The foundation operated by Jamaican international music star Shaggy has not filed mandatory audited financial statements for the last two years, placing itself in danger of being stripped of its charity status, the agency that regulates charitable.....

A gym and restaurant at 7 Hillcrest Avenue in St Andrew are to be closed by July 31 in a case of illegal development brought by the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) against the operators and property owner. It is the latest...

Stakeholders across the region are still asking questions about the timing of this year’s Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) exams, which is slated to begin next month. Educators are of the view that CXC should push back the sitting of the...

There is far more substance to Georgia Crawford Williams than being the protective sister of Senator Damion Crawford. The wife, mother, radio host, broadcaster and researcher has added consultant and entrepreneur to her large portfolio, which also.....

PORT ANTONIO, Portland: Criminal intent is suspected to be behind yesterday’s early morning massive explosion at Scotiabank in Port Antonio, Portland, the police say, which resulted in one man being hospitalised after he was found with injuries in...

A justice of the peace (JP), who was forced to resign last week after a Sunday Gleaner exposé into the unlawful and unethical practices of JPs, is unapologetic about his actions that led to him demitting office. Ezekiel Anderson, who was...

An early morning explosion has shattered an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) at the Scotiabank branch in Port Antonio, Portland.  The cause of the explosion is not yet known. The incident took place shortly after 3 a.m amid heavy rainfall...

WESTERN BUREAU Savanna-la-Mar Mayor Bertel Moore has told squatters of Little Bay, Brighton and Salmon Point in Westmoreland that they should stand firm in the fight for the lands they have been living on for many decades. “We will fight, fight,....

WESTERN BUREAU: A foundation to honour the memory of Jennel Walters, a 12-year-old girl who died tragically during flood rains on Tuesday, will be launched later this year. Christine Gilbert, the mother of the late seventh-grader at Montego Bay...

The boards of 1834 Investments Limited and Radio Jamaica Limited (RJL) have announced that they have entered into a scheme implementation agreement, which will lead to the amalgamation of both companies. The amalgamation will be done by way of a...

In the struggle to get access to water, some residents of Whitfield Avenue in St Andrew have no option but to risk their lives and venture behind enemy lines to secure the precious commodity from a makeshift standpipe, even while their community is....

Nadine Braham, a single mother of a 12-year-old blind child who is also diagnosed with sickle cell disease, speech impediment and autism, has been longing to go back to work and regain her independence ever since her son was born. Since Tyrique...

A 25-year-old construction worker, who had maintained from the outset that he was being framed, could not hold back his tears of relief on Thursday in the Gun Court after he was freed of charges of shooting with intent and illegal possession of...

With renewed plans to tighten the screws on plastic pollution across the globe, Matthew Samuda, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth...

Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, state minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, is hopeful that vaccination take-up across Jamaica will increase in the coming weeks, following the confirmation of another COVID-19 variant in the island this week. “I....

Health officials across the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) are sharing the optimism of Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton and Dr Brian James, president of the Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ), that the island is in a.....

WESTERN BUREAU: GORDON BROWN, the attorney for businessman Michael Issa, is booked to stand trial in the St James Parish Court on July 21 for obstruction of justice in relation to a case of resisting arrest and indecent language concerning his...

Head of the School of Education at The University of the West Indies, Mona, Dr Marcia Rainford, has expressed concern that the definition of a teacher in the Jamaica Teaching Council Act, 2022, eliminates most educators at the early childhood level....

Embattled president of the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), Dr Derrick Deslandes, has declined to say whether he will be applying to continue on in the post after it was advertised in The Sunday Gleaner last weekend. Deslandes.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Head of the Incorporated Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica, Lenworth Kelly, wants unattached Jamaican youth “pulled off the corners” and put to work instead of construction workers being sought from overseas to work in the......