WHITE RIVER, St Mary: A former Cabinet minister is calling on the Government to end what seems to be a free-for-all in the river rafting industry, saying that any mishap resulting from unregulated operations could spell disaster for the island’s.....

The leadership of the Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) has accused the finance ministry of acting in bad faith and violating labour relations and collective bargaining recommendations by taking steps, under the compensation review exercise.....

The University of the West Indies (UWI) has established a subcommittee to examine the forces outside of its control, which sometimes affect its balance sheet. Vice Chancellor Professor Sir Hilary Beckles said rising government debt, impairments and....

Thirty-one-year-old Brian Turner believes that it was a stipend being offered for participating in the USAID-sponsored A Ganar programme in 2012 that saved him, then an at-risk youngster in an inner-city community, from a life of crime. He believes....

WESTERN BUREAU: THE OFFICE of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has promised to do follow-up work in addressing the years-long vexing issue of sustained water supply for residents of Rhyne Park, St James, who have expressed concern that some anticipated......

A 66-year-old man who was sent to prison for 14 years in 2017 for sexually molesting a 10-year-old girl is seeking to have his conviction overturned in the Court of Appeal, primarily on grounds that he has had to be waiting for almost five years to....

Commonwealth Secretary General Baroness Patricia Scotland has expressed hope that Jamaica’s Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Senator Kamina Johnson Smith will withdraw her bid for the post. Scotland made the call in an interview with...

More than five years after Jamaica committed to spend $150 million to eradicate the deadly frosty pod rot disease over three years, the infestation has been brought down to a manageable level, according to the agriculture ministry. Chief Plant...

WESTERN BUREAU: Students who attend institutions in Westmoreland yesterday welcomed the installation of a free public Wi-Fi hotspot in the parish capital Savanna-la-Mar. Highlighting the importance of Internet services, the students from Godfrey...

The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) has reported that an 81.3 per cent decline in airline passengers and the closing of cruise lines resulted in a significant plunge in fees collected from airlines for the financial year 2020-2021. In its annual...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Constabulary Force is remaining tight-lipped on its probe into the discovery of a huge stash of foreign currencies totalling approximately J$600 million, which it seized during an operation in western Jamaica earlier...

WESTERN BUREAU: A St James couple is accusing both their private obstetrician and the public hospital staff of causing the death of their baby boy, who was scheduled to be born on April 11. Further, 33-year-old Lishae Brown and 51-year-old Lawford.....

Education Minister Fayval Williams says she will not be quick to jump at the recent recommendations from the Early Childhood Commission (ECC) to sack three principals heading government-operated institutions over their “flagrant disregard” for t...

Residents in Tivoli Gardens are stocking up on salt. However, it is not for cooking. The West Kingston-based community is battling a surge in the maggot population in some areas as uncollected garbage piles up. When The Gleaner visited the area...

The Church is demanding a greater role on the board of the Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC), arguing that denominational institutions make up more than 35 per cent of schools across the island. The group, comprising members of the Ecumenical...

Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the Government is closely monitoring hospitalisation and deaths as a result of the increase in the COVID-19 positivity rate over the past week, but noted that he was not harbouring regrets over the...

Seven-month-old twins Kaile and Kaila Mason have spent much of their short lives apart. When she was just a day old, Kaile was whisked away from the Victoria Jubilee Hospital in downtown Kingston to the nearby Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC.....

Jamaica has expressed satisfaction with the decision by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) to acquiesce after pleas by Education Minister Fayval Williams for the regional authority to delay by three weeks the start of the exam period which...

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) has recommended the dismissal of three principals heading government-operated institutions over their “flagrant disregard” for the established standards of the Ministry of Education. The ECC has also asked....

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) will be formulating a policy to allow for continued assessment and flexibility in the administration of its examinations. That declaration was made as the organisation yielded to pressure from Jamaica and...