BOSTON, Portland: The popular Boston Jerk Centre in Portland has been ordered closed by health officials, who cited poor sanitation, unhealthy practices, and the selling of uninspected meat as areas of concern. The facility was closed on September...
The tribunal created under the Access to Information (ATI) Act to handle appeals when Jamaicans are denied information by government agencies or public bodies has been inactive since February. Attorney-at-law Andre Earle, KC, is claiming that the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Sandals Resorts International (SRI) is preparing to take legal action in response to a lawsuit from a former senior executive, which includes serious allegations against the company and its chairman, Adam Stewart. Dmitri Singh, an...
Clarendon councillors on Thursday paid tribute to their late colleague, Marjorie McLeod-McFarlane, in solemn reflection and a memorial display at her empty seat in the council chamber. McLeod-McFarlane, who was also a teacher, was elected the...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Sangster International Airport now has an ambulance and medical team on location to better handle medical emergencies after a terminal tragedy last week left the Montego Bay-based facility with a black eye. The Gleaner was...
Western Bureau: Lennox Wallace, head of the St James Public Health Services (StJPHS), says failures on the part of MBJ Airport Limited, the operators of the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, are to be blamed for Leroy Smith not being...
Dr Roger Ball, a social work administrator and lecturer on trauma intervention and suicide prevention, is asserting that “showing up” for people who have experienced trauma, struggle with suicidal thoughts, or have attempted suicide is an important...
Published:Thursday | September 12, 2024 | 12:07 AM
The mother of a young man who lost his life, while trying to rescue a woman who was being washed away in the Sandy Gully in Waltham Park, St Andrew on Tuesday, said yesterday she had been holding out for a miracle that he would have been found...
Restaurant Associates Limited (RAL) has faulted IGL, its gas supplier, for yesterday’s early morning blast, which left six of its workers nursing burn injuries at its New Kingston Burger King fast-food outlet. Up to last night, The Gleaner was told...
The security forces are keeping a close watch on sections of Mountain View Avenue, particularly Nannyville Gardens and its environs, after the murder of the community strongman’s brother on Monday night. The deceased has since been identified as...
Three candidates were nominated yesterday to contest the September 30 by-election in St Ann North Eastern. The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate, Matthew Samuda, who is seeking to replace his colleague, former Member of Parliament Marsha Smith,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is accusing the operators of the Sangster International Airport of attempting to shift blame amid ongoing criticism of the handling of last week’s incident in which 71-year-old...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the United Nations-backed multinational security support mission to Haiti is not expected to resolve all the problems affecting the CARICOM country that has been plagued by gangs that control about 80 per cent of...
Published:Wednesday | September 11, 2024 | 12:10 AM
The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) has confirmed that an assistant returning officer has resigned as a result of an investigation into concerns raised by People’s National Party (PNP) caretaker for St Ann North East constituency Dr Ryan Simpson...
A Kingston man has been charged with cruelty to a child after he allegedly physically assaulted and injured a nine-year-old boy accused of sexually assaulting his daughter of the same age. The alleged incident occurred more than a week ago. The man...
A student who completed training at the HEART/NSTA Trust is accusing Hotel RIU Palace Aquarelle resort in Trelawny of discrimination after he was excluded from participating in work experience at the hotel because of his dreadlocked hairstyle. The...
Reducing the stigma around suicidal thoughts and mental health issues is a collective responsibility of society, according to psychiatrist Dr Peta-Gaye Reynolds. In a presentation at the Choose Life International 16th World Suicide Prevention Day...
Gabrielle Sibbles knew from an early age that she did not want to become a doctor, yet she is eager to forge a career within the realm of medicine. She has chosen to undertake studies in the emerging field of biomedical engineering, aiming to...
The Integrity Commission (IC) is reporting that it submitted to Parliament yesterday an addendum to its report of investigation that was sent to Gordon House on September 5, 2024. In a release, the IC says it received a six-page third-party witness...
Jamaica Public Service (JPS) customers should see a reduction in their electricity bills for this month after the light and power company slashed fuel charges by a third to comply with directives from the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR). The...
China Harbour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC) has come out in defence of its pending Mammee Bay Housing Development Project in St Ann, dismissing as misconceived, claims by an environmental lobby that recently called for the “watershed...
Western Bureau: The nephew of a man who died at the Sangster International Airport (SIA) in Montego Bay, St James, last Wednesday after falling and hitting his head says in addition to not receiving timely medical attention, his uncle’s body was...
People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding and Opposition Spokesman on Finance Julian Robinson are officially no longer dual citizens, having completed the renunciation of their British citizenship. In the meantime, former Government...
“One hand cyaa clap.” This was the sentiment expressed by Caron Chung, executive director of American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ), last Friday at a Hurricane Beryl relief fund handover ceremony as she reminisced on how numerous individuals, businesses...
