Grieving students, colleagues and community folk gathered at the Vere Technical High School in Clarendon yesterday, struggling to come to terms with the death of Principal Antoinette Banton-Ellis, who died suddenly on Thursday evening. Sources told....

WESTERN BUREAU: The Duncans All-Age School in Trelawny has been plunged into mourning after acting Principal Ann Marie Johnson Lindo collapsed and died about 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Johnson Lindo, whose substantive post is vice-principal bu...

An 11th-hour understanding was reached on Friday between the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service and the O’Neil Grant-led Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA), averting a massive strike of thousands of disgruntled public sector workers....

Gawain Murray had been dreaming of building his own house from the ground up since he was 11 years old and this motivation steered him to pursue a career in construction. Murray grew up in humble beginnings with his three siblings and parents in...

WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Andrew Holness has indicated that plans may need to be put in place for the expansion of Montego Bay, St James, the western city for which a drainage programme is now being considered to address a perpetual issue of......

WESTERN BUREAU: National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang is defending the ability of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) to respond to all situations, arguing that the island’s soldiers are well trained. Chang was speaking with The Gleaner yesterday...

WESTERN BUREAU: With two major industrial groups having gone on strike this week and under the treat of a major strike in the civil service next week, Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday urging Jamaicans to let the country’s industrial...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester: Deputy Superintendent Rohan Powell of the Manchester Division of the Jamaica Fire Brigade believes that installing speed traps along accident-prone roadways in the parish could help to reduce cases of reckless driving and...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Westmoreland Municipal Corporation took the National Water Commission (NWC) to task at its latest meeting on Thursday, urging staff of the state entity to put the same fervour shown in their two-day industrial action this week......

WESTERN BUREAU: The 30,000-strong union representing civil servants has rejected the Government’s latest compensation package, issuing a 72-hour ultimatum to respond to simmering concerns or face industrial action. The Jamaica Civil Service...

Lescene Edwards still has nightmares despite having his murder conviction overturned by the London-based Privy Council last month. He had served nine years of a life sentence at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre before the court determined....

Ainsworth Morris and Asha Wilks/Gleaner Writers Barbara Gloudon, whose sharp wit and listening ear endeared her to radioland for decades and whose theatrical genius brought colour to the National Pantomime, died late Wednesday. Her passing at...

Leveraging moral suasion to ward off snowballing labour unrest, Prime Minister Andrew Holness pressed Jamaicans Thursday to exercise civic restraint to prevent economic collapse and an unravelling of social harmony. His plea came in the midst of a.....

WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) has officially called off its search for 68-year-old Beryl Walters, who was washed away during flood rains in the Westgate area of Montego Bay last month. Montego Bay Deputy Mayor Richard......

A legal officer at Petrojam yesterday recalled that before being appointed board chairman, Dr Perceval Bahado-Singh was a part of a board meeting in July 2016 where it was communicated that the board would only be responsible for covering the...

The window of opportunity for defence lawyers in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial to further cross-examine the main witness was closed yesterday and the matter against Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan and 32 accused adjourned until May 24. The main witnes...

A joint select committee reviewing the Firearms (Prohibition, Restriction and Regulations) Act, 2022 has dialled back a massive fine and jail time of up to five years for a licensed firearm holder whose weapon is exposed in a public space. Section.....

The National Water Commission (NWC) was given more than 72 hours’ notice before workers of the state-run entity walked off the job, the Union of Public and Private Employees (UPPE) has said. The revelation came in a Gleaner interview on Wednesday...

Hundreds of thousands of Jamaicans breathed a sigh of relief Wednesday as restive staff of the National Water Commission (NWC) returned to work at 11 p.m., turning on valves that had left taps dry for almost 48 hours, cripping households,...

“I can’t believe I watched my friend drown and couldn’t help him.” Those sentiments of regret and helpless desperation still haunt 17-year-old Jason White, who is still visibly shaken weeks after witnessing the death of his best friend, tee...