Telecommunications provider Digicel was still trying, up to late yesterday, to determine whether to provide some form of rebate to thousands of its customers whose telephone and data...
The lead investigator in the Cuban light bulb case yesterday gave evidence contradicting aspects of the testimony given by one of his subordinates.The contradiction came as Senior Superintendent Fitz Bailey, who was head of the Organised Crime...
Jamaican students have always made good on opportunities to study abroad, but it appears over the last three or so years, the number of those making use of these opportunities have grown exponentially....
Failure to incorporate environmental planning as an integral part of national development will have disastrous consequences for Jamaica and increase the chances for climate-related disasters.Ambassador Paola Amadei, head of the Delegation...
Peter Reid, senior vice-president and chief operating officer of Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS), has stated that in order for Jamaica to move forward, its leaders must be prepared to make tough decisions, even if they are unpopular...
Jamaicans appear evenly split on calls for a boycott of goods made in Trinidad and Tobago, but an overwhelming majority are up in arms over the decision by that country to refuse entry to 13 Jamaicans, including a child, late last year....
A majority of Jamaicans do not harbour expectations of the clouds lifting to make way for a brighter socio-economic landscape this year, a survey commissioned by the Jamaica National Building Society has found....
Supreme Court Judge Lennox Campbell yesterday held an inquiry into a report that a juror in the Vybz Kartel murder trial had visited the office of one of the defence lawyers and ruled that it was an innocent interaction and was not likely to affect ...
Western Bureau: The Area One Police High Command has declared that the much-feared Alma gang, which has been primarily responsible for the spate of recent murders in Westmoreland, has been dismantled and its primary stakeholders...
Telecommunications provider Digicel has announced that 2.6 million viewers, including 253,966 viewers around the world, tuned into the live stream of the Shaggy and Friends Concert on January 4.Persons from the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada,...
FOLLOWING WHAT appears to be prolonged delays regarding plans to establish a logistics hub in Jamaica, Opposition Leader Andrew Holness wants the Chinese investors to divulge whether they still have an interest in the Goat...
Local construction giants Tank-Weld Metals is sending a supply of building materials valued at US$1.6 million on concessionary terms to assist the people of St Vincent and the Grenadines in rebuilding their lives....
The sounds of singing and the playing of musical instruments is a melodic sound that is reverberating around Villa Road Primary and Junior High School in Mandeville, Manchester these days.But it is young students who have been capturing the attention ...
PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association Brian Pengelley is supporting the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) suggestion of a stimulus programme to grow the struggling economy on condition that it does not...
Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr Peter Phillips has asserted that he harbours no intention of imposing new taxes on Jamaicans in 2014.At the same time, Phillips has set in motion a busy schedule ...
There is expected to be an investigation into reports that someone purporting to be a juror in the murder trial of deejay Vybz Kartel and his four co-accused turned up at the office of one of the defence lawyers in the case but was quickly turned...
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has confirmed a Sunday Gleaner report that it does not have a pharmacist on staff to dispense medication to prisoners.However, the DCS says this is being...
Enraged by the savage Christmas Eve beating of a female Anglican priest in Old Harbour, St Catherine, a leading clergyman has declared that the time has come for the nation's leaders to "cut the quibbling and point-scoring"...
Tears flowed unchecked from the face of Nicole Wallace, a young grade one teacher of the Mona Heights Primary School as Education Minister Ronald Thwaites offered words of comfort.But even Thwaites' soothing words were not able to ease the despair...
The race is on in earnest to fill the position of General Secretary of the People's National Party (PNP) when embattled National Security Minister Peter Bunting is expected to resign from that post later this month...
Three lucky children were left excited beyond words yesterday at the Digicel headquarters in downtown Kingston as the telecommunications company responded to their Christmas wishes that were published in The Gleaner....
Former Finance Minister Audley Shaw has endorsed Opposition Leader Andrew Holness's warning that growth-inducement strategies are now urgently needed to secure the gains being made from passing International Monetary Fund (IMF) tests....
Minister of Health Dr Fenton Ferguson has been awarded the highest and most prestigious dental fellowship, with high commendation not only for his contribution to dentistry, but because of highlighting dentistry through his political position...
