Melorine Gizart walked along Luke Lane on Sunday in her son’s football gear, even in his socks and boots, as if seeking to summon from the dead 18-year-old football prodigy Omar Laing, who was killed by gunmen on Friday. Meanwhile, Laing’s one-y...

WESTERN BUREAU: Beryl Walters has never missed communion, but the family now views her indication last week that she would miss Saturday’s ritual because of ill health as an omen of the tragedy that was to unfold on April 19. Beryl, and her 12-yea...

Dynamic Lifestyle Studio says its lease with the owner of 7 Hillcrest Avenue was clear that a gym would operate there, a twist in the case brought against the operators by the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC). The KSAMC applied....

A title dispute is brewing following the soft launch of media personality Dr Terri-Karelle Reid’s book BRAND YOU!, which bears the exact name of Dr Hume Johnson’s published four years ago. Johnson, an associate professor of communications at Ro...

WESTERN BUREAU: WHEN CLASSES resume today, three-year-old Kamoill Williams Jr will not be able to occupy the desk and chair reserved for him at Brownsville Primary and Infant School in Cascade, Hanover. Kamoill succumbed to gunshot injuries he...

What began as a gesture of goodwill to a neighbour whose house caught fire ended in widespread heartbreak, with 13 homes engulfed in flames in the capital on Friday afternoon. It was a familiar refrain in west Kingston: Charred food and clothes,...

Diana McCaulay has leveraged her love for nature and her palette of experiences as a source of inspiration for her literary work. The seasoned Jamaican author is being recognised for her creative flair as she has been shortlisted for the 2022...

From an early age, Sharma Taylor knew that writing was her calling. And not only has the attorney-at-law been able to pursue her passion, but she has also achieved a major milestone in her literary journey. Taylor is one of 26 writers who have...

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...