The Government's US$2.5-billion Vernamfield Development Project in Clarendon is to get under way by the end of October, with the runway for the touted "aerotropolis" to be completed by mid-2019.Citing the World Bank's warning of devastating effects...
Terrified students who attend schools within the Kingston Central region can soon breathe easier, as the relevant authorities are moving quickly to protect them from robberies, as well as sexual and physical assaults on the streets.Student leaders...
One key factor preventing the arrest and prosecution of criminals who rob students is fear. According to Ivel Calder, deputy superintendent in charge of territorial operations within the Kingston Central Division, most parents of the teen victims do...
The pain was as raw yesterday as it was almost 40 days ago when the burnt body of 14-year-old Yetanya Francis was found metres from her house in Trench Town, St Andrew.This time, the emotions flowed inside the Half-Way Tree Seventh-day Adventist...
Proving that being a youth ambassador to the United Nations is far more than just a fancy title, Santana Morris has embarked on a mission to empower the young people of St James and its environs with knowledge on key issues such as knowing their...
Head of the police Criminal Investigations Branch, Acting Assistant Commissioner McArthur Sutherland, is noting that Jamaicans are much more inclined to give information on crimes but indicated that work is needed to solidify citizens' confidence in...
After almost five years, Percival McIntosh's compensation plea is in limbo. In March, the elderly blind man belted out his frustration to The Gleaner about the Government's failure to compensate him for damages after he fell into a Corporate Area...
The state of emergency (SOE) in sections of the Corporate Area, which was declared yesterday morning by Prime Minister Andrew Holness, has already turned out results as the security forces have removed three firearms from the possession of criminals...
Politically-motivated violence that once held August Town in St Andrew under siege is a thing of the past, a report conducted by the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI) is showing. Indications are that murders in the community are now as a...
Allan Powell's documentary film entitled Children of the Incursion has made its way into the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival, which will be held this weekend.Powell is currently in the United States, and, therefore, will not witness his production...
Proving to Jamaicans that good things can come out of being incarcerated, 16 females from the Fort Augusta Women's Adult Correctional Facilities, now located on South Camp Road, St Andrew, excelled in the recent Caribbean Secondary Education...
The growing trend of robots taking over jobs now occupied by humans, as a result of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, will in no way render local engineers useless, according to vice-president of marketing at the Jamaica Institute of Engineers' (JIE...
Jamaicans in all but one parish reported yesterday that they felt a minor earthquake.In a statement yesterday, the Earthquake Unit at the University of the West Indies, Mona, inSt Andrew, confirmed that the island had experienced an earthquake...
Chairman of the Early Childhood Commission, Trisha Williams-Singh, is adamant that the parents of the embattled boys from Calabar High School in St Andrew who were to start fifth form earlier this month should move their boys elsewhere.After...
More professional than international company Uber is how Olivia Lindsay describes her newly opened 876 On The Go taxi company, which now offers safe and customer-friendly transportation to Jamaicans.Alongside Transport Minister Robert Montague,...
When the deadly Hurricane Gilbert began ravaging Jamaica 30 years ago today, the capacity to accurately predict the path and strength of major storms was inferior then to what exists now.Despite some difficulty, head of the Weather Branch, Kareen...
Police personnel and residents had to scamper for cover yesterday evening in the Swallowfield area in St Andrew, as gunmen challenged lawmen in a gunfight.Last night's melee is said to have stemmed from a police killing of a teenager on Bundy Lane...
The JN Foundation paid tribute on Sunday to 37 boys and girls who have earned the right to become JN scholars, following stellar performances in March's sitting of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT).This was the final sitting of GSAT. It has been...
Jamaica's military surveillance capabilities have been receiving vast upgrade, according to Colonel Radgh Mason of the Jamaica Defence Force, who has said the island is getting better at collaborating with other nations to stem transnational crime....
The permeation of the 'Willie Lynch phenomenon' is one of the main reasons why good governance is lacking in Jamaica, insisted Howard Mitchell, president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), during a Gleaner Editors' Forum yesterday...
Tarrant Primary School in St Andrew has convinced Education Minister Ruel Reid that it is set and ready to attack the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) this school year, following a visit to the institution yesterday."Tarrant was one of the schools that...
Traffic changes across the Corporate Area that were anticipated to cause mayhem yesterday, as most schools reopened for the new academic year, have received a passing grade from National Works Agency (NWA) Communications Manager Stephen Shaw.During...
National Works Agency Communications Manager Stephen Shaw is optimistic that the new traffic changes now in effect throughout the Corporate Area will work well as schools reopen today. However, he is asking that persons be mindful of their behaviour...
Pastor of Boulevard Baptist Church in St Andrew, the Reverend Devon Dick, has made an appeal to the leaders of the nation, including the Opposition, to ensure they work towards improving the quality of life for all citizens."There are persons who...
Ahead of the start of the new school year, the People's National Party (PNP) is pointing out some of the concerns it has with the Primary Exit Profile (PEP), among other issues with the education sector.During a press briefing yesterday at the party...
