Just like the constant mutation of the coronavirus, the Jamaica Medical Doctors’ Association’s (JMDA) fight over demeaning work contracts seems a recurring issue, with ultimately one major casualty of the unending war – helpless citizens. One ...

Some Jamaicans left nothing to chance in their preparation for Tropical Storm Elsa yesterday, even as others questioned the severity of its impact on the island today. From battening down roofs to stocking up on grocery items, regardless of the...

CARICOM governments are moving to block nationals of countries who opt out of receiving skilled workers from benefiting from that right in other member states. The stance is being backed by Jamaican business interests, and former Prime Minister...

Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne assumed the chairmanship of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on July 1. Browne succeeds Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Dr Keith Rowley, and will...

As Elsa, the first Atlantic hurricane of 2021, moves into the eastern Caribbean, Jamaica has been placed on a hurricane and tropical storm warning. Ronald Jarrett, 70, has lived along Wickie Wackie Beach in Bull Bay, St Andrew, since 1995. “I......

WESTERN BUREAU: With the effects of Hurricane Elsa projected to impact Jamaica over the weekend, Prime Minister Andrew Holness is urging Jamaicans to assess the safety of their building sites and, if necessary, to relocate before any storm arrives.....

Two days after Prime Minister Andrew Holness publicly denounced the violence plaguing Central Kingston and threatened a State of Public Emergency, if so advised, five people were shot, two fatally yesterday on Rum Lane. The dead men have since...

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) says it is activating its emergency operations to facilitate a timely response to any damage to its power delivery infrastructure as Hurricane Elsa approaches the island. Winsome Callum, director of corporate...

Weise Road residents in Bull Bay, St Andrew, say they will remember 50-year-old Ricardo “Ted” James playing marbles with children hours before he met his demise Thursday at the hands of gunmen. This was the type of camaraderie they had grown......

WESTERN BUREAU: Some 63 shelters have been activated across the parish of St James as the region prepares for the likely impact of Hurricane Elsa on Jamaica. The shelters are among the partial activation of the Emergency Operation Centre, triggered....

The St Catherine Disaster Management and Preparedness Committee says it is fully prepared to mitigate any fallout from Hurricane Elsa. Chairman of the committee Roogae Kirkew says the operational centre from which all responses will be generated...

Annotto Bay, St. Mary: Describing the Annotto Bay area in St Mary as vulnerable to flooding and other disasters, Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie is warning residents to be on the alert and to brace for unfavourable weather conditions,...

Olivia Daley, mother of 10-year-old Dayquan Drummond, is overwhelmed as she tries to deal with the issues associated with eczema affecting her son. Breaking down in tears, she told The Gleaner that she is struggling to handle the pressure that has.....

Ajalon Cole has taken on the task of sourcing the funds needed to pay for his glasses by selling portraits. The 15-year-old has been squinting for years and his parents only recently found out the extent to which his eyesight has been fading. His......

WESTERN BUREAU: The Holness administration appeared to have bought time after a daylong sickout and gruelling late-night talks over a contracts dispute that threatened to make more than 140 junior doctors jobless. The healthcare system ground to a.....

American track and field officials are hoping to have star sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson available for the 4x100m at this month’s Olympic Games in Tokyo after she was slapped with a one-month suspension for testing positive for cannabis at the.....

A Manchester tiler who was among 11 persons injured in the deadly explosion at the Heaven’s FESCO service station in Mandeville, Manchester, in February 2020, is suing the operators and parent company Future Energy Source Company (FESCO) for...

A surge in call-centre and farm-work job submissions and COVID-19 crowd-control measures have slowed the processing of applications at the police Criminal Records Office, forcing hundreds of persons to wait days and weeks for quick-service delivery....

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has called for the Government to establish a special utility court to prosecute electricity thieves. Senior company officials have argued that no loss-reduction programme would be effective and sustainable......

Clarendon: Six-month contracts unconscionable, says physician Olivia Brown/Gleaner Writer Operations at hospitals in Clarendon were disrupted on Thursday as 26 medical doctors who were scheduled for duty called in sick. Eugena Clarke-James,......