All eyes were fixed on little Nikolai-Jae Chung-Skully at the British High Commission yesterday afternoon as he read his winning essay for the seven-to-nine age group in the Jamaica Olympic Association/British High Commission Olympic Essay Competition....

The five male students of Aabuthnott Gallimore High School in St Ann who are charged with wounding with intent and assault occasioning actual bodily harm arising from the attack on a dean of discipline have been granted bail. They were granted bail when...

Two men who have been accused of being the masterminds behind the $40-million fraud uncovered at the Customs Department this year have been granted bail.They are Steve Glenister, 32, and Phillip Glenister, 30, customs brokers of Kingston...

SOME MEMBERS of the Human Resources and Social Development Committee of Parliament appeared to have read the last rites for the Office of the Political Ombudsman.Government MP Joylan Silvera told his colleagues...

Trinidad and Tobago politician Marlene Coudray, the mayor of San Fernado, yesterday viewed the burnt remains of a body believed to be that of her missing daughter, 39-year-old schoolteacher Michelle Coudray-Greaves, a Gleaner source has revealed....

For distinguished service to education, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has awarded the Prime Minister's Medal of Appreciation to 40 outstanding Jamaican teachers...

AN INVITATION, published in the print media, for interested persons to make submissions to a select committee of Parliament on the relevance of the Office of the Political Ombudsman was ignored as no one responded to the call...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller was yesterday made an honorary Paul Harris fellow by the Rotary Club of Kingston. The event took place at the service club's weekly luncheon at The Knutsford Court Hotel in St Andrew.Recognised for her outstanding...

When Immaculate Conception High School student Vanessa Kirkland was shot and killed by the police on March 20, something stirred in Theresa Givans.That feeling pushed her to do as she had done many times before...

WESTERN BUREAU: SPORTS TOURISM expert Carole Beckford has said the time is ripe to leverage the mysterious allure of the Caribbean by marketing the region as a sports tourism destination....

THE GRAND Jamaica Home-coming organisers have launched a world-wide competition in celebration of Jamaica's 50th anniversary of Independence.The competition, 'I LOVE Jamaica Because ...' seeks to engage Jamaicans and friends of Jamaica in sharing fond...

WASHINGTON, DC: THE NUMBER-one barrier keeping young voters back from the polls each election year may not be what you think.If Jamaica is anything like the United States of America, it may be that the vast majority of youth...

PORT ANTONIO, Portland:HAVING SECURED a title sponsor for this year's staging, the annual Portland Best Dressed Chicken Jerk Festival will be held over three days as opposed to the regular one-day event.The Portland jerk...

WASHINGTON, DC:WHAT IF there was a definitive time-tested and scientifically proven way to increase the election day turnout of youth voters by as much as three to four per cent - would it matter?There is absolutely no doubt that all of Jamaica's...

St Ann's Bay, St Ann:THE NORTH East Regional Health Authority has said defective basins in bathrooms at the St Ann's Bay Regional Hospital, a situation highlighted by a patient in a photograph sent to The Gleaner recently...