Gang members are reportedly using drones to monitor the movement of their rivals and law enforcement, determined that the enhanced security measures across the island will not impede their criminal intent. Sunday Gleaner sources within the...
A year after the relocation of two nearby police posts and a burgeoning of new establishments on the Kingston waterfront, older business operators in the capital city say that they are being plagued by burglars who are seemingly outmatching the...
The placement of electrical meters in apartment complexes is at the root of a rift between the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) and building developers, who say the issue is costing them heavy delays and money. “High-rise buildings present a special...
At least one petroleum tank was converted to transport potable water, the Ministry of Health and Wellness has revealed. At the same time, it noted that its investigation did not confirm reports that cesspool trucks were being retrofitted to supply...
Less than three weeks before his 80th birthday, Father Richard Ho Lung is not allowing recent tragic events to daunt his passion for caring for the needy. The founder of the Missionaries of the Poor is pleading for greater charity towards Jamaica’s...
Ongoing drought conditions and low wages are making life difficult for coffee farmers in Tower Hill and Mavis Bank in rural St Andrew, where residents say the precious beans are drying up on their stems. “Anything to do with farming is rain and...
The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is reporting a 70 per cent decrease in the frequency of power-generation-related outages as it continues to roll out a US$25 million energy-storage facility in Hunts Bay, Kingston. The facility is the largest hybrid...
Staff members at some of Jamaica’s top hotels are reportedly being sexually harassed by guests, while their managers turn a blind eye or threaten them with dismissal if they speak out. It is such behavioural concerns and victimisation within the...
The number of new marriages in Jamaica may be decreasing, but more and more couples wishing to wed are choosing to do so at a Registrar General’s Department (RGD) outlet. This option is arguably more economical than forking out exorbitant sums to...
Dating someone with the same last name might give some people the creeps, but this is not the case for more than 125 Jamaicans who, since 2016, have walked down the aisle with a partner who shares their surname. Data provided by the Statistical...
More than a year after his two children and their mother were horrifically murdered and their home set on fire in Mavis Bank in rural St Andrew, 43-year-old Artnel Williams remains a broken man. Since the incident, the health and livelihood of the...
Droves of soon-to-be homeowners are forking out heavy sums, while they endure long wait for the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) and housing developers to sort out building code glitches. Almost two dozen stakeholders in the construction industry...
Homeowners in at least three gated communities across the island say their lives are being made hellish by neighbours who are increasingly renting out their properties to foreigners as Airbnb facilities. According to the residents, recreational...
The latest episode in Jamaica’s ongoing plague of political impropriety involving taxpayers’ resources has been front and centre stage since last year, with back-to-back scandals involving two ministries. Last year, the science, energy and...
The findings of a National Crime and Violence Prevention Summit, held last week at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston, is to be announced early next month, as the nation continues its battle against a scourge of shootings across the island....
The last three weeks have been filled with blame and frustration for Cassandra Brown and her relatives, since her 12-month-old son was killed in a fire that razed their home on Bay Farm Road, St Andrew. The tragedy is among the latest in what the...
When Jamaica-born restaurant owner Everol Powell found out he could employ Jamaicans to work in his Canadian establishment, he jumped at the opportunity to better the livelihood of his countrymen. He did not know, however, that his deeds would...
Parents are being asked to ensure that their children are under proper supervision at home this summer, as the season is historically plagued with drowning, fire-related deaths, and online sex predators who try to lure children into wrongs during...
Scores of Jamaicans are believed to be trafficked across the island as part of clandestine sex and labour rackets each year, and while many victims end up in the care of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), these entities are reportedly slow to...
For the past three weeks, Sharon Skimmers* has been living like a mendicant, after Internet scammers – a day after she got paid – hacked into her bank account and withdrew almost all of her salary. Since then, Skimmers, an office administrator, has...
Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson last week sought to reassure the public that the High Command has not been withholding information surrounding the investigations of former education minister Ruel Reid. “There is no intention to...
Central High School in Clarendon erupted in celebration last Thursday, as Brianna Harris, a 16-year-old who was crippled by a gunman’s bullet a decade ago, was hoisted on to the stage during her graduation ceremony. Brianna and her twin sister’s...
Veteran photojournalist Errol Harvey was yesterday hailed as a family man, professional and a lover of God who always wanted to see greater collaboration between churches to arrest Jamaica’s wave of crime and social disorder. “We have reached a...
At six years old, Brianna Harris was struck by a bullet in the May Pen Market in Clarendon. The experience changed her features, her abilities, and the lives of everyone around her – especially her twin sister. Now 16, the teenager said she has...
