Published:Monday | January 14, 2019 | 12:00 AMSyranno Baines
Jamaica came under no undue pressure from the United States (US) or any other member state of the Organization of American States (OAS) to vote in favour of a resolution not to recognise the legitimacy of Nicolas Maduro's new term as Venezuela's...
Published:Saturday | December 22, 2018 | 12:00 AMSyranno Baines
Daryl Vaz, the West Portland member of parliament who was the Government's point man following the motor vehicle accident which left 14 persons dead in 2008, has expressed surprise at claims that some of the children of the victims have had problems...
Published:Friday | November 30, 2018 | 12:00 AMSyranno Baines
The slamming of dominoes on a wooden table, a big soup pot bubbling nearby and, perhaps most notably, the frequent outbursts of laughter disturbed the peace almost all day last Friday at the Stony Hill Police Station in St Andrew.At first glance,...
Published:Friday | October 19, 2018 | 12:00 AMSyranno Baines
The ongoing growth in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector across the island is being welcomed by a long-time resident of Cassia Park in St Andrew, who sees this as a possible solution to the high unemployment rate of Jamaica's youngsters....
Published:Wednesday | October 17, 2018 | 12:01 PMSyranno Baines
The government is to spend more than $116,000,000 over four years to undertake a comprehensive review of the education system, Education Minister Senator Ruel Reid has disclosed. Reid told journalists at a post-Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica...
Published:Monday | October 15, 2018 | 12:00 AMSyranno Baines
It was maternal instinct more than anything else that spurred Woman Inspector Allison Grant-Johnson into action on the night of September 26, 2017, when the piercing screams of her daughter alerted her to three gunmen who invaded her home at around...
Published:Monday | October 15, 2018 | 2:01 PMSyranno Baines
Standout Jamaican swimmer Alia Atkinson has ranked her recognition at this year’s National Honours and Awards at the top of her achievements. Atkinson was this morning conferred with the Order of Distinction in the Rank of Commander (CD) for...
Published:Tuesday | September 4, 2018 | 12:00 AMSyranno Baines
The first quarter of the current financial year saw 7,194 Jamaicans gaining placement in the overseas employment programme, an increase of 5.6 per cent over the corresponding period last year, Labour and Social Security Minister Shahine Robinson has...
Published:Tuesday | September 4, 2018 | 12:56 PMSyranno Baines
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security granted 341 fewer work permits during the first quarter of the current fiscal year when compared with the corresponding period last year. Speaking at the Ministry’s quarterly press briefing this...
Published:Wednesday | August 29, 2018 | 4:08 PMSyranno Baines
Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson has charged members of the newly formed Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB) to be consistent in their approach to policing, arguing that it will help to win public trust and...
Published:Saturday | August 25, 2018 | 12:00 AMSyranno Baines
More than 50 per cent of the nation's youth captured in a recent U-Report survey have considered suicide, with 31 per cent of the respondents saying they actually attempted to end their lives.The result of the telephone poll which was done for...
Published:Monday | August 20, 2018 | 12:56 PMSyranno Baines
Vendors at the Constant Spring Market in St Andrew are adamant that the government is against “poor people” after officially learning that they have little over a month left in the space. This morning, the more than 70 vendors were each...
Published:Wednesday | August 15, 2018 | 5:02 PMSyranno Baines
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says other institutions in the society will have to look at their dress code policies as the government embarks on its own review. Holness last week announced the suspension of the no sleeveless policies implemented by...
Published:Friday | June 22, 2018 | 12:00 AMSyranno Baines
Co-chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) Keith Duncan is urging calm in the wake of recent jitters over the slippage in the value of the Jamaican dollar.Addressing the latest Gleaner On the Corner with EPOC forum at the Crazy...
Published:Wednesday | June 13, 2018 | 12:52 PMSyranno Baines
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is reporting that it has lost a total of approximately US$102.8 million in the last 18 months as a result of electricity theft. This, as the company continues to absorb the cost of the fuel used to...
Published:Friday | May 18, 2018 | 12:00 AMSyranno Baines
Keith Duncan, co-chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), has been given a simple message to take to the Andrew Holness administration: "Target Trinidad".The message was delivered to Duncan last Monday during the latest Gleaner...
Published:Thursday | May 17, 2018 | 3:40 PMSyranno Baines
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has revealed that 66 persons have been shot, 34 fatally, by the police between January and March this year. Speaking at a press conference at the commission’s head office earlier today,...
Published:Tuesday | April 24, 2018 | 12:00 AMSyranno Baines
The police’s ongoing crackdown on counterfeit goods has resulted in an estimated $615 million worth of fake goods being seized since the start of the year. Head of the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Branch (CTOC),...
Published:Thursday | March 29, 2018 | 12:00 AMSyranno Baines
The long-awaited report on the fire that destroyed the Walker’s Place of Safety in St Andrew, killing two female wards of the state, has highlighted that the incident was not preventable, says Floyd Green, the state minister with...
Published:Thursday | March 29, 2018 | 3:50 PMSyranno Baines
The long-awaited report on the fire at the Walker’s Place of Safety in St Andrew has indicated that the blaze was caused by an electrical short circuit that originated in a dorm on the first floor on the westside of the building. The January...
Published:Sunday | March 18, 2018 | 12:00 AMSyranno Baines
The police's Corporate Communications Unit (CCU) has confirmed that two persons were fatally shot in separate incidents within the zone of special operations (ZOSO) in Denham Town yesterday.The identities of the dead men have not been revealed....
Published:Saturday | March 3, 2018 | 12:00 AMSyranno Baines
Long-time residents of Queensborough, Hughenden and Glendale, middle-class communities in the St Andrew North West constituency, are almost uniform in their demand that whoever wins tomorrow's by-election should focus on improving their roads.The...
