal had found that she had not acted dishonestly or had stolen any money from businessman Kaon Northover, disbarred attorney-at-law Minette Palmer-Lawrence criticised the appellate court for “......

Taxi operators and residents in sections of Clarendon North western are bemoaning the deplorable state of the roads, calling for urgent action to address the unbearable situation. Roy Walters, who plies the May Pen to Blackwoods route, told The...

Kingston Western Member of Parliament Desmond McKenzie said that students in his constituency have been severely impacted by learning loss after missing out on classes in the virtual set-up ushered in by COVID-19 in March 2020. Speaking during the.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Black River High School star student Yhannai Ferron picked up her latest award this week with the Canada-based Children of Light outreach ministry presenting her with her 61st academic accolade. The 17-year-old lower sixth form...

“Him is no don! Him is no don! Him is a peacemaker!” a niece of Emeilo Morris shouted while she, other women and children protested along Maxfield Avenue in St Andrew on Friday, decrying what they say was a cold-blooded murder by police officers...

With the high levels of gun crimes plaguing Jamaica, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has sounded a warning to Jamaicans overseas who send guns back home. He also took aim at the so-called ‘shottas’ and their girlfriends and mothers who “hang aro...

The fight against corruption and financial crimes has been strengthened with the Major Organized Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) and the Integrity Commission yesterday signing a pact to solidify the investigative and collaborative...

A man accused of being one of three persons who attempted to break into a popular patty shop on Constant Spring Road in St Andrew reportedly told the police when he was held that he was hungry. “Mi did hungry. Weh mi did fi do, officer? Stay home....

All is set for the three-day visit of William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, who are scheduled to arrive at the Norman Manley International Airport shortly after 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. In a packed schedule, the roya...

Shock and sadness overwhelmed the Rae Town, Kingston home of 12-year-old Holy Trinity High School student Karuki Moncrieffe yesterday, a day after he collapsed in his community and was later pronounced dead at the Bustamante Children's Hospital...

The National Housing Trust (NHT) is expected to apply changes to several of its policies as the Government moves to quell disquiet brewing in the housing market, where thousands of contributors continue to be priced out of a home. Prime Minister......

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced a $13 billion urban road improvement project in sections of Kingston and St Andrew as well as St Catherine with high volumes of traffic. Dubbed the Special Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) programme, Holness......

Lawmakers locked horns yesterday over a provision in the Firearms (Prohibitions, Restriction and Regulation) Act, 2022, that bars a person charged with an offence involving domestic violence or has a history of domestic violence from obtaining a...