The Ministry of Labour and Social Security said it has launched an investigation to determine whether the Chinese mechanics employed at WH Car Service, located in Ferry Pen near the St Andrew-St Catherine border, possess valid work permits. The...

WESTERN BUREAU: As the eight-year, multibillion-dollar rehabilitation of Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) nears completion, the Government is touting progress while the Opposition voices deep frustration over delays and ballooning costs. Speaking......

A motorist who fatally struck a woman on a sidewalk nearly four years ago will be sentenced on May 30, after the Supreme Court denied his request to change his guilty plea. Christopher Gordon admitted in May 2023 to causing the fatal collision that....

WESTERN BUREAU: Sagicor Bank CEO Chorvelle Johnson-Cunningham is calling on women in leadership to actively support other women’s growth as a strategy to aid Jamaica’s development. She made this appeal at Thursday’s launch of the Women of West...

Chairman of the opposition People’s National Party’s (PNP) Region 1, Dr Wykeham McNeill, has raised concern over the silence of Jamaica’s political ombudsman amid ongoing tensions surrounding the defacing and removal of political posters. Spea...

For some, life begins on a smooth road, paved with privilege and predictability. For others like Charmaine Foster, life begins in a storm – but she chose to rise above it. In 2000, Foster started working as the secretary for the Admissions...

For St Ann businessman Omar Lawrence, entrepreneurship has been a lesson in faith and sacrifice, with a hefty dose of hard work and an openness to learn and grow. What started as a tiny venture in the confines of his living room in Oracabessa, St......

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has issued a warning that a singular focus on increasing wages as a solution for the nation’s broader economic challenges would be doomed to failure, as the country must also take aim at the fundamental issue of lo...

Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie has pledged to resolve a long-standing drainage issue along Texas Avenue in Independence City, Portmore, that has caused severe structural damage to at least three homes. During a site visit on Tuesday,...

WESTERN BUREAU: Mercia Fraser, the mother of Mario Deane, is expected to retake the witness stand tomorrow when the trial of three police personnel charged in relation to her son’s death resumes in the Westmoreland Circuit Court. Presiding High......

WESTERN BUREAU: The last time 19-year-old Abonique Jones saw her father, Tristan Jones, on April 2 he was alive, well and full of life. She never knew that two weeks later she would be looking down at his lifeless body, leaving her to mourn his...

With a paucity of reports made to designated agencies under the Protected Disclosures Act, lawmakers reviewing the more than 10-year-old law are considering a proposal for employees to divulge information to intermediaries. A joint select committee....

In a world where toddlers speak with American accents before they can tie their shoelaces, media professionals in Jamaica are pushing to teach children about their roots through homegrown television. As Jamaican children spend more time in front......

Young Jamaican females are being urged to balance professional development against their childbearing years, as fertility becomes more complicated with age, increasing the probability of a Caesarean (C-section) delivery. In addition to facing the......

After being closed for almost two months, the four main operating theatres at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) have been reopened. Chairman of the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) Wentworth Charles told The Gleaner that the theatres......

A notice posted at the entrance of WH Car Service, located in Ferry Pen near the St Andrew-St Catherine border, now informs customers that the shop will only accept 30 vehicles per day. Those arriving after that quota are urged to return another...

Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Councillor Susan Senior has cautioned against using family ties to determine who should succeed veteran Member of Parliament Karl Samuda in St Andrew North Central. Senior, who represents the Norbrook division in the...

A once-solid political alliance within the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) appears to be unravelling, as Norbrook division Councillor Susan Senior has voiced strong disappointment over fellow colleague Kari Douglas’ reported support for a rival...

A 71-year-old woman who was fatally struck by a vehicle on Easter Monday had initially planned to spend the holidays with family in St Elizabeth, but a last-minute decision to go to work instead ended in tragedy. Ikodel Wright, a beloved janitor......

WESTERN BUREAU: Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, the minister of education, says the Government has forged a partnership with Elon Musk’s satellite Internet provider Starlink to connect rural public schools with high-speed Internet services....