The Government is being urged to pay special attention to the social safety nets in the next Budget to ensure the poor and those most vulnerable in the country do not fall through the cracks, as Jamaica continues to tighten...
A powerful private-sector lobby has thrown its weight behind the joint public-private oversight Energy Monitoring Committee (EMC) in cautioning the Government not to rush into issuing a licence to Energy World International (EWI).
Peggy Spencer-Ewen recalled the tears and the sleepless nights as allegations of corruption hung over her son, former junior energy minister Kern Spencer.Yesterday, she gained some measure of relief when Senior Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey ruled...
The absence of cellular-phone data is one of the items being awaited by the prosecution in the high-profile murder of Trinidadian schoolteacher Michelle Coudray-Greaves, who was killed in Montego Bay, St James, two years ago.When the case came up for...
For nearly six years, allegations of corruption swirled around him, but yesterday, Kern Spencer, the former junior energy minister, walked out of the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court a free man....
William Mahfood is well known. As the head of Wisynco, a leading Jamaican manufacturer and distributor, he's often in the national spotlight, making deals, giving speeches, and promoting products....
Castle, Portland: Retired American actress, Patrice Wymore Flynn, widow of Hollywood legend Errol Flynn, passed away on Saturday at her plantation home at Castle in east Portland.Flynn, 86, took up residence in Jamaica following the death of her husband...
"What do you do if your daughter looks at you and tells you that she wants to kill you?" asked 34-year-old Kerry-Ann Ford, who was seeking help for her 15-year-old daughter at a Re-Birth Project session that was held on...
WESTERN BUREAU:Members of a group of visiting Trinidad and Tobago businessmen say a few isolated incidents, which have been blown out of proportion, are to be blamed for the current strained relationship between Jamaica ...
He is only three weeks old and already has a difficult life. Breathing is a challenge for the little boy sleeping in his bed at Glenhope Children's Home in Maxfield Park. He has chest problems. His mother couldn't take care of him ...
Alessandro Boyd Gleaner WriterA call is being made for Jamaicans to be supportive in their attitudes towards teenage mothers.Joy Crawford, director for programmes and training at Eve For Life, told The Gleaner her organisation had been aiding teen...
Chris Hind, general manager of JN General Insurance Company, says fuller exploration and presentation of both sides of the story in cases in which it is alleged the police have...
The Energy Monitoring Committee (EMC) co-chaired by investment banker Peter Melhado has expressed concern over what it says is the Office of Utilities Regulation's (OUR) intention to proceed with a recommendation for a licence to be issued to Energy...
WEST RURAL St Andrew Member of Parliament Paul Buchanan has made a passionate plea for several roads in his constituency to receive special attention under the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MDIP).Addressing last Wednesday's sitting...
As enactment of the tough new anti-gang law draws near, a high-ranking member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has revealed that the police have already crafted a strategy, using the provisions in the legislation...
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a global problem, as efforts to find, treat and cure the disease remain insufficient. Although curable, the global burden of the disease is enormous and locally it is no different.
The well-landsca-ped and maintained waterfront in downtown Kingston remains one of the most beautiful spots in the Corporate Area and a constant cool-out spot for many.
The results of three air-quality tests conducted at the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) remained outstanding up to last week as staff concerns lingered about the possibility of asbestos particles in the air at the St Andrew-based building.
It has been 146 days since the family of 14-year-old Amoya 'Shenoy' Anderson has seen her and each day is more painful than the one before for her mother Cheryl Morgan.
The Post and Telecommunications Department will be expanding its street-delivery service in Montego Bay, St James, starting with the community of Cornwall Courts.
With close to 300 children reported missing to the police in the first two months of this year, there are growing fears that some of these teenagers are victims of human trafficking and have been forced into the illicit sex trade.
It has been 13 years since the nation woke to the numbing news that the police had killed seven young men during an early-morning operation in Braeton, St Catherine.
