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WESTERN BUREAU: Police Commissioner Dr Kevin Blake says the opening of the newly built Frome Police Station, in Westmoreland, is a clear indication of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) unwavering commitment to provide a safer environment to...

Two days after being appointed to the Senate, Audrey Marks, the former Jamaican Ambassador to the United States, was elevated to Cabinet minister in the Andrew Holness-led government. At the same time, Delano Seiveright, a former senior adviser...

The Jamaican police have an outstanding warrant for the arrest of international dancehall star Mavado, a police official and the entertainer’s attorney have confirmed to The Gleaner. Mavado, whose real name is David Brooks, is wanted for assault...

WESTERN BUREAU: Dillon Reid, the St James man charged in relation to the October 2024 hit-and-run death of 44-year-old Police Constable Linroy Codner, has had his bail extended to May 7 following his first appearance in the St James Parish Court to...

Decraig Green, a psychiatric nursing assistant at the Black River Hospital in St Elizabeth, had just finished his afternoon shift and had planned to celebrate the rest of his birthday with his co-worker and friend, Patrick Henry. Henry was off work...

Emergency responders worked last night to secure the area after a fire broke out in the Club Kingston VIP Departure Lounge at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston. Audley Deidrick, president and CEO of the Airports Authority...

Opposition Spokesperson on Finance Julian Robinson says a $1-billion fund will be established for Jamaica’s creative industry to drive growth and export talent. Robinson, who was delivering his 2025-2026 Budget Debate presentation in Parliament on...

Government senators and Leader of Opposition Business in the Senate, Peter Bunting, yesterday coalesced to approve the Public Procurement Act 2025 with four amendments. In piloting the legislation, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce...

Emergency measures have been implemented to ensure that grade-six students at Leeds Primary...

Frustrated by mounting complaints from residents over a worsening garbage-collection crisis, councillors in the Portmore Municipal Corporation are demanding that the municipality assume full responsibility for waste management as outlined in the...

The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) says the Opposition’s proposal to spread government deposits across the banking sector to force competition “sounds feasible and like a good idea” but that an explanation is needed for where the...

Michael Leckie, former president of the Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ), says the proposal by the parliamentary Opposition to exempt new micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) from corporate income tax for an initial period...