Manchester, Jamaica With the third vaccination blitz under way across the island and the second to be accommodating persons as young as 18 years old, young vaxxers in Manchester are encouraging Jamaicans to be proactive and get the jab. Nineteen-......

TOKYO, Japan: Limping and heavily bandaged, Yohan Blake’s painful walk away from the track after his disappointing semi-final finish in the men’s 100m at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in many ways reflected the current condition of Jamaica’s ...

In a fervent display of will and determination, the Hermitage Women For Peace, in association with the Sizzla Youth Foundation and the August Town Peace Builders, staged a peace march on Sunday to register their opposition to the continued...

Nannyville Gardens in St Andrew is tense following the murder of a man who is said to have been the community leader for decades. Investigators are now piecing together possible evidence and information to land a clear motive behind the killing of.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Reverend Courtney Walters, the recently retired chaplain for the Police Area One Division, has taken a parting shot at the Police High Command, saying the organisation is guilty of not treating new recruits and junior police...

Freshly minted Assistant Commissioner of The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) Julian Davis-Buckle is beaming with pride and joy. The senior firefighter was also promoted to area officer for Area Two, comprising St Mary, Portland, Trelawny, and St Ann....

In the aftermath of Jamaica’s clean sweep of the medals in the women’s 100m final at the 2020 Tokyo Games, Legacy Athletics head coach Omar Hawes says that it may not be the last time that the Jamaican women achieve similar feats in the future.....

In the most nightmarish incidents of corporal punishment, Jamaican children are tortured, burned, and maimed by their parents and guardians for the most senseless reasons. And with more than 30 broken bones, the plight of a two-year-old girl is...

TOKYO, Japan: The world yesterday witnessed one of the most amazing sporting performances in history, as Elaine Thompson Herah emphatically defended her Olympic 100m title with a 10.61 seconds run inside the Tokyo Olympic Stadium – in a run and a....

Encouraged by the number of persons who turned up to be inoculated across the country yesterday, Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is now eyeing an ambitious 800,000 additional Jamaicans receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, which would take Jamaica.....

Keith Thompson, father of Elaine Thompson Herah, was one overjoyed man yesterday when The Sunday Gleaner visited him following his daughter’s stunning performance in the 100m final at the Tokyo Olympics. Basking in the loud cheers from his clients...

The perpetrators of human trafficking are to face tougher sanctions as the Government vows to introduce legislation to impose mandatory jail time for those convicted of the crime. The US State Department has maintained Jamaica’s Tier 2 ranking in....

In what many track and field experts and analysts predict to be the most dramatic event of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, three of Jamaica’s top female sprinters line up early today for the semi-finals of the highly anticipated 100 metres event in Tokyo...

Western Bureau: The bravery of a 15-year-old girl paid off on Thursday afternoon, in Trelawny, as her valiant efforts thwarted an alleged attempt by a taxi man who tried to rape her. The young woman fought the taxi operator and made good her escape....

Pleasure boat operators are being warned that any failure to observe COVID-19 protocols on the high seas, including sticking to the curfew deadlines, will result in prosecution. This as the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), working in...

Medals of honour for general service were presented to soldiers on parade yesterday by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen and Prime Minister Andrew Holness at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) 2021 Armed Forces Day ceremony. The colourful affair took....

Jamaica’s medal winning streak in the women’s 400-metre hurdles could continue in Tokyo when the Olympic track and field programme begins. This is according to Okeile Stewart, who coached Rushell Clayton to third place at the 2019 World...

WESTERN BUREAU: Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says that persons who do not satisfy the Ministry of Health’s protocols for receiving COVID-19 vaccines, including those with medical conditions that would preclude them from receiving their......

Banana Ground, Manchester Several communities across Jamaica have produced some great talents who continue to contribute to national development and represent the island on the global stage. One such is the small community of Banana Ground in...

WESTERN BUREAU: A rift has widened in the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC) over the naming of the newly unveiled headquarters after the sitting mayor, Bertel Moore, who has scoffed at detractors and insisted that they had no right and power....