Lead Stories

Danielle Archer, principal director of the National Integrity Action (NIA), says with new leadership set to take the reins of the Integrity Commission (IC), the anti-corruption body should advance and accelerate a national strategy against...

WESTERN BUREAU: No sooner had Joy Smith heard that the man accused of killing her daughter had met his demise in an alleged police confrontation on Tuesday than she and close relatives and friends made their way to Dovecot Cemetery to celebrate the...

Patricia Smith’s journey is one of resilience, perseverance and triumph over adversities. Once a child in state care in Jamaica, she overcame all odds to carve out a path to success, becoming a thriving business owner, locally and abroad. Yet, the...

“Right now, I am devastated because I wasn’t expecting this,” Constable Lescene Edwards said on Monday, reflecting on the passing of King’s Counsel Valerie Neita Robertson. Like many across Jamaica, Edwards was shocked and saddened by the loss of...

WESTERN BUREAU: Damoy Wright’s family is devastated following the tragic incident last Friday in Cotton Tree, Trelawny, in which a loaded truck fell on to the motor car he was driving, killing him. The Ulster Spring police say the incident...

The sound of gunfire followed by screams broke the night’s silence in a section of the Stony Hill, St Andrew community commonly called ‘Bridge’ after gunmen killed a teen and wounded his father during a home invasion on Sunday night. Javed Liscombe...

A woman has filed a lawsuit against the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), alleging that she was forcibly removed from her home and taken to the hospital for mental health treatment. She is accusing the hospital of malicious destruction...

Crime continues to be the single most crippling concern facing Jamaicans, with the high cost of living a distant second, the latest RJRGLEANER-commissioned Don Anderson opinion poll has found. The findings are almost identical to those determined...

WESTERN BUREAU: Ezekiel Clarke, the pastor of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Jesus Praise Temple in Falmouth, Trelawny, believes that Jamaica has taken its various blessings and advantages for granted and needs to return to godly principles in order...

If We must Die is, perhaps, Claude McKay’s most famous poem. It was penned at a time when the United States (US) was rocked by rampant racial violence, and its messages of defiance and of dying with dignity resonated with scholars and the literati...

A 78-year-old woman from St Andrew, who invested $60 million in the fraud-hit investment firm Stocks...

They may not be the ones pulling the trigger or bludgeoning those who dare test their authority. Still, women in Jamaica’s most organised crime syndicates play roles that are no less deadly, and heinous, and which continue to challenge law...