United States congresswoman Yvette Clarke has launched a re-election campaign as she seeks to retain her seat in the US House of Representatives. The daughter of Jamaican parents, Clarke told The Gleaner that she is taking the necessary steps to...
St Ann businessman Kevin Harris, who was accused of fatally shooting a policeman in Ocho Rios 10 years ago, was on Wednesday freed in the St Ann Circuit Court after the Crown agreed he acted in self-defence. When the case came up the prosecutor...
The threat level among police personnel in Portland has been heightened following intelligence suggesting that a Corporate Area gang leader has threatened that “at least one police officer must die” in retaliation for Wednesday’s double fatal...
A husband and wife who are wanted by the United States for fraud-related charges were nabbed in a pre-dawn operation in Red Dirt, St James, on Wednesday. They have been identified as 31-year-old Nicki Gibbs, a nurse technician of Bronx, New York...
The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce says several interim measures have been implemented to address the shortage of cement locally, one of which will see Jamaica receiving additional supplies this weekend. It says Caribbean Cement...
Transport Minister Daryl Vaz says his ministry has provided footage and statements to aid the police in their investigation of a fight among students that took place on one of the government's rural school buses. Vaz responded on social media...
The Ministry of Health and Wellness says an immediate stop order has been placed on the production, distribution and sale of all Pan Caribbean Sugar Company products after metal fragments were found in the company's packaged sugar. It is also...
A 22-year-old Kingston woman has been charged with murder after inflicting fatal injuries to a man during a fight. Shanice Dixon, of Spanish Town Road, Kingston 11, has also been charged with being armed with an offensive weapon arising from the...
St Catherine resident Shevaughn 'Mongoose' McBean, who is charged with the stabbing death of a man during an altercation at a wake in Riversdale, St Catherine last year, is to go on trial for murder. Parish Court Judge Geneta Smikle today ruled...
The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) will be intensifying efforts to clear derelict and abandoned vehicles from public spaces under its bulky waste removal programme. Addressing the Olympic Court Housing Development community...
A correctional officer is now before the court facing allegations that he smuggled contraband into the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre. Sean Cowan is charged with introducing prohibited articles into a penal institution, including ganja,...
NEW YORK (AP) — It might be hard to imagine the Middle East war weighing on stuffed toys with names like Snuggle Glove, Bizzikins and Wobblies, but even plush playthings are not immune when oil shipments from the Middle East are constrained....
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is to be provided with an additional 1,500 e-ticketing devices, bringing the total to 10,000 devices, placing the JCF closer to a full transition to digital ticketing. Minister of National Security and Peace...
An investigation into the disappearance of a Clarendon policeman has intensified following the discovery of a motor vehicle believed to have been in his possession. Police operatives in the St Catherine North Division recovered the car on...
Hurricane Melissa dealt a heavy blow to Jamaica’s egg industry, damaging layer houses in production and sharply reducing output, even as large-scale broiler operations withstood the storm. Livestock farming, including pigs, was badly disrupted...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) has begun intensifying enforcement measures to compel advertisers to settle outstanding billboard fees, which have gone unpaid despite earlier warnings. The measures, which have been in...
An immersive Kumina workshop is set to take over the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB) at 12 Ocean Boulevard, downtown Kingston, on Sunday, beginning at 10 a.m. Hosted by the Gwarra Cherry African Kumina Group,...
Banking on her own health-related experiences, wedding consultant, fashionista and entrepreneur Shelle Parchment has taken another bold step with the launch of St Ann’s first IV bar, Inner Bloom. The facility officially opened recently at the Drax...
AHEAD OF Earth Day 2026, which had as its theme ‘Our Power, Our Planet’, leaders from small island states have championed the use of sustainable energy sources as part of the solution to the current instability affecting energy markets. “The...
