WESTERN BUREAU: A homeowner in St James is now distraught after an attempt to expand her National Housing Trust (NHT) house in the Estuary Housing Development has left her with an uninhabitable structure and no clear resolution in sight. Marjorie...
PORT MARIA, ST MARY: Constable Othroy Stewart pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving in the St Mary Parish Court on Thursday, following a fatal accident in 2022 that killed 66-year-old Linval Williams. Stewart, who was assigned to...
Imagine this: a quiet evening in a typical Jamaican household. The smell of dinner wafts through the air but the atmosphere is thick with tension. The loud argument in the living room escalates, words turning to shouts, and, soon enough, the sounds...
An agreement between Jamaica’s environmental regulator and a private company, which ended a criminal prosecution over an oil spill in the Rio Cobre, is expected to be released to the public today, according to a senior official in the Holness...
Sleuths have probed the murders of 619 women between 2019 and 2023, averaging 124 female homicides annually, according to data published by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). With 32 days remaining in 2024, this year’s toll is still...
WESTERN BUREAU: Psychologist Dr Leahcim Semaj is recommending that emotional intelligence be incorporated into the school curriculum to assist students, and the wider society by extension, in learning the value of having empathy for others. Semaj...
WESTERN BUREAU: Michael Manley, the former Jamaican prime minister who championed social justice, education, and equality, would have celebrated his 100th birthday on December 10, 2024. As part of his centenary celebrations, Mia Mottley, the...
Scotiabank Group Jamaica Ltd is vowing to defend itself against claims made in a lawsuit filed by an elderly couple who are seeking to recover funds from the investment arm of the financial institution. The Gleaner, on Wednesday, highlighted that...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Mark Smith, president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), says the island cannot become economically viable or successful without taking the emotional and mental welfare of its teachers into consideration while noting...
A senior high school teacher, who was fired from the Black River High School over her her alleged submission of only five out of a required 136 lesson plans for over a year, has won her legal fight to be reinstated. Sandra Delapenha, who had an...
A private company and the country’s chief environment regulator have struck a confidential agreement that resulted in the withdrawal of a criminal prosecution over an oil spill in the Rio Cobre that devastated fishing communities in St Catherine in...
Former Director of Elections Orrette Fisher believes that there should be no change in the mayorship of the Clarendon Municipal Corporation based on the Local Governance Act. Fisher, who served in the post from 2008 to 2018, said that while he was...
Dante Rose sat four subjects in this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations but was only successful in one, where he emerged as the top student in the Caribbean. The former St Thomas Technical High School student said...
Western Bureau: Despite major investments aimed at boosting the region’s crime-fighting capabilities, western Jamaica, based on the latest Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) serious crimes report, is still struggling to cauterise the violence that...
Member of Parliament (MP) for Westmoreland Central, George Wright, says he is committed to building his constituency and used his contribution to the State of the Constituency Debate on Tuesday to highlight some of the developments taking place...
Sandals Foundation and Kee Farms have joined forces to empower fisherfolk in the area of the Boscobel fish sanctuary in St Mary to implement an innovative seaweed farming initiative. This initiative will enable the building of the fisherfolk’s...
The Government is urging the Constitutional Court to reject Dr Dayton Campbell’s claim against using states of public emergency (SOEs) in crime fighting, arguing that he has shown no evidence that his rights were violated. “Nowhere in the claimant’...
The People’s National Party (PNP) has dismissed the Government’s recent proposals to reduce bureaucracy in the public sector as “hollow”, criticising the Andrew Holness-led administration for its lack of progress on legislative reforms over the...
The surgery for Ajanae Parchment, the 11-year-old girl who underwent corrective surgery for severe scoliosis last week, went well, her mother Sandra Aitcheson has indicated. Aitcheson said the high-risk procedure, which lasted for more than six...
As heavy gunfire erupted along Waltham Park Road in St Andrew on Monday night, a visitor to the island quickly laid on the ground as she took cover. Terrified by the escalating screams, the woman remained prone on the floor of the shop until she...
PORTLAND: Days of torrential rainfall have created severe damage to the road network in Portland, where multiple landslides have occurred in several communities, rendering some roadways inaccessible to vehicular traffic and pedestrians. Denise...
Two senior citizens are at a loss as to how their US$87,000 investment, which was intended to be in a financial institution in Jamaica, vanished in a copper mine company in Mexico, leaving them with no choice but to fight a legal battle in the...
The reduction in the electricity tax announced by Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Sunday is not expected to benefit the majority of residential users but will create an “equity issue”, energy consultant Stephen Wedderburn has asserted. At the same...
Parents who rushed to pick up their children from Meadowbrook Preparatory and High schools in St Andrew on Monday expressed frustration over the disruption caused by a bomb hoax to the students’ learning and their own work schedules. The threat...
The country’s longest-serving councillor, Lee Clarke, who has been in local government since 1981, believes the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) must urgently address poor road infrastructure if it hopes to secure a third consecutive term in office....
