St Ann resident Shaquille Higgins and his family have threatened to file a lawsuit against the police and the Jamaican Government after he was arrested and cajoled into submitting a public apology for a foul-mouthed tirade against the prime...

Members of Parliament’s Public Administration and Appropriations Committee were on Wednesday perplexed as to why the Dr Cecil Cornwall-led Western Hospitality Institute (WHI) received the lion’s share of funding for students pursuing occupationa...

The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information declared on Wednesday that they had not had oversight responsibility for the National Council on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (NCTVET)...

Five years ago, Fedrick Dacres opened Jamaica’s track and field campaign at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He will play the same role today, but he is no longer a naive newcomer. Instead, Dacres is one of the finest discus throwers in the.....

The St Catherine pastor who was on the run since July 8, after he allegedly raped an 11-year-old girl, was taken into police custody last Friday. The accused had escaped into the hills of the St Catherine North Police Division. The victim had been....

The impending mass-deportation flight to Jamaica from the United Kingdom (UK) has threatened to impact the work of groups like the Windrush National Organisation. Chairman Dr Desmond Jaddoo told The Gleaner that the deportation is scheduled for...

Councillor for the Royal Flat division, Donovan Mitchell, has described as unfortunate the barbs hurled by two People’s National Party vice-presidential nominees at Manchester Central Member of Parliament Rhoda Crawford,which drew national outrage...

TOKYO, Japan: On the back of Jamaica’s historic participation in the judo competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) President Christopher Samuda says the organisation aims to expand the country’s footprint in...

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.....