Published:Monday | May 25, 2015 | 12:00 AMGleaner Writer
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: Although only a few people turned out at Carder Park in Port Antonio, for the Labour Day parish project today, Mayor Wayne McKenzie was satisfied with the work completed. The project, supported by business operators,...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Accident and Emergency Ward at the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital is now receiving a well-needed facelift thanks to Sandals Whitehouse in collaboration CWJ Credit Union and the New Testament Church of God. The scope of work...
Published:Friday | May 22, 2015 | 12:00 AMGleaner Writer
“I am a man on a mission,” were words coming from the Commissioner of Police, Dr Carl Williams when he took the mic at a special meeting held at the community centre in the troubled community of Bucknor, Clarendon last night. He told...
The People’s National Party (PNP) says it’s pushing to have a decision from its executive committee on the status of embattled member and councillor, Shernet Haughton within two weeks. The PNP has, on several occasions, said it is...
The Reverend Merrick 'Al' Miller will know on June 5 whether the corruption charge against him will be dismissed. At that time, Resident Magistrate Simone Wolfe-Reece will make her ruling on a no-case submission made today by Miller...
Published:Monday | May 18, 2015 | 12:00 AMGleaner Writer
The Mayor of Lucea Wynter McIntosh has pleaded guilty to breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act. McIntosh admitted in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate Court this morning that he failed to file statutory declarations for a five-year period...
Published:Monday | May 18, 2015 | 12:00 AMGleaner Writer
The attorney for popular pastor the Reverend Merrick 'Al' Miller is now making a no-case submission in the Corporate Area Criminal Court seeking to have the corruption charge against him dismissed. Miller is on trial for attempting to...
Shanghai, China: Jamaican Discus thrower Jason Morgan failed to recapture his form, which saw him earn a bronze medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, at today’s Diamond League meeting in Shanghai. The three times national champion...
Shanghai, China: In one of the most anticipated contests of the night, the women’s 100m at the Shanghai Diamond League saw Jamaican sprint queens beaten by Nigerian Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor. The African put triple Olympic champion Veronica ...
Shanghai, China: Kaliese Spencer lit up the women’s 400m hurdles at the Diamond League in Shanghai. The Commonwealth Games 2014 champion began her season with began her season with a season's best time of 54.71...
It was New Year's Eve. At a time when most persons were celebrating, Colleen Wint was in her car weeping and sobbing. She had just got her book back from a publisher who kept it for several months before deciding it was "too small" to bother about....
Dwight Larmond isn't your typical visual artist. He uses his talent to promote peace and love while assisting those who are less fortunate in the society. His style incorporates unique pieces of...
On Saturday, May 9, the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers' Association (JGRA) and the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), which is widely known as the Blood Bank, hosted a blood drive at the Petcom Service Station, Ocho Rios, St Ann. A fairly...
Published:Monday | May 11, 2015 | 12:00 AMGleaner Writer
Out with spring and in with the swing of summer!As we transition from easy breezy to sheer sunshine, let's make a sweet statement with cute, sophisticated chic tops, paired with simple denim shorts. A romper...
Published:Wednesday | May 13, 2015 | 12:00 AMGleaner Writer
MOCHO, Clarendon: LENNON HIGH School's fourth form student Ackeem Rhoomes is today thanking God that he made the decision to turn his life over to Him. Growing up, he said...
Published:Wednesday | May 13, 2015 | 12:00 AMGleaner Writer
"Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour...
Published:Thursday | May 14, 2015 | 12:00 AMGleaner Writer
Watching them as they made their way into the Miracle Tabernacle Freetown Church of God of Prophecy church, located in Freetown, Clarendon, it was not hard to spot that twinkle in his eyes as he escorted...
DUNROBIN, Manchester: It was no accident, and no regrets were experienced when Tanesha Tomlinson told her partner, George Smith, that they would soon welcome a new life...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: Handling several business ventures, maintaining her relationship with her son, working overtime to meet deadlines and doing it all on her own, is a lifestyle only too familiar to Johanna Denny. She...
The lives of the four children left behind by Karen Rainford changed forever the morning she was murdered. All four children were under the age of 12 at the time of their...
I WAS drawn to Alexander Lee by his soulful singing voice. He was selling mangoes at the intersection of East and North streets, near The Gleaner building some weeks ago,...
HIGHGATE, St Mary: Although Pastor Ryan Hewitt of the Church of God in Jamaica grew up in Kingston, for the best part of a decade, he has been preaching in St Mary and observing the rural population'...
Published:Friday | May 15, 2015 | 12:00 AMGleaner Writer
It has been a rough path for Monica Wilson since her youthful days as an abandoned child. But Wilson, now a single mother of five, living in Denham Town, Kingston, has learned to love herself as much as she loves her children. At the age of 14,...
FRANKFIELD, Clarendon: THREE TEENAGED Edwin Allen High School students have created a technology-based mobile application that will assist farmers in managing their farms, as well as maximising production and output based on the size of the farm and...
The bush fires that for nearly two weeks have been sweeping across hilly sections of Mavis Bank in east rural St Andrew have already torched more than 500 acres of agricultural lands resulting in losses...
