The Jamaica Society for Industrial Security (JSIS) is calling on the Government to immediately pay over billions of dollars that it owes security companies so that they can meet the 50 per cent increase in security service costs that they now face.....

“I am still in pain,” said 39-year-old taxi operator Jermaine Cunningham, the man at the centre of a controversial video who was allegedly beaten by the police over traffic breaches in Christiana, Manchester, on Wednesday. Cunningham, who began....

On the heels of the stabbing death of 16-year-old Michion Campbell at the Kingston Technical High School, Education Minister Fayval Williams says stakeholders will have to go back to the drawing board on how students are nurtured. In a Gleaner...

Just over 79,000 residents in the Greater Portmore area are looking forward to breathing more easily after rehabilitation works at the National Water Commission (NWC)-operated sewage treatment plant based there. First commissioned in 1991 with a...

Opposition Senator Gabriela Morris stirred controversy in the upper House on Friday, triggering a spirited response from government senators when she castigated Education Minister Fayval Williams for reportedly suggesting that a particular dress...

The RJRGLEANER Communications Group has made changes in its senior management. The changes, which were announced on Friday by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Gary Allen, included the appointment of two deputy CEOs, a chief people officer, and a...

In his more than two decades as a fisherman, Glasford Alexander Mitchell has faced a lot of dangers at sea, but two experiences stand out vividly in his mind. “I can remember, one Sunday morning I went to sea. It was a tough morning, I didn’t.....

Richmond Park Primary School Principal Delwyn Gordon was a picture of gratitude on Friday as he accepted a donation of US$3,500 to assist in improving the lives of his students. The school is among 67 institutions which received donations of...

Jamaica’s pig population has quadrupled over the last decade – from 144,917 to 593,170 animals – and with more than 18,000 pig farmers registered, Agriculture Minister Pearnel Charles Jr is hopeful that they will soon be able to meet and exce...

ST JAMES Top five 1. Eve Williams, Eber Preparatory 2. Shanae Kelly, Hosanna Preparatory 3. Taylor-Jade Gayle, N.E.S.T. Education 4. Romar Thompson, Somerton Primary 5. Desandra Clarke, Corinaldi Avenue Primary Top boy: Romar Thompson,...

In the aftermath of Thursday’s stabbing death of a student at Kingston Technical High School, a senior law enforcement officer is recommending that administrators collaborate with the police to conduct more unannounced searches at institutions...

The Portmore Municipal Corporation has placed a stop order on the construction of houses at the Sandown Palms development weeks after a groundbreaking ceremony featuring Prime Minister Andrew Holness. Portmore Mayor Leon Thomas said the developers.....

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has been criticised as borderline reckless for pushing up the benchmark policy rate on overnight deposits with the central bank by deposit-taking institutions (DTIs) by another 50 basis points to 6.5 per cent, effective......

The transport operator who breached the lock on one of three safety floodgates in the Bog Walk Gorge, St Catherine, on Monday during storm rains has expressed regret for his action, claiming that he felt compelled to reach home to attend to his...

Members of a joint select committee reviewing the Jamaica Teaching Council Act, 2022, have agreed with a recommendation from a key education stakeholder that a person masquerading as a teacher should face tougher penalties than a teacher who has...

The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) is seeking to bolster Jamaica’s counter-terrorism and investigative capacity by administering a suite of bachelor’s degrees in police sciences, forensic sciences, and cybersecurity and digital forensics......

ST ANN TOP FIVE 1. Michael Fletcher, Vista Preparatory 2. Jannae Watkins, Bamboo Primary 3. Jessica Comry, Aabuthnott Gallimore High 4. Rykhai Francis, Tomlinson Christian Academy 5. Jashaya Harris, Priory Primary Top boy: Michael Fletcher,...

WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says his ministry will have to employ fresh approaches to spreading awareness about prostate cancer, including engaging women to persuade men to get screened. Tufton was speaking on....

Cop on assault charge faces February trial A February 6-7 trial date has been set for a police constable who has been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm contrary to common law. Rajeeck O'Connor was placed before the Kingston and....

A St Catherine father could be in serious legal trouble after reportedly firing three shots through a door at a figure thought to be an intruder at his home, only to discover it was his 15-year-old son. The boy later died. The deceased has been...