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Jamaican-born retired United States law enforcement agent Wilfred Rattigan does not have the legal standing to file a lawsuit over private donations to Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith’s failed bid for the post of Commonwealth...
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Before he was four years old, Wilfred Rattigan lost count of the number of times his family had to relocate from one tenement yard to another. Lincoln Avenue, Maxfield Avenue, Waltham Park Road, Whitfield Town, Olympic Gardens and Waterhouse are...
A phone call from her daughter a week ago turned Janet Hall’s anticipation of comfortably retiring into complete dread. The 65-year-old former preparatory school cafeteria chef was told that her National Insurance Scheme (NIS) payments, which were...
The prime minister is the member of parliament for his beloved Olympic Gardens community, yet Pastor Rennard White holds little regard for Andrew Holness and those who sit with him in Gordon House. They and their predecessors are at the root of...
Citing glaring inequities in the society arising from the public-sector compensation review undertaken by the Government, Mark Golding has promised that a future People’s National Party (PNP) government will evaluate the structure and take steps to...
Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs Marlene Malahoo Forte has accused the Integrity Commission (IC) of seeking to embarrass the Cabinet for failing to sign the Leadership Code of Conduct. It is the first time that a member of the Holness...
Outgoing Calabar High School principal Albert Corcho will take the reins at Malvern, St Elizabeth-based Bethlehem Moravian College (BMC) next academic year, The Gleaner can confirm. Corcho’s resignation has been accepted by the board of the Red...
Clarendon South Western Member of Parliament Lothan Cousins says the only noticeable results of states of public emergency (SOEs) are their crippling economic effects, and the disruption of the livelihoods of constituents who make an income from...
The Government of Jamaica will release $10 million from the Equalization Fund to the Portland Municipal Corporation to commence a clean-up at the Musgrave Market in Portland, which was ravaged by fire on Sunday. This announcement was made by...
AS CLIMATE change continues to affect the frequency and intensity of weather events and as demographic patterns shift around the world, the impact of natural disasters will only increase. Therefore, building resilience and properly planned disaster...
THE GOVERNMENT is being urged to boost youth involvement in sustainable living and the maintenance of green spaces. Capitalising on current social trends -- which involves wide participation by young people -- has been cited as a means to increase...
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST Raymond Pryce said more than three-quarters of the nation’s population will experience urban-like conditions in their living environment by 2030. Delivering opening remarks at the Nature Preservation Foundation (NPF) Public...
WESTERN BUREAU: MOUNT ALVERNIA High School in Montego Bay, St James, has increased its capacity to train its student cohort in mastering the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) curriculum, following the official inauguration of...
Tamoy Sinclair, parish coordinator of disaster preparedness at the St James Municipal Corporation (St JMC), has expressed concerns that too few businesses are engaging employees in responses to hurricane circumstances. Sinclair highlighted this...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE HANOVER police and administrators at Bethel Primary School in Hopewell, Hanover have been left puzzled as to how thieves have managed to remove a safe weighing over 600 pounds from the bursar’s office, without anyone hearing or...
