WESTERN BUREAU: Twelve-year-old Ciara Farquharson was the toast of Thursday’s Greater Destiny Preparatory School graduation, walking away with the Director’s Award in recognition of her outstanding discipline, leadership, and well-rounded...
Asians make up the largest number of people requesting an extension of stay in Jamaica, accounting for 46 per cent of the 10,146 aliens registered in 2024, according to Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) records. In its latest Economic and Social...
Jamaica’s economy grew by 1.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2025, compared to the corresponding period in the previous year, driven by increases in both goods and services, according to the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). The figure...
Airbnb operators in Jamaica are warning that a proposed law requiring licensing and regulation of short-term rental (STR) accommodations by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) could cripple the industry and drive small, local hosts out of business. The...
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing the fatal shooting of a man in the wee hours Thursday at the Sun Coast Beach Club residential complex in Bull Bay, St Thomas. Information reaching The Gleaner is that the police...
With the two major political parties darting across the length and breadth of Jamaica in the heights of the political campaign to win the hearts and minds of voters, the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) says it is well advanced in its preparations...
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite the heartbreaking loss of their teacher Claudette Forbes just before sitting their Primary Exit Profile (PEP) exams, Denyque Haughton and Curtanae Patterson of Askenish Primary and Infant School in Hanover have achieved...
WESTERN BUREAU: Three survivors of the August 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States will be among the 1,700 passengers, who will arrive at the Montego Freeport Cruise Ship Port on Saturday, on the Peace Boat’s 120th...
President of the Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF) Wayne Chen is advising persons entering tertiary institutions to carefully research current market needs before selecting a field of study. His suggestion follows data revealed by the Economic...
Investigators assigned to the Major Investigation Division (MID) are probing, among other matters, whether stolen illegal firearms are the motive behind a double murder on Tuesday night in Mount Salus, St Andrew. The Gleaner understands that one...
Western Bureau: Dr Delroy Fray, the clinical coordinator for the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), has indicated that normality has been restored at the Cornwall Regional, Falmouth and Savanna-la-Mar hospitals, following two days of protest...
Attorney-at-law CHUKWUEMEKA Cameron has criticised a stance of the Supreme Court that members of parliament and public officials implicitly consent to the verification of their assets when they submit their statutory declarations, calling it a “...
A bill to introduce sweeping changes to the regulatory framework of the tourism sector by making it mandatory, among other things, for Airbnb operators to be licensed and regulated by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), hit a snag in the House of...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Rose Mount in Montego Bay, St James, Mario Deane’s home community, are unhappy with sentences that were given to the three police personnel who were convicted in connection with his August 2014 beating death. Corporal...
Western Bureau: The 2025 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations was a bittersweet experience for 12-year-old Briyah Brissett, a student of the Greater Destiny Preparatory and Kindergarten (GDPK) in St James, as, while she got the high school of...
The Government has stated that there is no documentation explaining why the law enforcement requirement was dropped from the job criteria for the top post at the Financial Investigations Division (FID). Information Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon...
WESTERN BUREAU: Mercia Fraser, the mother of Mario Deane, left the Westmoreland Circuit Court feeling sorely disappointed on Tuesday after learning that only one of the three police personnel who were found guilty in relation to her son’s death in...
The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has expressed serious concern over the Government’s decision not to renew its all-island electricity licence under the current terms, warning of major implications for the island’s energy sector. Energy Minister...
Western Bureau: Two days after St Catherine South Western Member of Parliament Everald Warmington fired off expletives on stage at a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) event in Westmoreland, for which he has since apologised, Prime Minister Dr Andrew...
It is a rare sight to witness an ambassador so overcome with emotion at the end of their diplomatic mission that they are brought to tears. But that is exactly what happened as Shakira Angie Martinez, ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Jamaica...
Portmore Mayor Leon Thomas is calling on Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness to urgently honour his promise to expand Municipal Boulevard as residents and commuters endure worsening traffic congestion. Speaking at last Thursday’s ground-breaking...
A 40-year-old Jamaican woman, Tamara Rowe, was stabbed to death inside her Bronx apartment on Saturday night, leaving the fate of her two small children in limbo. The children, ages 11 and two years old, are currently in the care of the New York...
Western Bureau: Controversial South West St Catherine Member of Parliament (MP) Everald Warmington has apologised and withdrawn a statement in which he used an expletive on a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) platform in Westmoreland on Sunday night....
WESTERN BUREAU: Eleven-year-old Myles Whittingham, a student of Montego Bay Christian Academy (MBCA) in St James, made an enviable addition to his scholastic history by attaining the school’s highest Primary Exit Profile (PEP) result for 2025 with...
Quick Step Primary and Infant School in St Elizabeth is attributing its removal from the list of schools that were underperforming in mathematics and language arts to strong parental involvement, partnerships with non-governmental organisations,...
