Anne Chin-Teape and Leslie Teape were scheduled to get their second dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot in May, but that will dream will forever be deferred after the couple, who have been together for more than 50 years, died less than an hour...

Days after the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) sought to isolate Westmoreland Central Member of Parliament George Wright over a smouldering assault scandal, former Prime Minister Bruce Golding has urged the public to force lawmakers’ hands in......

Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn is to write to the Supreme Court’s registrar to request a date for the resumption of the Trafigura matter following the Privy Council’s dismissal of the appeal brought by five functionaries of the....

Education Minister Fayval Williams has asked the Auditor General’s Department to expand a probe at the ministry following a Sunday Gleaner investigation highlighting potential conflicts of interest involving two multibillion-dollar programmes....

BLACK ROCK, Portland: It was close to eight months that Tony hadn’t seen his aunt, Isolyn Christie. As he surveyed the fire-ravaged concrete home in which the 88-year-old perished, Tony appeared to rue having not visited her more often before he.....

Riding on the back of a positive rating from the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) for its 2020 performance, the Oracabessa Bay Fish Sanctuary has started construction of a sea urchin nursery and is mulling over the establishment of......

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s tourism sector is to get a shot in the arm from at least four major carriers out of the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States, introducing new destinations or a return to the island. Virgin Atlantic will commence.....

Religious station TBC Radio has been given an 11-day ultimatum by the Broadcasting Commission to turn over a controversial recording over allegations that it may have misused its licence in airing commentary that the state-issued COVID-19 vaccine......

WESTERN BUREAU: Following the social-media scandal and assault saga stalking Westmoreland Central Member of Parliament George Wright, two domestic abuse survivors are urging victims to leave their abusive relationships. Abigail Malcolm, councillor.....

St Catherine North West Member of Parliament Hugh Graham will be pushing the parliamentary Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) to retable the censure motion against George Wright, the government MP who is at the centre of an assault saga that...

Political activist Karen Cross has slammed the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) for ending investigations into sexual assault allegations she made against People’s National Party (PNP) General Secretary Dr Dayton Campbell. In a statement on Sunda...

While Camille Carter grew up with her father in Westmoreland, she studiously watched as he cooked for friends. Little did he realise she was taking notes to extend generosity on a much broader scale. Those life lessons spurred the single mother of.....

The Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP) is being touted as key to the economic development of St Thomas, but residents of Grants Pen fear it is likely to push their quite seaside community into oblivion. The first phase of the...

Officials at HEART/NSTA Trust have been wrestling with conflicts of interest claims over the award of millions in contracts to a technology company whose CEO is the State’s multibillion-dollar training agency’s board chairman. Edward Gabbidon, ...

As Jamaicans came to terms with the first case of the novel coronavirus in March 2020, the Kingston Public Hospital’s (KPH) Accident and Emergency Unit – one of the busiest in the country – had up to that time seen 212 gunshot wound victims an...

Since 2018, Mark Stewart’s* life centred around a gang of four letters: PAIN. Since being shot six times in February of that year, it has pained him to talk, walk, eat; and now, three years later, to accept the life of heavy dependency he now lead...

With reports emerging that some workers in the local tourism sector have been threatened that they will lose their jobs if they do not take the COVID-19 jab, at least one attorney believes that employers could be on solid ground in taking such a......

A “comprehensive” audit of the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) is now under way amid claims of “poor management and lack of accountability” of the institution’s assets levelled by its alumni association. Over the last ...

Despite the police closing the assault case involving Westmoreland Central Member of Parliament (MP) George Wright, his political future weighs in the balance as the ruling Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Disciplinary Committee prepares to review the...

Queen’s Counsel Valerie Neita-Robertson has condemned the actions of two police inspectors whose false testimony against 32-year-old bearer Raheem Panton resulted in him being in custody for a year before he was freed on Thursday of illegal...