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Published:Saturday | November 4, 2023 | 12:09 AMAndre Williams/Gleaner Writer

A CHILD is among seven persons shot in a drive-by gun attack on Third Street in Trench Town, Kingston, Thursday night. The shooting left two men dead. The deceased have been identified as 26-year-old Desmore ‘Niko’ McKenzie and 34-year-old Romaine...

Published:Saturday | May 13, 2023 | 1:14 AMAndre Williams/Gleaner Writer

THE JAMAICA Constabulary Force (JCF) Transformations 2023: People, Quality and Technology Expo is already having a positive impact on young, impressionable minds, with some students contemplating a career in national security. Yesterday, Calabar...

Published:Wednesday | May 10, 2023 | 1:32 AMAndre Williams/Gleaner Writer

THE INDEPENDENT Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is to commence a probe into the alleged beating of two brothers by the security forces on Sunday morning. The injured men, one of whom is said to be mentally challenged, were reportedly inside...

Published:Monday | May 1, 2023 | 12:42 AMAndre Williams/Gleaner Writer

Use of devices that have the capacity to enhance cable and Internet services are denting the bottomline of the telecom companies. Smaller players are feeling the heat. According to the cable companies executives, customers are opting to install...

Published:Monday | January 23, 2023 | 12:38 AMAndre Williams/Gleaner Writer

Educators from the length and breath of the nation descended on the Jamaica Conference Centre on Saturday to share ideas for a stronger, more resilient sector in redesigning the future of education in Jamaica. The Global Education Teachers (GET)...

Published:Friday | July 29, 2022 | 12:06 AMAndre Williams/Gleaner Writer

A dispute over a cell phone SIM card is the theory being posited by relatives of 15-year-old Chad Lester as the trigger behind the suspected suicide of the usually quiet teen in Brandon Hill, St Andrew. According to relatives who The Gleaner spoke...

Published:Friday | March 18, 2022 | 12:09 AMAndre Williams/Gleaner Writer

Head of the Cooperation, Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Aniceto Rodriguez Ruiz, on Wednesday placed emphasis on the role of citizen security in nation building and the ability to achieve economic development. Ruiz, speaking at the...

Published:Monday | January 3, 2022 | 12:08 AMAndre Williams/Gleaner Writer

The Corporate Area was abuzz with New Year’s Eve activities in some sections as partygoers were out for the midnight hour festivities, while the halls of some churches were filled with worshippers. Haining and Belmont roads had cars parked along...

Published:Monday | September 20, 2021 | 12:09 AMAndre Williams/Gleaner Writer

On Tuesday, September 7, a coronavirus no-movement day, heavily armed gangsters from Stevens Lane traded bullets in the Chinese Cemetery on Waltham Park Road with rival gunmen from Pretoria Road affiliated with the Spade Corner Gang. The fury was a...

Published:Thursday | September 3, 2020 | 12:22 PMAndre Williams/Gleaner Writer

First time voter in the constituency of St Andrew East Rural O’Neil Fletcher, says injustice and corruption are the reasons behind his decision to cast his vote for the People’s National Party (PNP) today. Fletcher, a resident of the Industrial...

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