CONSIDER THE view from Champers Restaurant in Barbados, the Kingston Harbour at dusk from Gloria’s in Port Royal, Jamaica, or the sweep of Shirley Heights in Antigua. It’s easy to mistake what you are seeing for scenery. But, what if it were more?...
SOME may remember Sundays spent at the river, afternoons playing marbles on the stoop, dandy shandy on a grassy field, or heading to the park with a small coin to buy ice cream. Those carefree moments in nature didn’t just pass the time, they...
THE LATEST edition of the Global Environment Outlook has highlighted the need to rethink coastal development – a move that is given urgency by the 2.5 billion people living in coastal regions globally, together with pressing climate realities. Only...
The Government, through the National Water Commission (NWC), is to upgrade the Hermitage Dam at an estimated cost of US$250 million. Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Matthew Samuda, made the disclosure during his contribution...
Senior Parish Court Judge Desiree Alleyne today reminded a businessman facing multiple fraud charges in an alleged car-buying scheme that his bail was granted on the condition that he liquidate assets to make restitution to complainants. The...
Two Jamaican fishermen and a Colombian fisherman have been charged in relation to the seizure of a large quantity of cocaine valued at $703 million off Portland Ridge, Clarendon, last week. Charged are 48-year-old Jonothan Daluqua Latarda of...
The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is advising the public to exercise caution following reports of monkeys being spotted and captured in St Elizabeth. NEPA says the animals have been identified as white-faced capuchin monkeys, a...
Government Senator Marlon Morgan is arguing that South West St Andrew Member of Parliament Dr Angela Brown-Burke and Opposition Leader Mark Golding owe the Speaker of the House, Parliament, and the people of Jamaica an apology over their conduct...
The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is accusing the Government of acting “like a thief in the night” after it approved tax measures that will impose General Consumption Tax (GCT) on short-term rental accommodations, including Airbnb-style...
The Government plans to establish a River Management Authority and a Cays Management Authority within the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA). This was announced by Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Matthew Samuda,...
The Trelawny Municipal Corporation says it collected $342 million in property taxes for the fiscal year 2025/2026. This information was revealed to The Gleaner by Chief Executive Officer Andrew Harrison, who acknowledged that the Corporation...
The Supreme Court has struck out a claim by executors of the late hotel mogul Gordon "Butch" Stewart’s estate seeking a "red flag" audit of several companies, ruling they lacked legal standing to bring the case. The decision, announced orally on...
A body believed to be that of missing Clarendon policeman, Detective Corporal Sylvester Reid was discovered by police in York Town in the parish last night. Reid has been missing since April 14, and was last seen at his home in Evans Heights,...
The Jamaica Evangelical Alliance (JEA) is urging the culprit who shot 38-year-old Cora Thompson at the compound of the New Testament Church of God in St James last Wednesday to turn himself in to the police. In a statement, the church group...
A police constable is one of two men who died from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision along the Seaforth main road, in St Thomas Tuesday night. The two deceased men have been identified as 25-year-old Keron Kellyman, a police...
The House of Representatives has approved tax measures that will impose General Consumption Tax (GCT) on short-term rental accommodations, including Airbnb-style properties, beginning April 1, 2027. The measure was approved in the early hours of...
The governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has condemned the actions of South West St Andrew Member of Parliament, Angela Brown-Burke, which led to her suspension from Tuesday's sitting of the House of Representatives. The JLP describes Brown...
The House of Representatives descended into chaos late Tuesday, following the suspension of Opposition legislator Dr Angela Brown Burke, who was accused of lifting the Mace, marring the deliberations ahead of victory for the Government which used...
The House of Representatives has approved the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) Bill, clearing a key hurdle on the way to establishing a central agency to lead Jamaica’s post–Hurricane Melissa recovery. The legislation now...
Work has begun on the development and implementation of an Integrated Electronic Case Management System (IECMS) for Jamaica’s justice system, a move aimed at modernising the administration of justice through a paperless court process. The IECMS is...
Six months after Hurricane Melissa’s destructive landfall, hundreds of small and micro enterprises (SMEs) are rebuilding livelihoods and markets, while thousands of community residents are benefiting from restored commerce and paid debris-clearance...
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has issued a direct appeal to examination candidates across the region, urging them to approach the upcoming May to June 2026 sitting with confidence, self-care and the reassurance that the council stands...
April 2026 was nothing short of transformational for the NAJ & Health Services Co-operative Credit Union as we proudly joined the 2026 Reach and Teach Tour, under the theme “Financial Lit A It!”. This initiative was more than a campaign; it was a...
As part of its continued focus on youth development and financial empowerment, First Heritage Co-operative Credit Union (FHC), jointly with its foundation, has partnered with Junior Achievement Jamaica to pilot the Junior Credit Union Programme...
