Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that approximately $150 million will be allocated to each constituency under the $40-billion Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to our Road Network (SPARK) Programme to modernise secondary...
WESTERN BUREAU: The individuals who observed an American woman disrobe and experience a mental breakdown at Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, are facing criticism for seemingly turning the incident into a spectacle. The...
King’s Counsel KD Knight yesterday said the state is using “its great might” against two former Petrojam executives accused of defrauding the petroleum company by using allegedly fraudulent claims for overseas travel allowances amounting to more...
WESTERN BUREAU: High Court Justice Bertram Morrison, the presiding judge in the trial of Gregory Roberts for the 2017 murder of Shineka Gray, has voiced doubt about one witness’ apparently rosy description of the defendant, which is at odds with...
The firefighting and suppression capabilities of Petrojam Limited, the country’s sole oil refinery and storage company, have been significantly enhanced through yesterday’s official commissioning into service of its automotive foam fire apparatus (...
An international assessment of Jamaican 15-year-olds in reading, mathematics and science has confirmed recent damning findings on the local education system while highlighting how far behind the students are compared with some from the most...
Antoin Marshall has a dream of performing on opera house stages all over the world, using his gift to share his experiences as a Jamaican and a black man, while also helping to demolish the notion that opera is reserved for the affluent of society...
The commanding officer for the police division where Jolyan Silvera is being housed has dismissed claims that the former lawmaker is getting preferential treatment. Several detainees at the Kingston Central police lockup threatened to stage a “riot...
Acknowledging that the findings of a report it received confirming poor air quality at its head office was not immediately shared with staff, the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) has said it was not concealing the information. In a two-page internal...
'While the grass is growing, the horse is starving!' That's the best proverb Professor Hubert Devonish, leader of the West Indies Group of University Teachers (WIGUT) Jamaica's negotiating team could use yesterday to describe the disgust of...
Children’s Advocate Diahann Gordon Harrison explained that all else will fail if the brain, which is among the key organs responsible for the body’s proper functioning, is not in good health. She was expounding on the expression that there is “no...
Business owners who operate along Slipe Road in Kingston were yesterday outraged at having not received adequate notice of the road’s closure to facilitate the premiere of Bob Marley: One Love, the Hollywood film about the reggae legend, at the...
Photographs reportedly taken at the scene of the crime, inside the Diamond Court, Stony Hill home of Melissa Silvera and her husband, former People’s National Party legislator Jolyan Silvera, are expected to play a critical role in the ongoing...
Livern Barrett/Senior Staff Reporter A ‘witness’ has denied dictating a statement to a police constable which was used to arrest a Trelawny man on murder and gun-related charges. Omar Jarrett, 43, was jailed for 74 days before he was granted...
WESTERN BUREAU: The ongoing instructions from the judge to the jury in the trial of Gregory Roberts for the 2017 murder of 15-year-old schoolgirl Shineka Gray briefly got stonewalled on Monday after the St James Circuit Court was told that the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government will be forging a partnership between the New Social Housing programme and the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) to provide housing solutions for hospitality workers living in...
Governor General Sir Patrick Allen has challenged Jamaicans to recognise the value of support systems, to start engaging in more honest and open conversations about mental health, and to foster a culture that embraces those seeking assistance or...
WESTERN BUREAU: Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding says Jamaica’s democracy must be restored to “decency” with the calling of the local government elections. Golding made the call before thousands of persons at a political meeting at Rusea’s...
The Jamaica Police Federation has filed an application in the Supreme Court to have Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson, Financial Secretary Darlene Morrison and Ambassador Alison Stone Roofe, permanent secretary in the Ministry of...
An indoor air-quality assessment conducted at the head office of the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) between September and December last year has found that several departments at Myers Wharf are the hosts of noxious fumes. The revelation was made in...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has been lauded by visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi for maintaining an outstanding bilateral relationship with China since taking office as Jamaica’s head of government. “Honourable Minister, since you have...
Educators who are part of the West Indies Group of University Teachers (WIGUT), more specifically, from The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, are threatening industrial action if a regional and internationally competitive salary is not...
When Jacinth Aarons went to the altar to take part in intercessory prayer during the Methodist Church’s District Conference Lord’s Day Worship Service yesterday, she made sure to stress at least one of her petitions to God: to not have changes made...
Eastern Portland: Embattled Port Antonio Mayor Paul Thompson is pushing back against claims questioning his mental competence, following an admittedly “confusing” performance on a radio talk show last week. Speaking with The Gleaner yesterday, the...
WESTERN BUREAU Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared that, in the next four years, Jamaica will stand firm in the global hospitality sector, bolstered by the development of The Pinnacle in Montego Bay, St James. “What I have seen displayed...
