The board of the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ) should be sacked for the controversial $443m investment in start-up First Rock Capital Holdings that broke the law, the opposition People’s National Party has said. Transport Minister Robert...

TOKYO, Japan: For a number of Jamaicans living in Tokyo, the arrival of the rescheduled Olympic Games has provided an opportunity to get a glimpse of what things used to be like before the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to connect with their...

Fresh from a political nightmare week the People’s National Party (PNP) wants to forget, the organisation begins a two-day meeting of its National Executive Council (NEC), its second highest decision-making body, with peace and consensus talks...

Phillip Paulwell, the opposition spokesperson on energy, is advising the Government to end its practice of dishing out waivers and concessions on the bauxite levy. The former energy minister made the suggestion in the wake of Concord Resource...

Opposition spokesperson on labour, social security and special abilities, Dr Floyd Morris, has suggested that the Government should use funds in dormant bank accounts to invest in the education system in Jamaica. Morris, a senator, made the...

Western Bureau: The 17-year-old son of a Westmoreland-based pastor is now in police custody and could be facing a murder charge as he is the main suspect in the death of his father, who was killed in his sleep at their Petersfield home early Friday....

TOKYO, Japan: Jamaican gymnast Danusia Francis’ Olympic dream suffered a major shock after she suffered a knee injury, which has ruled her out of the artistic gymnastics competition at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Francis, who first announced the new...

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s tourism stakeholders are steering clear of any blame that they have contributed to the latest COVID-19 surge on the island, which is threatening to reverse recent decisions made by the Government to relax restrictions on....

WESTERN BUREAU: Hospital bed occupancy is at pressure-point, positivity rate in transmission has increased significantly, and vaccination is too low for Jamaica to effectively fight a third wave of COVID-19. The raw truth has forced Minister of...

Citing unjust treatment, defence attorney representing controversial People’s National Party (PNP) activist Karen Cross and United States blogger Natalee Stack says he will be appealing a $750,000 fine that was imposed on his clients for contempt....

The spotlight is now on Transport Minister Robert Montague to indicate whether he is confident in the leadership of the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ), which disregarded the law in a $443 million investment of taxpayers’ money in start-up...

Dr Peter Phillips, a former opposition leader, and his family had assets valued at approximately $150 million for 2020, an increase of just seven per cent over the previous year, according to a summary of his statutory declaration. But there is a.....

The world record in the women’s sprint relay could fall to Jamaica in the upcoming Olympic Games. That expert opinion comes from 2004 Olympic 4x100 gold medallist Sherone Simpson. She believes Jamaica’s top four women – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce...

WESTERN BUREAU: Jennifer Bolt, mother of sprint legend Usain Bolt, says not being able to attend this year’s Olympic Games is a little disappointing, but she intends to be with the Jamaican team in spirit, cheering them on. Jennifer had become a....

Fire of unknown origin completely destroyed a building that housed the administrative offices at the Hydel Group of Schools along Mandela Highway in St Catherine yesterday morning, just before the start of external examinations. There were no...

Students, parents, and educators are being put on alert to prepare for any eventuality as concerns increase over the rise in COVID-19 cases. Yesterday, Minister of Education, Youth and Information Fayval Williams informed The Gleaner that “I donâ€...

Outgoing British High Commissioner to Jamaica, Asif Ahmad, has admitted that the compensation scheme process for members of the Windrush Generation has been painfully slow. In a recent Gleaner interview, Ahmad said that the British Government had......

With an uptick in the transmission of COVID-19 cases, Prime Minister Andrew Holness says it is likely that a tightening of measures will be announced next Tuesday to reverse the steady increase in persons contracting the virus. And as the...

Two public bodies, the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ) and a subsidiary violated government regulations in their $443-million investment in start-up private equity firm First Rock Capital Holdings, the finance minister, Dr Nigel Clarke, has...

Former president of the Jamaican Bar Association, Emile Leiba has responded to comments from the Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, who said that the Government may have go the route of France as it seeks to inoculate the popul...