The People’s National Party Secretariat has confirmed that the Member of Parliament for East Rural St Andrew Damion Crawford is to face off with at least two other political aspirants in an internal election in order to contest in the...
Twenty-four-year-old Sanneta Myrie, a medical doctor who locks her hair, is Miss Jamaica World 2015. Myrie, who mentors teens in inner-city communities and runs an after-school programme took home the crown, in a hotly contested...
A major fire this morning destroyed a large section of the popular 'Shoes Market' on South Street in Montego Bay, St James. It's the second time in five years that the structure is being razed. The fire, which started at about 2 o...
WESTERN BUREAU: Tourism officials in Falmouth, Trelawny say the crew aboard Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas seem to have contained a fire on-board. The ship carrying 4,000 passengers caught fire at sea this morning at approximately 7 o...
WESTERN BUREAU: A 45-year-old lab technician at a Portmore-based high school in St Catherine, is now in police custody after he was caught having sex with a 15-year-old grade-nine student at the school on Monday afternoon. The lab technician, who...
Fire gutted the dorms of the Wortley Home for Girls this afternoon at 193 Constant Spring Road in St Andrew. When The Gleaner news team visited the home this afternoon firemen were carrying out cooling down operations. At least three fire units...
Major Garth Anderson, an officer in the Jamaica Defence Force, has told the West Kingston Commission of Enquiry that gunmen battling against the security forces in the May 2010 Tivoli operations were motivated by loyalty and the promised...
Veteran politician, Dr DK Duncan, could be challenged for the chairmanship of the People's National Party's (PNP) Region Five. Two-time Member of Parliament for Western Hanover, Ian Hayles, told The Gleaner that he is contemplating mounting...
With a chuckle, Veniesha Dennis describes herself as the 'Concrete Queen', and with good reason.She is solidly adroit as a a concrete sculptor - a craft that she has taken on as a career. On any given day while on the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Donovan James, the Montego Bay businessman credited with the rebirth of the upscale Ironshore community, is dead. James was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Northwest Construction and Development Company. He died last night at...
WESTERN BUREAU: An injured whale weighing approximately 400lbs was found floating near the beach at the RIU Club Ocho Rios, St Ann this morning. The mammal, 14 feet long was rescued by a team from the resort, and treated by doctors attached to the...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: In a private/public sector partnership, Guyana has opened its first Marriott Hotel in the centre of the capital Gerogetown. Guyana's President, Donald Ramotar and Marriott's executive vice president, Brenda Durham...
WESTERN BUREAU: As of tomorrow, all passengers traveling on Caribbean Airlines will only be allowed one free carry-on and one free checked bag. The carrier has warned that it will be enforcing its hand baggage policy and passengers not in...
WESTERN BUREAU: When US president Barack Obama rises to speak at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Town Hall youth meeting this afternoon, he will do so at the invitation of 22 year-old Aubrey Stewart. The youth advocate, a former Cornwall...
As CARICOM leaders gathered this morning at the Regional Centre of the University of the West Indies (UWI) local police and soldiers were scanned and searched as they worked alongside the US team awaiting the arrival of President Barack Obama. The...
The 12 were arrested for various offences under the Public Health Act, including butchering without a license, selling uninspected meat; no food handlers permit, no public health certification and using mark or stamp to deceive the public.
A strong detachment of local and international law enforcement officers is now at the United States Embassy in Kingston after a man reportedly threw a bag over the perimeter wall. The man – said to be Caucasian-looking – was held...
