Lennox Channer has framed photographs of his daughters, Kyra-Jade and Maya-Paige, prominently displayed on his desk at the head offices of the Jamaica Broilers Group (JBG) in McCook’s Pen, St Catherine. Another framed piece with the word ‘Dad’...

Members of the Jamaican clergy say they are willing to lead negotiations between with warring gangsters in a bid to bring an end to deadly feuds. The pronouncement comes on the heels of a controversy sparked recently by State Minister Homer Davis,.....

While it might be true that any man can be a father, not everyone can raise a child in a volatile community like Norwood, St James, and stand his ground and survive, guiding his offspring to be model citizens. Derron ‘Brown Man’ Jarrett is one....

On August 14, 2010, the nation awoke to a bloodbath in Tredegar Park, Spanish Town, St Catherine. Eight people, among them an 11-year-old girl, lay bloody and lifeless – the aftermath of a dozen men storming several homes in a predawn attack. The...

One of the men who mounted the first legal challenge against the state of emergency (SOE) in 2020 said his motivation was to establish a precedent for the use of the enhanced security measure, particularly in inner-city communities. The St Andrew......

Human rights lobby group Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) is warning the Government that it will be watching to ensure that there are no breaches of citizens’ rights under the recently declared state of emergency (SOE) for the entire parish of St...

On April 3, 2022, The Sunday Gleaner reported that despite orders under the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) prohibiting the hosting of entertainment events in 2021 as the island was on the cusp of a fourth COVID-19 wave, a government agency –....

Over the last 18 months, Jamaican financial investigators have tracked down nearly $2 billion in assets they believe were acquired through illicit activities. The assets – mainly real estate – are included in 27 asset forfeiture or money launder...

WESTERN BUREAU: Already struggling to re-engage staff after COVID-19 resulted in massive lay-offs in the local hospitality sector, local tourism interests are bracing for a fallout in employment numbers as hotel workers join a mad rush to be...

Locals in crime-weary St Catherine are not only banking on the Government to save them from the bloody tide wreaking havoc especially in the capital, but are also sending up prayers to the heavens for a reprieve from the violence. While Prime...

Government lawyers are planning to review the Emergency Powers Regulations governing the newly declared state of emergency (SOE) in St Catherine to ensure that they are within the confines of the Constitution. This comes in the wake of the Full...

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Kamina Johnson Smith has rejected suggestions that she is a proxy candidate for the United Kingdom in her bid to replace Baroness Patricia Scotland as the secretary general of the Commonwealth. In an...

A new mural dedicated to dads across Jamaica will be unveiled on the walls of the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) shelter in downtown Kingston on Sunday in recognition of Father’s Day. Twenty-five-year-old artist Anthony ‘.....

Oral and Allison Turner have learnt resilience, having to rebound from setbacks and pushing past the nos to getting to the all-important yes to keep Turner Innovations Limited going. In a sit-down with The Gleaner, Allison shared that they had to.....

WESTERN BUREAU: NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Dr Horace Chang is lamenting that Jamaica’s crime rate could have been far lower if half of the $387 billion spent on social-intervention programmes between 2007 and 2018 had been channelled into upgradin...

Eva Myers, who made Ocho Rios her home and Evita’s Italian Restaurant the leader in its class since 1984, has passed. Myers died Friday morning in Montego Bay, St James, after ailing for some time. She was 79. Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett......

Radio Jamaica Limited (RJL) and 1834 Investments Limited have agreed to amendments to the proposed consideration payable to each shareholder in 1834 Investments under the scheme implementation agreement first announced in April. In a joint press...

Jamaica now has the capacity to conduct testing for the monkeypox virus following training in laboratory detection and diagnosis of the viral condition arranged by the National Public Health Lab in collaboration with the Pan-American Health...

Donald Williams did not hesitate to dash from inside his house to see what had transpired when gunshots rang out at his gate on Wednesday evening. The sight of his 43-year-old fiancée, Nekeisha Pottinger, lying stomach-down at the gate was not wha...

Chief Justice Bryan Sykes is to rule Monday on the no-case submissions made for 24 of the 28 remaining alleged gangsters in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial, including reputed leader Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan. While the majority of defence lawyers....