Cindy Robinson was 22 years old when she visited the Morant Bay Health Centre, located in St Thomas, for a routine tooth extraction in April 2007. The government-run clinic has disputed her claim of negligence during the procedure, but Robinson...
Its first known murder in Jamaica was committed nine years ago. The last time the Jamaican police found evidence of its use was four years ago through spent shells found at the scene of a double murder in Portland. The two men killed in that...
Two months after lawmakers on both sides of the political divide lauded a $31.5-million donation from business mogul Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, Jamaica’s corruption watchdog agency has warned parliamentarians that they should not accept cash and other...
For Dr Peter Phillips, there is no second-guessing what has been the most rewarding aspect of fatherhood. “Just the love of my children. The unconditional love,” said the leader of the Opposition and president of the People’s National Party (PNP)....
Amid signs that last year’s bitter presidential challenge remains a divisive issue, embattled People’s National Party (PNP) President Dr Peter Phillips has agreed to hand over a key position to rival Peter Bunting, PNP insiders have revealed. As...
The United States (US) has been waiting four and a half years to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Holness administration that would help to stamp out corruption at the Jamaican ports that allow the importation of illicit items, the...
One retired policeman has come to the defence of Superintendent Leon Clunis amid messages being circulated on social media alleging that the senior cop ignored a recommendation to “stand down” with plans for last Friday’s deadly raid in Horizon...
A project that was rolled out three years ago to extricate hundreds of mentally ill persons who are languishing inside Jamaica’s prison system, some of them for decades, has stalled, with only a handful being released. The revelation comes amid...
Central Manchester Member of Parliament (MP) Peter Bunting has suggested that individuals inside the People’s National Party (PNP) who consider themselves “palace guards” and not him should be blamed for the latest round of discord to rock the 81-...
AN EXTRADITION request by United States (US) authorities for a mentally ill Jamaican man wanted for murder in the state of New York was lodged at the Ministry of Justice for over a decade with no action, officials have confirmed. What’s worse,...
Ten years after the 2010 Tivoli Gardens incursion, there has been no systemic changes within the Jamaican security forces to ensure there is no repeat of the catastrophic events, one state agency has asserted. Compensation payouts for the death and...
Financially and mentally, Jerome Wilkins* is broken. That’s because for nearly a decade, the 36-year-old police constable has been on suspension from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). What’s worse, Wilkins says, is the reason he has been...
THERE’S A surprising revelation as investigations continue into the controversial death of Jodian Fearon. The Sunday Gleaner has now learnt that nearly 24 hours before the first-time mother died of apparent heart failure, a senior official at...
Almost five years ago, lawmakers on a bipartisan committee of Parliament agreed unanimously to amend the law to give the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) the power to arrest and prosecute cops. That proposed amendment, which was...
A FORMER member of parliament has opened up about some of the measures that were employed to keep her safe amid a slew of death threats over the four years she served as a lawmaker. Heather Robinson, the one-term parliamentary representative for...
The Jamaican workers stranded overseas on-board the Marella Discovery 2 cruise ship have demanded answers from the Government after learning that the ban on incoming passengers was relaxed for a gravely ill patient from the Turks and Caicos Islands...
Angela Whitcomb* was sent home on Thursday, April 9 from her job at the Portmore, St Catherine, branch of Alorica, the business process outsourcing (BPO) firm at the centre of the sudden increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Jamaica. The...
Paula Llewellyn is acutely aware of how reluctant Jamaicans are when it comes to sharing information with the authorities. As the country’s chief prosecutor for the past decade, Llewellyn has had to navigate the ‘informa fi dead’ culture, which...
Jamaica’s largest residential facility for victims of domestic violence has revealed that calls to its hotlines have slowed to a trickle since a range of COVID-19 containment measures forced a large chunk of the population to remain indoors....
Concerned that persons who die from COVID-19 may still be infectious, funeral home operators are being warned to avoid direct contact with blood and other fluids from the bodies. Jamaica’s health ministry has also cautioned that funeral home...
Clara Graham* was close to the end of her shift last Wednesday at a New York City hospital when she could no longer hold it together and the tears burst like a dam. She was at the epicentre of the United States’ worst-hit region battling the...
Health and Wellness Ministry has clarified comments by the health minister in an interview with The Sunday Gleaner about frontline workers and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). According to the ministry, no health worker has tested positive...
The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) would be ready for a general election next February if the outbreak of the coronavirus is brought under control by mid-year. That is the assessment of EOJ boss Glasspole Brown after the outbreak of the...
Relatives of the woman who became Jamaica’s first confirmed case of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been getting death threats from angry residents in their community, two family members have revealed. ‘Family Member 1’ and ‘Family...
The start-up firm ItzShipd24/7 has been outed as the entity identified in a recent Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) audit as ‘Logistic Company 2’, which obtained contracts valued at over $50 million under questionable circumstances and in breach...
