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Published:Friday | July 18, 2025 | 12:11 AMEdmond Campbell/Senior Staff Reporter

The legislative restraint imposed on the Integrity Commission (IC) in how it conducts its investigations could be partially eased under a new People’s National Party (PNP) administration. Leader of the Opposition and PNP President Mark Golding said...

Published:Friday | July 18, 2025 | 12:10 AMErica Virtue/Senior Gleaner Writer

At the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), someone is diagnosed with breast cancer nearly every day. There are almost daily surgeries as well – excluding Sundays unless emergencies arise – to remove cancerous lesions from women of all...

Published:Friday | July 18, 2025 | 12:07 AMSashana Small/Staff Reporter

A day before he was allegedly mowed down by his son in Wheelersfield, St Thomas, Oneil Ferril had spent time with him preparing land for a house they intended to build in the community. The tragedy that followed Sunday’s milestone occasion has...

Published:Thursday | July 17, 2025 | 12:11 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is countering a statement made by Opposition Leader Mark Golding, asserting that prosperity is a journey, not a pleasure, while arguing that Jamaica is experiencing it. Golding, while speaking to People’s National...

Published:Thursday | July 17, 2025 | 12:11 AM

Construction of a redesigned National Stadium in Kingston is slated to get under way next year for completion in 2029. The redeveloped stadium, which will include seating for 37,500 patrons (an increase over the current 35,000), 90 per cent roof...

Published:Thursday | July 17, 2025 | 12:11 AMRuddy Mathison/Gleaner Writer

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is to launch a Rural Express Service offering premium travel on long-haul direct routes from the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre in St Andrew to various locations across the islad for an introductory fare of...

Published:Thursday | July 17, 2025 | 12:11 AMTanesha Mundle/Staff Reporter

A murder accused is to face fresh committal proceedings in the St James Parish Court after a legal misstep by a parish judge in accepting an inadmissible witness statement resulted in the quashing of a committal order in the murder case. In a...

Published:Thursday | July 17, 2025 | 12:10 AM

The Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) has reached a historic milestone with the appointment of its first-ever female president, Kathryn Silvera, following the association’s annual general meeting held yesterday at Summit...

Published:Thursday | July 17, 2025 | 12:10 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Shaquan Maxwell and Robertha McKenzie, who distinguished themselves by being the top male and female in the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations in St James East Central, were recently recognised by East Central St James...

Published:Thursday | July 17, 2025 | 12:10 AM

Opposition spokesperson on Justice Donna Scott-Mottley says a new People’s National Party (PNP) government would reopen some aspects of the constitutional reform process to give Jamaicans a greater say in the proposed changes to the country’s...

Published:Wednesday | July 16, 2025 | 12:12 AMTanesha Mundle/Staff Reporter

A senior police officer testified on Monday that the mother of Constable Noel Maitland’s child initially agreed to give a statement to police following the disappearance of social media influencer Donna-Lee Donaldson but later changed her mind. The...

Published:Wednesday | July 16, 2025 | 12:12 AMLivern Barrett/Senior Staff Reporter

An executive at the Sagicor Group has denied a suggestion that she was aware of numerous attempts by internal security operatives to coerce one of the four ex-employees in the multimillion-dollar fraud case to alter a witness statement. Kaydian...

Published:Wednesday | July 16, 2025 | 12:12 AMAdrian Frater/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: The St James police are now in a full state of readiness to handle the bumper crowd that is expected in Montego Bay this Friday and Saturday for the two main nights of Reggae Sumfest 2025 at the Catherine Hall Entertainment Centre....

Published:Wednesday | July 16, 2025 | 12:11 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Acting Superintendent Oniel Henry, the head of the Hanover division of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), is concerned about a crumbling bell tower on the grounds of the fire station, fearing it could collapse at any time. Speaking at...

Published:Wednesday | July 16, 2025 | 12:11 AM

With the current parliamentary term ending on or before September 14, 2025, the Constitution (Amendment) (Republic) Bill, 2024 will not be debated and voted on by lawmakers before Jamaicans go to the polls to elect a new government. The bill will...

Published:Wednesday | July 16, 2025 | 12:10 AMSashana Small/Staff Reporter

Five years ago, Kavelle Hylton established STEM Builders Learning Hub because she wanted to increase access to the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subject for students who would otherwise be at a disadvantage. Stemming from...

Published:Wednesday | July 16, 2025 | 12:10 AMCorey Robinson/Senior Staff Reporter

Jamaica’s postal service has been forced to renovate and rebrand to keep up with technological advancements since the enactment of the Post Office Act of 1941, but that task is reportedly being made more challenging with a burgeoning unregulated...

Published:Wednesday | July 16, 2025 | 12:07 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley says Caribbean nations must own their satellites or risk losing control of their sovereignty by a new kind of colonial conquest, not by sea, but through cyberspace and content. “We have to be...

Published:Tuesday | July 15, 2025 | 12:10 AMLester Hinds/Gleaner Writer

“A debacle.” “Atrocious.” “A bunch of misfits.” Those are just some of the expressions used by cricket enthusiasts to describe the performance of the West Indies following their disastrous showing in the third Test against...

Published:Tuesday | July 15, 2025 | 12:09 AMTanesha Mundle/Staff Reporter

A former Sagicor Bank branch manager and two of her former colleagues are accused of orchestrating a sophisticated internal fraud scheme that allegedly siphoned approximately $65 million from the financial institution through the creation of seven...

Published:Tuesday | July 15, 2025 | 12:09 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Inspector Orville Bushay, who heads the Area One Police Division’s newly formed Agricultural Protection Branch (APB), wants agricultural stakeholders to cooperate with the unit in fighting praedial larceny in western Jamaica....

Published:Tuesday | July 15, 2025 | 12:08 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Despite suffering a stroke, which has left her bedridden and unable to speak, centenarian Enid Dennis, who celebrated her 105th birthday on Sunday, remains a symbol of deep love and inspiration for her family. Dennis, who resides at...

Published:Tuesday | July 15, 2025 | 12:06 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: People’s National Party (PNP) General Secretary Dr Dayton Campbell wants to see more women in representational politics, saying the struggle for women to get a seat at the political table is much more difficult than it is for men....

Published:Tuesday | July 15, 2025 | 12:06 AMAdrian Frater/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau: The spirit of community was alive and well in Somerton, St James, on Saturday as overseas-based natives and their local counterparts joined forces in handing out thousands of dollars in scholarships, school supplies, and social...

Published:Monday | July 14, 2025 | 12:09 AM

Transport Minister Daryl Vaz says his ministry is the importer of 110 used school buses for the rural transportation programme and not energy company Elhydro Limited. Vaz, in a social media post following a statement from his Ministry of...

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