School leaders across Jamaica are bristling against Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ proposal to offer preferential treatment to vaccinated teachers as the Government seeks to push ahead with a return to face-to-face classes in September after...

TOKYO, Japan: With track and field action set to take centre stage at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games starting on Friday (Thursday night Jamaica time), Jamaica’s coaches and management team are still scratching their heads about the composition of th...

The United Kingdom (UK) Home Office has been slammed for failing the Windrush Generation in its handling of a designated compensation scheme. The scheme was launched in 2019 as part of a set of measures to right historical wrongs experienced by...

Jamaica’s men will be hoping to emulate their performance of five years ago at the Rio Olympic Games when sprint legend Usain Bolt, with two gold, helped to reel in five overall. Omar McLeod, the 110m hurdler, also won gold, while there was silver...

The Gleaner has published eight news stories on the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ) Group’s investment in First Rock Capital Holdings, which have been factually unchallenged. Timeline of how the issues developed: April 2016 AAJ board.....

Consultant psychiatrist and member of the Psychiatric Association of Jamaica, Dr Winston De La Haye, is endorsing a proposal in the Tobacco Control Act, 2020, which prohibits tobacco companies from awarding scholarships as part of their corporate......

Former Education Minister Ruel Reid and his co-accused are to return to the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on November 1. Reid, his wife Sharen, their daughter Sharelle, Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) president, Professor Fritz Pinnock,.....

Jamaica’s teachers who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 have been put on guard that they will not receive the same treatment as their inoculated counterparts when schools reopen for face-to-face classes in September. That might include......

Newly elected president of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA), John Mahfood, said that the Holness administration had no choice but to take immediate action rather than wait for the expiry of the current COVID-19 measures on....

TOKYO, Japan: With a number of medal magnets missing from Jamaica’s track and field team for the first time since the country’s golden era began in 2008, one of the island’s youngest groups to an Olympic Games will be charged with maintaining ...

The scandal over the Airports Authority of Jamaica’s (AAJ) lawbreaking $443-million investment in First Rock Capital Holdings raises issues of “grave concern” about governance, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has admitted. And that’s just his...

The Area One Police High Command says facilities at the Freeport Police Station are being retrofitted to house law enforcers who have been asked to vacate the government facility at Teamwork Retreat Centre in St James, but are yet to find suitable.....

Optimism among public-transport operators for a summer bump in revenues is fast fading amid the imminent tightening of COVID-19 regulations that have left them reeling. More than a year of school closures and remote work has significantly reduced......

Rogue transport operators whose unlicensed vehicles have had to be seized multiple times by the police should have their property forfeited to the State. That’s a recommendation by Senior Superintendent of Police Gary McKenzie, head of the Public....

CASTRIES (CMC): St Lucia Prime Minister Allen Chastanet comfortably won his Micoud South seat in Monday’s general election, but his ruling United Workers Party (UWP) was, up to press time, on track to relinquish the government after a five-year......

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) James Forbes, the former head of the police Community Safety and Security Branch, is all set to resume duties in the constabulary on Wednesday. The 32-year veteran whose service came to a premature end in 2012....

Members of the fractious People’s National Party (PNP) executive yesterday maintained that the party has not suffered a “fatal blow” as a result of the recent resignation of the three vice-presidents and the party chairman. Vice-presidents Da...

Bruce Golding, chairman of First Rock Global Barbados, said it would have been “proper” for Fay Hutchinson to disclose to the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ) her interests in First Rock Capital Holdings in which the state entity questionably...

TOKYO, Japan: One of the most impactful swimmers of the last few years looks set to walk away from the sport, as barrier-breaking Jamaican Alia Atkinson was left to contemplate retirement after missing out on a spot in the semi-finals of the women�...

Controversial People’s National Party (PNP) activist Karen Cross, who was last week given two weeks to pay a $750,000 fine for contempt of court, says she does not have the money to pay the fine and is seeking help via a GoFundme account to...