Residents on Whitehall Avenue in St Andrew watched helplessly as five-year-old Kimberly Harrison perished yesterday in a fire at her home. “I heard her calling for help and screaming,” said distraught relative John Tamasa, who had...
Uniformed cops assigned to the Jamaica Supreme Court have been banned from using mobile phones inside the courtrooms amid complaints from judges and prosecutors that the devices have become a distraction, a top police official has disclosed. The...
A federal judge in Westchester County, New York, has approved a US$9.6 million award to Nadine McKenzie, the mother of 13-year-old Shamoya McKenzie, who was fatally shot in a gang-related incident in Mount Vernon in 2016. The award aims to hold...
Global anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) is pushing for the adoption of new policy to tackle key corruption risks in how political parties and campaigns are financed. As part of its new policy position, TI has set out...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness and the Integrity Commission (IC) are set to face trial in October over a report concerning his financial affairs. The trial date avoids a legal battle involving the head of government during the campaign for a...
A suggestion that Jamaica enact legislative changes that would prescribe social intervention and not criminal prosecution for children engaging in sexual activities is back on the table amid an “alarming” number of sex-related cases that are before...
WESTERN BUREAU: Inspired by their experiences of meeting former colleagues only at funerals, Mernett Foster-Stone and Janet McFarlane envisioned a space where memories could be shared in celebration, not sorrow. In the midst of industry turmoil and...
NEW YORK: The bodies of O’Neil Stevens and his wife, Camesha Lindsay-Stevens, are to flown home to Jamaica for burial. This was confirmed to The Gleaner by Lindsay-Stevens’ mother Veron Roper-Brown, and Khadian Henry, one of Stevens’ cousins. The...
When Kadian Glenn took her daughter to Jessie Ripoll Primary on the first day of school, the crying youngster – adamant she did not want to be left there – was met by a cheerful, down-to-earth gentleman, who Glenn said spent much of the day...
The “faceless” protest in St Elizabeth South Eastern on Monday was staged by “paid” political actors not affiliated with the opposition People’s National Party (PNP), according to its prospective candidate Norman Scott, who said his entrance into...
Shirley Morgan-Bowen was attending a church crusade in Hayes, Clarendon, on Sunday night when gunshots rang out a short distance away. But Morgan-Bowen said she was so caught up in the intense worship session that she did not hear the gunfire that...
More than 50 workers at bauxite-alumina producer Jamalco were sent home last week as part of a redundancy exercise. The Gleaner has been informed that 56 employees, including hourly and monthly paid workers as well as personnel at the managerial...
Instead of the usual excitement marking the start of a new year and academic term at Jessie Ripoll Primary School, the atmosphere was filled with sorrow and mourning as the school community gathered to grieve the tragic loss of their principal, O’...
WESTERN BUREAU: Former Miss Westmoreland Festival Queen first runner-up Ann Marie Patrick is celebrating the new age limit for the Miss Jamaica Festival Queen competition. After being herself unable to re-enter the contest in 2006 due to the rules...
Hundreds of arrest warrants that were prepared for motorists who were ticketed by law enforcement under the old paper-based system are being returned to the courts, a top police official has revealed. A precise figure was not disclosed. The...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC): A second group of soldiers from Guatemala arrived in Haiti on Saturday, bringing to 150 the total number of the contingent in the country to fight armed gangs. In a statement, the Guatemalan government said all of the...
While 15-year-old burn victim Adrianna Laing prepares for more corrective surgeries at the Boston-based Shriners Children’s Hospital in the United States, her father, Adrian Laing, is making a fresh appeal for much-needed financial assistance for...
The St Ann Chamber of Commerce has identified four key areas that will be its focus for 2025 as it continues its commitment to drive sustainable development and prosperity for the parish. In responding to queries from The Gleaner about the fortunes...
The police have approximately 30,000 arrest warrants for motorists who have ignored tickets issued for traffic violations, a senior official has disclosed. Already, the police have embarked on a “very aggressive” national drive to have them...
A serial housebreaker is now the main target of detectives assigned to the St Andrew North police as they seek to turn around the 25 per cent increase in break-ins the division recorded in 2024. The police say 29-year-old Kerron ‘Piggy’ Mason, of a...
PORT ANTONIO, Portland The resort town of Port Antonio in Portland has recently witnessed an impressive influx of cruise ships, with three vessels docking in just over a week. This surge is a clear indication of the dedicated efforts of the...
Outgoing Clarendon Central Member of Parliament Lester Mike Henry says he has not had “a change of mind” about who should replace him as the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) candidate in the looming general election, even as former Mayor of Kingston...
Former Jessie Ripoll Primary Principal Sister Shirley Chung, who first interviewed O’Neil Stevens to succeed her in 2018, was initially hesitant to hand the reins to him as he had no experience at the primary school level. Seven years later, she is...
NEW YORK: Just hours before O’Neil Stevens, the principal of Jessie Ripoll Primary School in Kingston, and his wife, Camesha Lindsay-Stevens, tragically lost their lives in a motor vehicle accident on a South Carolina highway on Friday, he shared...
