Months after Hurricane Melissa tore through western Jamaica, administrators and students at several special-needs institutions remain in a desperate battle for survival, grappling with a sluggish recovery that threatens to derail the education of th...

Defence attorney Hugh Wildman has urged the court to exclude the testimony of a key prosecution witness in the trial of six policemen charged in connection with the January 2013 fatal shooting of three men on Acadia Drive in St Andrew, arguing that ...

The Jamaica Libraries and Information Network (JAMLIN), an arm of the National Library of Jamaica (NLJ), has launched a Jamaican Sign Language (JSL) training initiative aimed at strengthening accessibility and inclusion across Jamaica’s library ne...

Senior Gleaner journalist Kimone Francis says being named the 2025 Journalist of the Year is a prestigious honour, but is not her “North Star”. “Knowing that a story helped a family find justice or brought resources to a neglected community pr...

Seeing colleague journalists struggle quietly with medical challenges and other personal crises is what moved veteran practitioner Janet Silvera to propose a welfare fund for Jamaican journalists. Silvera, who is also an entrepreneur, will make the ...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Male students at Little London High School no longer have to be jealous that the girls' restroom is nicer than theirs. Last Friday, a group of alumni called Global Humanity Network Incorporated (GHNI) dona...

Today is the 102nd day of 2022. There are 263 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to fly in space, orbit the Earth and make a safe landing. OTHER EVENTS1606: Great Britain ad...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's Parliament on Monday elected Opposition lawmaker Shahbaz Sharif as the new prime minister, following a week of political turmoil that led to the weekend ouster of Premier Imran Khan.Sharif took the ...

While the journey of entrepreneurship has been anything but smooth sailing for small grocery store owner Arlene Swaby, she is proof that with the right focus, and a little support, small business owners can thrive."I started out after m...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Programme director, Community Renewal Programme, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Charles Clayton says the answer to the nation's crime problem is definitely not the resumption of hanging.In fact, Clayton poi...

Former Member of Parliament and wife killer Jolyan Silvera will be serving 20 years and 10 months behind bars for the brutal murder of his wife, Melissa Silvera. Chief Justice Bryan Sykes handed down the sentence in the Home Circuit Court on...

The woman who admitted to throwing a mixture of bleach and urine on Leoda Bradshaw while both were in custody has been sentenced to 15 months in prison. Kilfer Gilchrist pleaded guilty to assault occasioning bodily harm when the case was called.....

Dacia Forrester, the woman who was set ablaze during a shocking confrontation at a gas station in Whithorn, Westmoreland last month has died after weeks of fighting for her life in hospital. Forrester, who suffered severe burns during the...

Motorists and pedestrians along Lady Musgrave Road were left stunned Friday morning when a Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus burst into flames near the busy intersection by the AC Marriott hotel. The blaze reportedly erupted early this.....

Melissa Silvera shared a lifetime bond with the Reverend Canon Major Sirrano Kitson, rector of St Andrew Parish Church -- he baptised her as a baby, stood by her at the altar on her wedding day, and welcomed her for countless monthly chats. Yet,......