People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding says the party made several offers to St Ann South Eastern Member of Parliament Lisa Hanna prior to her announcement not to seek re-election when the current political cycle ends. Those offers....

The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) says it is seeking legal advice on the appointment of Lieutenant General Rocky Meade as Cabinet secretary, arguing that the Holness administration has several questions to answer on the matter....

WESTERN BUREAU: Some caterers providing food for schoolchildren under the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) are considering packing it in as their current arrangement with the Government is no longer economically viable......

Despite a survey of 35 schools by the health and education ministries finding that most were non-compliant with the interim guidelines for beverages in schools, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton said no action would be taken...

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is conducting an investigation into Wednesday’s blaze at Khemlani Mart in Manor Park, St Andrew, following reports that a transformer that had allegedly exploded may have started the fire. Director of...

GRAND CAYMAN: Superseding all growth figures for any city in the English-speaking Caribbean, Montego Bay, Jamaica’s tourism capital, is enjoying a 23 per cent increase in stopover arrivals in 2022. The western Jamaica city has contributed...

People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding has revealed that the 84-year-old political movement is now in a healthy financial state, having cleared its legacy debts. As the PNP gears up for its annual conference this weekend, senior part...

WESTERN BUREAU: A three-year-old boy, who was among four persons shot on Tuesday in a drive-by attack that claimed two lives in Goodwill, St James, has been released from the hospital. The deceased have been identified as 38-year-old former St...

Dezreen Miller and Anita Stephenson, the mother and daughter from Olympic Gardens whose heartbreaking story was highlighted by The Gleaner on August 20, are now comfortably settled in a new home. The house was constructed on Wednesday by Food For.....

Lieutenant General Rocky Meade’s appointment as Cabinet secretary has been met with scepticism by former senior civil servants who have expressed concern that it may not be in keeping with a provision of the Jamaican Constitution. Meade, the form...

Three business moguls have defended their multimillion-dollar sponsorship of Jamaican Foreign Minister Kamina Johnson Smith’s failed candidature for the post of Commonwealth secretary general, insisting that they were motivated only by patriotism...

After two consecutive days of protest action, transport operators who ply sections of St Andrew West Rural have called for a traffic ticket amnesty and have pledged to hold police and other state authorities accountable after airing grouses at a...

WESTERN BUREAU: Damion Tyrell, director of field operations and data collection at the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), is urging Jamaicans to participate in the 2022 Population and Housing Census, which is now on in earnest. The data...

As Jamaican parliamentarians paid tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II, members of the Opposition urged the Government to complete the process of independence by removing the monarch as the head of state. Opposition Leader Mark Golding said The.....

At the centre of Comfort Castle Primary and Infant School in Moore Town, Portland, stands an eyesore: an old principal’s cottage which has been in ruins since it lost its roof during the passage of Hurricane Gilbert 34 years ago. The structure......

(Associated Press): Veteran actor Sheryl Lee Ralph, an ageless stalwart of the industry who won an Emmy as a first-time nominee at the age of 66, relished in her victory by bellowing powerful lyrics about being an Endangered Species, imploring...

The ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) would retain power if a general election were to be called today, widening its advantage over the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) and strengthening its influence over key demographic groups, including...

GRAND CAYMAN: The Jamaica-based Chukka Caribbean Adventures will pump US$5 million (J$750 million) into a new adventure park in Antigua and Barbuda, that country’s tourism authority Chief Executive Officer Colin James says. Chukka Chief Executive....

As the Ministry of Health investigates its first suspected monkeypox death, Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) Regional Technical Director Michael Bent has warned school administrators to ramp up infection-control measures to mitigate the...

A St James businessman alleged to be the mastermind behind a local lottery scamming group is to be extradited to the United States after he opted not to challenge the request. Anthony Stewart, 38, of Bogue Village, waived his right to an...