It was a joyous occasion for Gwendolyn Gilbert, who on Thursday received a care package from her former employer, the Jamaica Broilers Group. The company, under its The Best Dressed Chicken brand, hosted a Christmas treat on the grounds of the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Three heartbroken families who lost five members in a devastating crash in Bluefields, Westmoreland, are in a state of increasing dread as Christmas Day draws nearer, knowing that the customary get-togethers filled with merrymaking...
WESTERN BUREAU: Recently minted Jamaican citizen, Marilyn ‘Misti Memphis’ Williams, Jamaica’s unofficial ‘ambassador’, continues to showcase the island’s positive influences. Her mission: highlight Jamaican culture and provide a haven for black...
WESTERN BUREAU: Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Clifford Chambers says on a comparative basis Hanover has the leading major crime figures across the country, as he noted that criminals are delivering a double whammy on businesses in the...
As Jamaicans shuffled about on Friday making last-minute purchases for their Christmas meals, meat lovers say pork is a must-have on their dinner tables this year. Donald Rose, a habitual pork eater, told The Gleaner that he had already purchased...
WESTERN BUREAU: Investigators probing the murder of Hopewell High School bursar Jermaine Roberts have theorised that an “interpersonal conflict” led to his shooting. A late-evening release from the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s Corporate...
Voter apathy has jumped significantly over the last three months, with 35 per cent of Jamaicans now indicating that they do not intend to cast a ballot in the next general election. The figure represents a 14.4 percentage point increase since...
The Police High Command made a raft of management changes in St Elizabeth in June after a major jailbreak there. Now, the fate of their counterparts in St Mary is to be decided after seven more escaped custody yesterday. The Gleaner understands...
When members of the Greater GIVE (Giving Inspires Victory in Everyone) Foundation based in Spanish Town, St Catherine, visited Vevine Street at her home off March Pen Road on Thursday, she greeted them with tear-filled eyes after realising that...
The early-morning journey from Green Island, Hanover, to the NCB Wellness and Recreation Centre in St Andrew on Thursday was well worth the time spent preparing for the trip by the Mendez family as they joined other finalists in the NCB Foundation’...
WESTERN BUREAU: The murder of the bursar at the Hopewell High School in Hanover on Wednesday has stirred emotions in Hopewell and its adjoining communities, with residents expressing anger, disgust, and despondency. Thirty-five-year-old Jermaine...
Jamaicans are likely to vote for the political party that showcases accountability and transparency in its activities in the next general election, the latest national survey has revealed. The survey was conducted by the Don Anderson-led Market...
WESTERN BUREAU: ROCKED BY the death of their bursar, the staff of Hopewell High School in Hanover will remain at home today while the board of management plans to host an emergency meeting to enhance security at the educational institution. The...
Three men have been arrested and charged for offences related to the impersonation of public health officers and related conspiracy charges. According to a statement from the Jamaica Constabulary Force, the arrests are related to an incident that...
Gay rights activist Maurice Tomlinson has changed his mind about ending his legal fight with the State over the constitutionality of the buggery law and is now determined to take this fight all the way to the country’s highest court, the Privy...
The Government is taking steps to promulgate legislation to make registration of non-profit organisations (NPOs) mandatory. This proposed move is intended to plug a gap in the current Charities Act. Finance and the Public Service Minister Dr Nigel...
It has been a little over three months since the day that Dwaine Ellis was struck by a motor vehicle while he voluntarily engaged in beautification works at St Catherine Primary School, along White Church Street in Spanish Town. He was among a...
At a cost of US$5,000 per replacement heart valve, an average of US$6,000 for consumables and with the price of disposables, the tubing in the cardiopulmonary bypass machine which takes over the functions of the heart and lungs during open heart...
WESTERN BUREAU: While Marilyn ‘Misti Memphis’ Williams may be technically American, her soul dances to the rhythm of Jamaica. At 72, she officially became a Jamaican citizen 23 years after her first visit, joining 32 kindred spirits from 12...
A case review into the suspected murder of Melissa Silvera is expected to determine, among other things, whether the initial investigating officer, a police sergeant, attended upon the scene by himself. Silvera, the wife of former St Mary Western...
Jamaica is headed towards “political doomsday”, one political scientist has concluded, after the majority of respondents in the latest Don Anderson poll indicated they did not vote in the 2020 general election. Fifty-eight per cent of Jamaicans...
The murder trial involving Portland businessman Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald has been adjourned until January 9 next year. McDonald, 68, and his co-accused, 33-year-old St Mary fisherman Oscar Barnes, are currently on trial for the murder of...
During the handover of a social housing project on Tuesday, Prime Minister Andrew Holness clashed with St Catherine South Member of Parliament (MP) Fitz Jackson over the designated Portmore parish boundary. The confrontation arose from the...
Published:Wednesday | December 20, 2023 | 12:12 AM
“A one of di most painful Christmas this!” a dejected Richard Brown said on Tuesday as he surveyed the devastation after a fire reduced the nine-bedroom dwelling he called home to charred rubble. The fire broke out at the George’s Lane, central...
Published:Wednesday | December 20, 2023 | 12:12 AM
Approximately 30,000 public sector workers will no longer be required to submit new statutory declarations to the Integrity Commission (IC) as Parliament approved an order that moved the threshold for submission from $3.5 million to $12 million....
