At 11:13 p.m., a baby boy was born at the Annotto Bay Hospital in St Mary. Twelve minutes later, his twin brother joined him, as a breech birth. Together, they weighed less than a bag of sugar, and at 26 weeks' gestation they were severely premature...
The Rt Rev Dr Howard Kingsley Ainsworth Gregory has been elected the 14th Anglican Bishop of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands following yesterday's day-long deliberations at a special synod held at St Luke's Church Hall, Cross Roads....
NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Peter Bunting is calling for police, even when engaged in shoot-outs, to make every effort to preserve the lives of suspects in crimes.At the same time, Bunting, addressing yesterday's...
Retired Justice Raphael Carl Rattray was yesterday remembered during a sombre state funeral at the University Chapel in Mona, St Andrew. Remembered for his exemplary role as a jurist, politician, attorney, justice minister, human-rights activist, father...
Eyebrows were raised yesterday when a handful of police personnel armed with high-powered rifles turned up to monitor a protest organised by human-rights lobby Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) outside the St Andrew offices of the Ministry of National Security....
The Government has indicated its support for the recommendations contained in the report of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) on campaign-finance reform."We will be working with the ECJ to make sure that the accompanying legislation...
At age 15, she got baptised, but drifted from God while getting caught up with the pleasures of the world. More than two decades later, Burnice Williams came running back to the Lord...
The accolades came faster than copies of the newspaper roll off the press. Yesterday, The Gleaner hosted some of its retired stalwarts during its annual pensioners' luncheon at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston...
TAXPAYERS NOW have only four days before a reprieve offered by the tax authorities expires, as the countdown to March 31 gets closer.On Monday, Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) reminded taxpayers that a window of opportunity still exists to make...
LORRIMERS, Trelawny: The Newly elected Independent councillor for the Lorrimers division in Trelawny Paul Patmore has said he will not betray the people of Trelawny by crossing...
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: A SEA of orange supporters of the People's National Party (PNP) converged near the counting centre at the Methodist Church in Port Antonio Monday night into Tuesday morning to celebrate their party's...
Local government elections were held on Monday. The Gleaner asked persons across the island the following question...