The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has received 200 tablet computers from the Universal Service Fund (USF) to support the Ministry in conducting damage assessments on houses that were destroyed during the passage of Hurricane Melissa. The...
A man, who is a teacher, has been taken into police custody for allegedly pulling a gun on his girlfriend during an argument at his home in Greater Portmore, St Catherine. Police say the educator is being held on suspicion of possession of a...
The Government is in the process of acquiring land in the Greater Bernard Lodge development in St Catherine to construct a Type C hospital, as Portmore moves closer to attaining parish status. Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton...
The first set of modular homes being procured by the Government to address housing issues in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa should arrive on the island next month, says Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr Dana...
IN THE race for financial resources, nature is losing. That is according to findings from the just released 2026 edition of the State of Finance for Nature report of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which has revealed that for...
Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has outlined plans to strengthen his country’s presence in Jamaica and the wider region as part of a broader effort to deepen African–Caribbean ties. Ghana’s only mission with regional...
Still in awe and shock at the extent of damage wreaked by Hurricane Melissa in the western half of Jamaica last October, TotalEnergies Jamaica’s Managing Director Vincent Daniault appeared eager to oversee last Friday’s handover of 1,884 solar...
THE ENVIRONMENTAL Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ) is working with Local Forest Management Committees (LFMCs) to build capacity and strengthen their role in safeguarding Jamaica’s vital forest ecosystems. The initiative, which is being funded through...
WITH NATURE bleeding from chronic underinvestment, a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has championed a shift from business as usual. According to the 2026 State of Finance for Nature report, it is time to phase out...
A St Catherine man was acquitted on Monday after prosecutors failed to disprove his self-defence claim in an alleged murder stemming from a family dispute. Tajae Hall had been charged with the murder of 22-year-old Donate Wright, who died from...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has hailed King’s Counsel Tom Tavares-Finson’s “impeccable” service to the Electoral Commission of Jamaica, as the veteran commissioner prepares to retire after two decades. "As a nation, we are grateful to Tom...
Motorists will pay more for gas on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to up by $1.20 to sell for $149.52 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go up by $1.17 to sell for $156.06. Automotive diesel oil will up by $2....
(AP) — As floods ravage Mozambique, crocodiles are appearing in submerged towns and responsible for at least three deaths. In the town of Xai-Xai, the provincial capital of Gaza province and one of the worst-affected areas in the country’s south...
The Government says approximately 200 roads damaged by Hurricane Melissa will be repaired by the end of March under a $1.7 billion emergency programme. Minister in charge of works Robert Morgan provided the update at Wednesday's post-Cabinet...
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has recommended that Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Wayne Cameron be charged with fraudulent conversion and larceny as a servant. DPP Claudette Thompson told The Gleaner on Wednesday evening that...
(JIS) - The Government is on track to disburse the first set of monetary grants to citizens impacted by Hurricane Melissa, under the Shelter Recovery Programme (SRP), by the end of this month. Information Minister Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon...
Thieves broke into the Greenwood Baptist Church in Trelawny on Tuesday night. Pastor Reverend Wayne Smith told The Gleaner that the church was ransacked and several items were stolen. “The thieves gained entry through a boarded-up window. They...
Chairman of the Jamaica Police Federation, Sergeant Arleen McBean, is calling for the implementation of an agreement between the Ministry of Health and the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to ensure that officers injured on the job receive...
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is mourning the death of one of its members in St Elizabeth on Tuesday. Corporal Caple Ferraro, who was attached to the JCF Marine Division in Negril, Westmoreland, was found at home around 6:15 p.m. suffering...
