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Published:Wednesday | June 4, 2025 | 12:09 AMCorey Robinson/Senior Staff Reporter

Police in Montego Bay, St James, are probing reports that another group of Cuban refugees landed in Rose Hall on Monday hours after six of their countrymen arrived illegally on the island via boat. At the same time, there are concerns from one...

Published:Wednesday | June 4, 2025 | 12:09 AMMickalia Kington/Gleaner Writer

In what the Caribbean Community of Retired Persons (CCRP) describes as a heart-rending state of affairs, Jamaica’s elderly continue to suffer in silence, and are physically, emotionally, and financially abused and neglected, often by the very...

Published:Wednesday | June 4, 2025 | 12:09 AMTanesha Mundle/Staff Reporter

Former People’s National Party (PNP) lawmaker Jolyan Silvera will remain behind bars after the Court of Appeal upheld a previous ruling denying him bail in relation to the murder of his wife, Mellissa Silvera. Silvera, 52, who has been behind bars...

Published:Wednesday | June 4, 2025 | 12:09 AMAdrian Frater/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: In an appeal to supporters of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) who may be growing disillusioned due to delayed improvements in their communities, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has turned to biblical references to reinforce...

Published:Wednesday | June 4, 2025 | 12:07 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Westmoreland’s Custos Reverend Hartley Perrin is sounding the rapid adoption of more technology in the workplace, warning that Jamaican workers must not be left behind or stripped of their dignity in the name of progress. Perrin,...

Published:Tuesday | June 3, 2025 | 12:09 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

The opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is alleging that the Office of the Services Commission (OSC) rejected the application of an experienced candidate with intel background in favour of Dennis Chung for the job of chief technical director...

Published:Tuesday | June 3, 2025 | 12:09 AMCorey Robinson/Senior Staff Reporter

Former Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips on Monday added his voice to a chorus against Dennis Chung’s appointment as the chief technical director of the Financial Investigations Division (FID). Addressing objectors at a People’s National Party (...

Published:Tuesday | June 3, 2025 | 12:09 AMSashana Small/Staff Reporter

The ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has sharply criticised the People’s National Party (PNP) for staging a protest against the appointment of Dennis Chung as chief technical director of the Financial Investigations Division (FID), calling the...

Published:Tuesday | June 3, 2025 | 12:08 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Moses Chybar, president of the Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WCCI), is urging Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness to prioritise critical infrastructure upgrades in light of rapid development and population growth in...

Published:Monday | June 2, 2025 | 2:17 AMJanet Silvera/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Six Cuban nationals, four men and two women, were last night placed in police custody in Montego Bay, St James, after arriving in Jamaica illegally by boat on Sunday afternoon. The group came ashore at Harvey Beach in Rose Hall, St...

Published:Monday | June 2, 2025 | 12:06 AMAndre Williams/Staff Reporter -

The Clarendon police were last night seeking to locate the boyfriend of a young woman after the gruesome discovery of her body in a septic tank at a house in Milk River in the parish earlier in the day. Derricka Rodgers was reported missing on May...

Published:Monday | June 2, 2025 | 12:06 AMTanesha Mundle/Staff Reporter

A former police constable, who was dismissed after pointing a firearm at two of his colleagues – one of whom was a superior officer – and hurling expletives at them during a late-night patrol, has lost his appeal to be reinstated to the Jamaica...

Published:Monday | June 2, 2025 | 12:06 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

Business and tourism stakeholders across northeastern Jamaica are now rejoicing after the United States (US) government lowered its travel advisory for Jamaica from Level Three to a more favourable Level Two. According to the US State Department, “...

Published:Monday | June 2, 2025 | 12:05 AMJanet Silvera/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: From a childhood overlooking the savannahs of Savanna-la-Mar to shaping iconic landmarks in Dubai, China, and Central Park in the United States, Jamaica-born architect Gordon Gill has left an indelible mark on global architecture....

Published:Monday | June 2, 2025 | 12:05 AM

One of the residents objecting to Bengal Development Company’s controversial quarry plans in the Dry Harbour Mountains has acknowledged that her family’s marl business has operated in the area for years under far fewer environmental restrictions...

Published:Sunday | June 1, 2025 | 12:10 AMKimone Francis - Senior Staff Reporter

Families across Jamaica are raising the alarm over the country’s inability to meet the educational needs of children with special needs. A growing number of children go unassessed each year, exacerbating what experts are calling a silent national...

Published:Sunday | June 1, 2025 | 12:10 AMRochelle Clayton - Staff Reporter

WESTERN BUREAU: As of today, June 1, Jamaica’s national minimum wage has increased to $16,000 per 40-hour workweek. However, for many of the country’s domestic workers, the pay hike offers little comfort in the absence of crucial employment...

Published:Sunday | June 1, 2025 | 12:10 AMMickalia Kington - Sunday Gleaner Writer

When 65-year-old Noel Lloyd Patterson lost control of his vehicle and plunged into the Rio Cobre at Flat Bridge some time after 10 p.m. on April 13, some of his family members didn’t receive a phone call to notify them of the unfolding tragedy....

Published:Sunday | June 1, 2025 | 12:07 AMEdmond Campbell - Senior Staff Reporter

Distinguished Caribbean jurist Justice Adrian Saunders, outgoing president of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), has reiterated the view that greater regional justice access would be achieved if Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago joined the court’s...

Published:Saturday | May 31, 2025 | 1:34 AM

The capacity of Jamaica Customs to detect illegal drugs and hazardous substances has been significantly enhanced through the donation of two state-of-the-art mass spectrometers and fentanyl test kits by the United States Government. The equipment,...

Published:Saturday | May 31, 2025 | 1:32 AMTanesha Mundle/Staff Reporter

“Mi did affi run come down here!” exclaimed Constance Duncan, a 57-year-old teacher from Olympic Gardens, who made a desperate dash to the National Water Commission (NWC) head office on Marescaux Road in Kingston just hours before today’s Debt...

Published:Saturday | May 31, 2025 | 12:09 AMLivern Barrett/Senior Staff Reporter

Twelve years’ experience in law enforcement, five of them at a senior level, was listed as one of the requirements for the post of chief technical director (CTD) of the Financial Investigations Division (FID) when it was first advertised late last...

Published:Saturday | May 31, 2025 | 12:09 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: The three former employees of the Clifton Boys’ Home in Darliston, Westmoreland, who were arrested and charged in 2021 for allegedly abusing eight wards at the facility, have been acquitted of the charges following their latest...

Published:Saturday | May 31, 2025 | 12:08 AMMickalia Kington/Gleaner Writer

At just 30 years old, Jamaican innovator Rayvon Stewart has found himself on the frontlines of public health innovation with a solution born from a tragic hospital experience, a bit of inspiration, and the kind of determination that emerging young...

Published:Saturday | May 31, 2025 | 1:33 AM

An inmate (name withheld) who advanced to the parish finals of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) 2025 National Festival is being touted as an example of the transformative power of the arts. The inmate was entered into the...

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