Despite the technological and other advances since 1951, the political will to make the well-needed appropriate investments in climate change adaptation and mitigation policies and strategies remains a vitally important missing link in the...
The father of 13-year-old Shantina Sergeant, whose burnt and partially decomposed body was found behind her home in Bailleston, northern Clarendon, on Monday evening, is now in police custody. The Old Harbour police in St Catherine confirmed that...
The Gaza ceasefire held in its second day as tens of thousands of Palestinians returned to their neighborhoods Saturday and Israelis cheered Monday's expected release of remaining hostages. “Gaza is completely destroyed. I have no idea where we...
The death toll from landslides and floods set off by incessant rainfall in central and southeastern Mexico rose to 37 people on Saturday, authorities said. Thousands of soldiers have cleared blocked roads to rescue the missing nationwide....
A man was taken into custody on Saturday after the police seized a firearm, ammunition, and several imitation guns during a pre-dawn operation on Colbeck Avenue in St Andrew. A team from the St Andrew South Police Division conducted a targeted...
A fisherman from Hanover has been charged with murder following the fatal stabbing of a man during a dispute in their Bull Bay community on Thursday. The accused has been identified as 29-year-old Courtney Hermans of Bull Bay district, Hanover...
Two persons died Friday night after a multi-vehicle crash along the Winston Jones Highway in Manchester. The crash was reportedly triggered when a motorist swerved to avoid hitting a parked trailer. The deceased have been identified as 34-year-...
A 26-year-old higgler from Kingston has been charged in connection with the murder of two men in the Golden Heights area of Denham Town downtown Kingston two years ago. The accused, Donque Douglas, of Upper Oxford Street in Denham Town, faces...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has formally invited Opposition Leader Mark Golding to high-level, bipartisan talks on constitutional reform after Golding publicly rebuffed a proposal for a meeting with the justice minister. In a letter dated...
A 17-year-old boy has died after he was allegedly stabbed by his 14-year-old brother during a fight on Friday night over clothes in Comma Pen, St Elizabeth, the police say. The deceased has been identified as Raheem Thompson. The police say the...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has welcomed a $1.5 billion project in Drax Hall, St Ann, saying it will create jobs and boost the parish as one of Jamaica’s fastest-growing business hubs. The four-storey, 68,819-square-foot BOOT 2 complex,...
Jamaica has launched its first-ever marine fish farming pilot, marking a major step in developing the country's blue economy. The initiative, implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with...
The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information has launched BullyProofJA, a digital campaign aimed at tackling the damaging effects of bullying in schools and communities across Jamaica. With the rallying cry “Block the Hate, Build the...
The police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating 28-year-old Ravine Jones of Darliston, Westmoreland, who has been missing since Thursday, October 9. Jones is of brown complexion, slim build, and about 175 centimetres (5 feet 9 inches)...
A St Catherine man accused of raping a seven-year-old girl has been remanded in custody after a court heard that he was suffering a mental breakdown. The 32-year-old accused appeared before Senior Parish Court Judge Janelle Nelson-Gayle on...
LONDON: As UK Black History Month celebrations got under way last week, Minister for Equalities Seema Malhotra hosted the first thematic Race Equality Engagement Group (REEG) roundtable, showcasing the Government’s commitment to working closely...
LONDON: Pawlet Brookes MBE, founder, CEO and artistic director of Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage in Leicester, has been appointed the new chair of Arts Council of England’s Midlands Area Council, succeeding Sukhy Johal MBE,...
WASHINGTON, DC: The Ministry of Health and Wellness’ Adopt-a-Clinic programme received another boost recently with the announcement by the president of the RalRosa Foundation, Dr Jacqueline Watson, that her organisation’s adoption of the Golden...
SIXTY STUDENTS from high schools in Kingston, St Andrew and St Catherine, including 15 at-risk youth, participated in the Summer Camp Adventures with Technology and Education (SCATE) Sustainable Engineering Camp for Teens, held at the Faculty of...
The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier who was involved in the now viral road rage video in which a firearm was brandished is currently in police custody. The Gleaner understands that a question and answer session is expected shortly. The...
A man, identified as 65-year-old, Wayne Robinson, was discovered chopped to death at his home on Old Road in the Moreland Hill community of Westmoreland on Friday morning. Robinson's body was found with chop wounds to his head and neck....
The police have identified the two men who were fatally shot in separate alleged armed confrontations in St Catherine on Thursday. One of the men is 37-year-old Marlon Euter, otherwise called 'Benji', of Main Street, Ewarton, St Catherine, and 35...
Two persons charged in connection with the seizure of an illegal gun and ammunition in Portmore, St Catherine, last month have been remanded to appear in the Gun Court on October 17. Those charged are 24-year-old Martina Shim and 32-year-old...
A group of Jamaican and Dominican fishermen were on Friday rescued at sea off Portland Point in Clarendon by the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) after their boat caught fire and they had to abandon it. The JDF in a release on Friday said another...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – A 41-year-old father in the Bahamas is to be sentenced in a magistrate court on December 10 after he pleaded guilty to beating his 10-year-old child over a bad grade at school. The father appeared before Magistrate Abigail...
