Donald Williams did not hesitate to dash from inside his house to see what had transpired when gunshots rang out at his gate on Wednesday evening. The sight of his 43-year-old fiancée, Nekeisha Pottinger, lying stomach-down at the gate was not what...
Armed with weapons purchased with loot from the multibillion-dollar lottery scam, more crooks have reportedly joined an extortion racket, squeezing millions out of business and transport operators in Spanish Town daily, using deadly fear to secure...
The terror of guns and internal gang warfare tore through Jamaica’s Old Capital Tuesday afternoon, prompting the imposition of a 48-hour curfew after at least three men were killed in related incidents in Spanish Town, St Catherine. It’s the “...
Residents of several communities in the Point Hill division in St Catherine were left stunned yesterday by news that councillor hopeful Omar Francis had died in a motor vehicle accident. Francis, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) caretaker for the...
Lawrence Smith relocated from Guyana 20 years ago and settled in the Williams Lane area of Spanish Town, St Catherine. Over that time, he watched the community disintegrate into gang conflicts. However, he did everything to keep his wife, four...
The State-owned Jamaica Unban Transit Cooperation (JUTC) is presently reeling from an acute shortage of spare parts to service its fleet of buses. An inside source, speaking on conditions of anonymity, told The Gleaner that the company is having...
In a tactical move aimed at circumventing a Christopher Williams-led faction, the Jamaica College Old Boys’ Association (JCOBA) 1908 voted on Saturday to adopt limited liability status for purposes of taxation and charitable status. The JCOBA 1908...
Siblings Ulett Steer and Everton Richards say they will never be able dispel the grief and agony they endure one year after their younger brother was brutally murdered in Lawrence Tavern, St Andrew. Gradley Richards, who was said to be mentally ill...
After a hiatus due the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kingston and St Andrew Association of Branch Societies and the Jamaica Agricultural Society’s (JAS) 26th staging of Agrofest returns to the annals of agricultural shows in Jamaica. Staged at the...
In a move to transform how people see and respond to agriculture, and to begin the process of tackling some deficiencies now existing in the sector, the Institute of Vocational...
The idea of using sports as a medium to reach students with the good news of Jesus Christ was vividly on display at the Spanish Town Primary School on Wednesday. A combined US college basketball team that visited the school sought to share their...
A renewed effort to rehabilitate the Riversdale Natural Bridge and transform it into a viable income-earning attraction in northeastern St Catherine has commenced, but not without residents expressing doubt about the continuity of the project. The...
In blistering criticism of Mayor Norman Scott and the St Catherine Municipal Corporation, lawmaker Kerensia Morrison accused the local government authority of keeping her in the dark about the official parish Labour Day project in her constituency...
Rose Byfield is a broken woman. A vendor selling clothes for more than 20 years in the Morant Bay Arcade, she was shell-shocked as she surveyed the wreckage caused by an early morning fire at the St Thomas site. She is among 19 shop owners who are...
Donald 'Tabby Diamond' Shaw, lead singer of the internationally famed reggae group Mighty Diamonds, and Fitzroy 'Bunny Diamond' Simpson will be laid to rest side-by-side at the Meadowrest Memorial Park in St Catherine. Funeral director Peter...
Charlemont High is reeling from the death of 62-year-old vice-principal Jennifer Gidden, who had been absent from school since falling ill last October. Gidden is the sixth teacher in Jamaica to have died in just over a week - a shocking sequence...
The family of 11-year-old Ananda Dean, whose rape and murder sparked national outrage more than a decade ago, is reliving that agony after her 27-year-old sister Shanice was killed in a shocking funeral attack on Tuesday. Gunmen struck early in...
As the St Catherine Festival Queen contest heats up, 10 young ladies from the parish will be vying for the coveted parish Festival Queen title. The ladies, except for one who currently works as an administrative staff member at the Eltham High...
Bridgeport councillor, Kenord Grant, said the industrial action by the National Water Commission (NWC) staff has raised serious issues with the management of Jamaica’s water security. Speaking at last Thursday’s monthly general meeting of the St...
“I can’t believe I watched my friend drown and couldn’t help him.” Those sentiments of regret and helpless desperation still haunt 17-year-old Jason White, who is still visibly shaken weeks after witnessing the death of his best friend, teenager...
The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has pledged an overhaul of Jamaica’s agricultural sector, making that reform a central plank for social and economic development. Responding to a range of issues ranging from inadequate farming extension...
The police are maintaining a strong presence in the community of 31, off St John’s Road in Spanish Town, St Catherine, following two fatal shootings in separate incidents. Gunmen shot and killed 36-year-old Shaunette White and shot and injured her...
More than 1,000 homeless people in Kingston were treated to a day of care at the St William Grant Park in downtown Kingston on Saturday. The event was the inaugural staging of the Desmond McKenzie Wellness Day of Care, put on for the homeless and...
Dyermark Preservation Farms, born out of interest by its owner Lansford Dyer in emerging agricultural practices such as regenerative agriculture and sustainable intensification, is trying to revolutionise agricultural practices with a focus on...
The St Catherine North Police say they are still gathering information on the fatal shooting of popular Ewarton businessman Nicholas Lyn. Lyn, who owned and operated Mikey Jerk Centre along the Ewarton main road, was reportedly shot and killed by a...
