Italians aboard the Costa Luminosa cruise ship were restricted from disembarking on Jamaican soil when the ship docked at the Ocho Rios terminal in St Ann yesterday. Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton said that based on the...
President of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association (JGRA), Gregory Chung, has blamed the takeover of service stations by lawless bus and taxi operators on the police’s failure to entrench discipline. His comment follows growing concern over...
Amid efforts of the Government to stop the novel coronavirus from venturing onto our shores, Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton is calling for cruise lines to collaborate with the World Health Organization (WHO) in developing an...
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes yesterday threatened to issue an order to hold the head of the Horizon Adult Remand Centre in contempt of court when alleged members of the King Valley Gang failed to turn up for trial. According to Sykes, it was...
An overwhelming number of Jamaicans have backed the deployment of more soldiers in policing the nation’s streets instead of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), who have been roundly criticised as ineffective. In an RJRGLEANER-commissioned Don...
Standing out among their male counterparts, 15 women will now be added to the force of Jamaican plumbers islandwide after being certified as utility wardens yesterday. The utility warden programme was implemented through the Jamaica Social...
Despite the imposition of states of emergency (SOEs) in at least eight police divisions across the island, more than half of the 167 murders committed since the start of the year have gone unsolved. Up to February 15, only 57 cases, or 31 per cent...
Jamaican gender advocates are hoping that harsher penalties for abusers will be included in the new Domestic Violence Bill piloted by the Holness administration. The current Domestic Violence Act states that perpetrators are liable, on conviction...
Seeking to cauterise diabetic retinopathy in Jamaica, the American Friends of Jamaica (AFG) joined forces with Dr Norman Saffa, chairman of ophthalmology at Maimonides Medical Center in New York, and the ophthalmology division at the University...
As tears streamed down her face, the common-law wife of Christopher White, who was gunned down Saturday afternoon on Marcus Garvey Drive, Kingston, said she was uncertain about how she would survive the tragic death of the family’s sole breadwinner...
Maurice Tomlinson, founder and development coordinator of Montego Bay Pride, secured a victory in the Supreme Court yesterday when he was granted an interim order that allows his organisation to rent the public facilities at the Montego Bay...
The president of the scandal-hit Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Professor Fritz Pinnock, is to proceed on six weeks leave amid ongoing corruption investigations involving former Education Minister Ruel Reid at a number of agencies of the...
Though Darian Douglas did not win the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, he is treasuring the experience gained from the competition and brimming with confidence at taking a second shot. The 12-year-old Gleaner Children’s Own Spelling Bee champion...
With an expression of shock as he collected his medal, The Gleaner’s Children’s Own 2019 Spelling Bee champion Darian Douglas has landed a spot in finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in the United States. The finalists were announced...
For the first time since Jamaica began participating in the Scripps National Spelling Bee Championship in the United States just over 10 years ago, four finalists in The Gleaner’s Children’s Own Spelling Bee competition will be on the same stage in...
The Gleaner’s Children’s Own 2019 Spelling Bee Champion Darian Douglas leads four Jamaicans heading to next week’s Scripps National Spelling Bee Championships in the United States. Other contenders are fellow national finalists St Andrew’s...
Heightened public education, sensitisation and added training in search and recovery are part of a mix of solutions currently under review for the revamping of the Ananda Alert system. The initiatives, which will be carried out by the Child...
The Ananda Alert programme must be urgently reviewed to resolve years-long inefficiencies, says Betty Ann Blaine, founder of Hear The Children’s Cry, an advocacy group committed to the welfare of Jamaica’s children. The system, which was launched...
Emotions ran wild yesterday at the funeral of slain eight-year-old Shantae ‘Birdie’ Skyers as five mourners fainted, while Member of Parliament for St Andrew West Rural Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn broke down as she delivered her tribute and had to be...
Lawmakers yesterday saluted Ackaisha Green, the woman who gained popularity for her extraordinary display of honesty when she turned over a bag believed to have contained millions of dollars, which she found at an ATM in downtown Kingston. Holding...
The parents of 41-year-old teacher Samuel Martin, who went missing last Friday, have said that despite his car being found and no leads days after his disappearance, they are remaining optimistic for the safe return of their son. “I am still...
Curious onlookers yesterday flocked Love Lane in downtown Kingston after a Nissan Tiida being pursued by cops slammed into a wall. Acting on a details in a report made by a victim about a robbery in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, about an hour earlier...
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader Andrew Holness poured scorn on People’s National Party (PNP) President Dr Peter Phillips last night for comments he made on the campaign trail in a seat that has been good hunting ground for the opposition party....
