A proposal to use Chilean octagonal warnings on food and beverage packaging throughout the Caribbean has been flatly rejected by local consumer advocacy and regulatory groups despite urgent calls for the implementation of front-of-packaging labels.....

Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says that as more Jamaicans get fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, more of the current restrictions to slow the spread of the virus locally may be relaxed as has been proposed in the...

Two weeks after apologising for flagrant violations of Jamaica’s coronavirus public-safety laws at a Mocha Fest party hosted at Rick’s Café, the tourist hotspot’s financial controller is to answer to charges surrounding breaches of the Spirit...

Burials may be resumed today at the Meadowrest Memorial Park in St Catherine after a pay dispute sparked a worker walkout on Thursday, forcing scores of mourners to turn back without their dead being interred. Four of the 18 burials scheduled were.....

The police suspect information technology specialist William Dewar’s death may have been a crime of passion based on evidence collected. Dewar was reportedly killed on Monday at his Oakland Apartments home in St Andrew and his body discovered with...

WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Health Department says 216 premises in the parish were identified during the month of May to be positive for mosquito breeding that could potentially lead to the spread of dengue fever, which is 113 more than was...

St Catherine resident Anthony Morgan is just about fed up with his much-loved hustle as a diver in the Bog Walk Gorge. Divers in the gorge have long pressed the Government to establish a fund to pay them when they plunge into the murky waters of...

A police constable who reportedly shot a civilian after he disobeyed his order to stop last February was on Thursday offered $500,000 bail when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. Thirty-two-year-old Kemar Hutchinson, who was...

Taxi fare hike coming Transport Minister Robert Montague gave the clearest signal on Thursday that the Government would hike taxi fares but declined to give a timeline on when that change might be ratified. The declaration, however, appears to.....

The Hanover Health Department was fully aware of the planning of Mocha Fest, but medical officials and the police claimed that they were unable to locate the sites for the week of illegal parties that sparked public outrage. The breach and apparent....

WESTERN BUREAU: Minutes after Stephina Ralston exited a court-ordered counselling session on Wednesday, she reiterated that she wanted the man accused of nearly killing her to be granted bail and for legal proceedings to be discontinued. The 23-...

When fisherfolk saw men dressed in bulletproof vests making their way across the Rae Town fishing village on Wednesday morning, they initially thought it was the police, until loud explosions and screams for help beckoned. One resident told The.....

A Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) helicopter made a precautionary landing on farmlands in Dunbeholden, St Catherine, about 2 p.m. yesterday. According to the army, the helicopter was being flown by a student pilot, who was stable and had no apparent...

Gadget guru James Watson can read success backwards and forwards. And the 49-year-old, who was born with dyslexia, is writing a new chapter on life with the launch of his electronics and photography business. Watson has sought to push the...

A man who has been accused of sexually assaulting five young children is now in police custody. The alleged victims include four boys and a girl whose ages range from six to 12 years old, commanding officer for the St Mary police, Superintendent...

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) came under fire from a parliamentary committee on Tuesday for issuing a report that lacked data and analysis of the scale of devastation to Jamaica’s farm sector from the coronavirus pandemic and...

WASHINGTON (AP): The United States will buy 500 million more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to share through the global COVAX alliance for donation to 92 lower-income countries and the African Union over the next year, a person familiar with.....

A policeman implicated in the reported sexual assault of a male ward has been taken into custody, The Gleaner understands. The offence allegedly happened two weeks ago while the juvenile was in custody. The constable is attached to the St Ann...

WESTERN BUREAU: After a lull in violence in recent times, guns barked in Logwood, Hanover, yesterday, leaving two men dead and two others injured in a brazen mid-morning attack. According to police reports, about 11:00 a.m., heavy gunfire was heard....

WESTERN BUREAU: Yesterday’s first court appearance by a Hanover man who allegedly sexually molested his 15-year-old grandniece was a non-starter as the matter was postponed until Friday to facilitate an ongoing case in the Lucea-based Hanover...