Lead Stories

Officials of the United States Embassy in Kingston welcomed the People's National Party's (PNP) decision to select beauty queen Lisa Hanna to represent the party in the 2007 general election and her subsequent victory at the polls...

Stemming the flow of guns from the United States to Jamaica remains a major priority for the two governments which accept that for years the Americans have not done enough.The US Embassy in Kingston in 2008 admitted that Washington needed to do more and...

BAMBOO, St Ann: K.D. Knight, lead attorney for the People's National Party (PNP) at the Manatt-Dudus commission of enquiry, has put party supporters on demonstration notice if the commissioners' report on the handling of the extradition request...

Contractor General Greg Christie's fearless anti-corruption campaign drew admiration from diplomats at the United States Embassy in Kingston from as far back as 2007. In a diplomatic cable sent to their superiors in Washington ...

With the highly anticipated Manatt-Dudus commission of enquiry report slated to be presented to Cabinet later today, a prominent local clergyman says he hopes its recommendations will not see any of the nation's civil servants bearing the brunt of the blame....

As the calls get louder for the Government to end the monopoly in electricity distribution enjoyed by the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), it has emerged that the United States Embassy in Kingston believes the company has not done all it can to reduce the price Jamaicans pay...

Seventeen-year-old Mark Braun, a former ward of the state, is calling for the Government to address the lengthy process for children in homes to be integrated in a family setting.Braun, who was adopted and relocated...

As the Ministry of Health continues its watch for any spread of the dreaded influenza A (H1N1) locally, the United States Embassy in Kingston is also monitoring the situation as it suspects that Jamaica might have under-reported the number of cases...

Regional states need to recognise the value of marine resources and move decisively to protect them, especially since our actions today could ultimately affect our long-term collective economic future.

Dr Leachim Semaj laughs heartily when The Sunday Gleaner asks him what brand of canned sardines he packs in his earthquake kit. "Brunswick with hot pepper," he replies.

In late December 2010, acting director of the Seismic Research Centre of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Dr Joan Latchman, warned Caribbean countries to be prepared for an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0.