WESTERN BUREAU: The woman accused of beating a two-year-old baby while in her care at the T’s Tiny Tots Daycare Centre in Falmouth, Trelawny, is to be charged this Friday, the police have confirmed. The caregiver, Jacqui Harding-Fearon, who spent....

The farming community of Bellas Gate has been in the grips of a siege by 20-year-old Jeff Bedward, the suspect linked to the disappearance of a Clarendon teacher who was killed in a firefight with the police on Saturday. Relatives and residents of.....

A teacher-soldier couple living in Portmore, St Catherine, is heartbroken, accusing nurses at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) of shoving their dead baby into their arms to bond. David Bartley and his wife believe that if more...

WESTERN BUREAU: Detectives attached to the Lacovia Police Station in St Elizabeth have commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the murder of a housekeeper, whose body was discovered Tuesday morning at her home with her neck...

Jamaican theologian the Rev Dr Horace Russell passed away on Monday, leaving behind a legacy in education and leadership that spanned his island home and the United States. Russell was 91. In his last interview with The Gleaner in January, he...

The joint select committee of Parliament currently reviewing the sexual harassment bill has agreed that board members be held accountable in the proposed legislation, even though they technically are not employees of the organisations they serve.......

A coalition of 13 organisations on Tuesday urged the Government to introduce provisions in the National Identification and Registration Act, or the Data Protection Act (DPA), to remove a two-year period of exemption that would be applicable to the.....

WESTERN BUREAU: The Government has been urged to place more focus on primary healthcare so that the health centres can become the first option for persons seeking medical attention. Calvin G. Brown, former chairman of the board at the Cornwall...

WESTERN BUREAU: One month and five days after an alleged severe beating of a two-year-old infant at a daycare centre in Falmouth, Trelawny, the accused perpetrator remained on the job without sanction from childcare watchdogs or other state...

Monday’s killing of the main suspect in the murder of police Constable Jermaine Bennett of Gregory Park, Portmore, has been greeted as welcome news to the family of the slain cop, but they say the agony of their loss has not subsided. Eugene...

WESTERN BUREAU: National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang believes that the piloted E-commerce National Delivery Solution (ENDS) linking customers in St Andrew; Portmore, St Catherine; and Montego Bay, St James, with food service providers during.....

WESTERN BUREAU: The grieving family of 78-year-old Joyclyne Gordon, the retired farmer whose decomposed body was found in a section of her from Breadnut Walk community in St Elizabeth on Saturday, is still puzzled as to the circumstances under...

“Help Joanna hear!” is the plea from a Clarendon family for their infant daughter who celebrated her fourth birthday last Wednesday. But instead of showering little Joanna with toys, her parents are seeking assistance in getting hearing aids as...

The fear of becoming blind very soon has left 15-year-old Yvonic Bailey traumatised and depressed. “Sometimes I don’t even sleep at nights,” said Yvonic, who is already totally blind in the left eye and is now losing sight in the right. Bailey...

The Sandals Foundation has donated more than $2 million in supplies to the Private Sector Vaccine Initiative to support the Health Ministry’s national COVID vaccination plan. The supplies include infrared thermometers, coolers, tents, chairs...

Errol Green is relieved that his mother is already dead. Had she not been, he believes that news of the discovery of his sister Millicent Robinson's body in a shallow grave would have sent her over the edge. Green...

A 50-year-old toll security guard has been arrested on firearm and assault charges following an incident with a motorist at the Portmore toll booth in St Catherine on Saturday. Norris McLarty of Wareham Road, Kingston 2 has been...

The St Catherine North police are seeking Rumell Anderson, whom they say is wanted in relation to the alleged sexual assault of an eight-year-old girl. Reports are that Anderson allegedly raped the girl several times over...

A massive inter-parish security operation comprising 75 soldiers and police failed to locate missing schoolteacher Nattalie Dawkins or a fleeing suspect during a search of the Bellas Gate and Connors communities of St Catherine on Sunday. The two-....

Rasbert Turner/Gleaner Writer Residents of Central Village and Windsor Heights were rattled by violence during the coronavirus lockdown as gunmen went on a rampage in both communities over the weekend. The attacks have been reportedly triggered by....