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A special invitation has been extended to members of the Upper House to the 49th meeting of the CARICOM Heads of Government between July 6 and 8 in Montego Bay, St James. Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade...

When Rotendo Mukulu decided a year and half ago that she was going to climb to the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa, to celebrate her 50th birthday, she had never even hiked before. Nonetheless, the immigration adviser believed...

WESTERN BUREAU: Twelve-year-old Ciara Farquharson was the toast of Thursday’s Greater Destiny Preparatory School graduation, walking away with the Director’s Award in recognition of her outstanding discipline, leadership, and well-rounded...

Jamaica’s economy grew by 1.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2025, compared to the corresponding period in the previous year, driven by increases in both goods and services, according to the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). The figure...

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing the fatal shooting of a man in the wee hours Thursday at the Sun Coast Beach Club residential complex in Bull Bay, St Thomas. Information reaching The Gleaner is that the police...

WESTERN BUREAU: Despite the heartbreaking loss of their teacher Claudette Forbes just before sitting their Primary Exit Profile (PEP) exams, Denyque Haughton and Curtanae Patterson of Askenish Primary and Infant School in Hanover have achieved...

President of the Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF) Wayne Chen is advising persons entering tertiary institutions to carefully research current market needs before selecting a field of study. His suggestion follows data revealed by the Economic...

Western Bureau: Dr Delroy Fray, the clinical coordinator for the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), has indicated that normality has been restored at the Cornwall Regional, Falmouth and Savanna-la-Mar hospitals, following two days of protest...

A bill to introduce sweeping changes to the regulatory framework of the tourism sector by making it mandatory, among other things, for Airbnb operators to be licensed and regulated by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), hit a snag in the House of...

Western Bureau: The 2025 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations was a bittersweet experience for 12-year-old Briyah Brissett, a student of the Greater Destiny Preparatory and Kindergarten (GDPK) in St James, as, while she got the high school of...

WESTERN BUREAU: Mercia Fraser, the mother of Mario Deane, left the Westmoreland Circuit Court feeling sorely disappointed on Tuesday after learning that only one of the three police personnel who were found guilty in relation to her son’s death in...

Western Bureau: Two days after St Catherine South Western Member of Parliament Everald Warmington fired off expletives on stage at a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) event in Westmoreland, for which he has since apologised, Prime Minister Dr Andrew...