A St Andrew man has been charged in connection with a break-in at a house where a safe with cash was stolen. Sajae Morgan, 28, of Torrington Park, has been charged with house breaking and larceny. He is scheduled to appear before the Kingston...
Detectives in the Kingston East Division are investigating the shooting of three men, one fatally, on Windward Way, Kingston 2 last night. The deceased is 46-year-old Aubrey Myers, otherwise called 'Dangles', a barber of Windward Way. The...
Benjamin Roseth, Modernization of State Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), believes that the success of the National Identification System (NIDS) card lies in the hands of Jamaicans. He believes that if the NIDS ID is not...
The St James police have confirmed that a pregnant woman who was yesterday shot dead in the arms of her teenage lover at her home in Norwood, St James, is the babymother of an accused gang leader currently behind bars facing murder charges. Thirty...
A few years ago, Pastor Camara Rowe ventured into the booking- and artiste-management field under his Aramac Entertainment brand. His integrity, plus the assumption that has sometimes wrongfully tarred the reputation of managers by their clients...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester A MULTIGENERATIONAL household with matriarchs who were strong, entrepreneurial, independent and fearless in their pursuits to make things happen laid the foundation for the powerhouse that is Summer Bryan-James. From...
In 1936, the Olympic Games were held in Berlin, Germany. During that time, Hitler’s influence could be felt quite strongly, as he made it clear that he didn’t want any black people to compete or win. But a young black American sprinter named Jesse...
Internationally acclaimed novelist and writer, George Lamming, died on Saturday at the age of 94, just a few days shy of his 95th birthday, that he would have celebrated on June 8.
Twenty-five-year-old lifeguard Jeffery Shirley has been charged for injuring a man during a machete attack in Brown's Town, St Ann. Shirley, who is from a Fairfiled in Montego Bay, St James, has been charged with wounding with intent. His court...
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has hailed today's inaugural American Airlines flight from Austin, Texas in the United States to the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James. Bartlett was among government officials who were in...
Fire this morning destroyed an upholstery shop on High Holborn Street in downtown Kingston. The shop's owner Richard 'Bronco' Shepherd told The Gleaner that he received a call about 10:30 am that his business was on fire. The...
The police in St James on Friday seized a Walther Creed nine millimetre pistol with a magazine containing nine 12 gauge cartridges on Marl Road in Rose Heights. Two men were taken into custody in connection with the seizure. The police report that...
A man and a woman were killed in bed as they slept in Norwood, St James this morning. The incident occurred about 4:15 along Chico Lane. Residents reported that the woman was four months pregnant, but the police say they were unable to confirm the...
Six persons, including a minor, received injuries in a two-vehicle crash in St Thomas this morning. One of the vehicles caught fire. The crash occurred about 4:34 am along the Pamphret main road. Firefighters from Morant Bay and Yallahs responded...
Nine guns, including three M-16 assault rifles, were seized by the police during an operation along the North-South Highway last night. The other weapons include five 9mm pistols and a revolver. Over 440 assorted rounds of ammunition were also...
Students at the Galilee Basic School in Kingston will learn their lessons in a more comfortable environment, after receiving a much-needed facelift courtesy of the House of SDM, in partnership with the Digicel Foundation. The school has been a...
WESTERN BUREAU: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett wants management systems to be instituted for heritage sites and community locations across Jamaica before any money is spent in future on rehabilitating such venues, which, he says, often end up...
By the time of publication, Doug Ford will more than likely be re-elected as premier of Ontario. Every political pundit has preordained Ford as a victor, despite the fact that most Ontarians desire change. A brief overview of Ford’s Ontario. The...
LONDON: Joan Henry, the new labour party mayor of Merton Council in South London, is a Jamaican from Thornton district in St Thomas. In a glittering ceremony in the Council chamber at Merton Civic Centre, Morden on May 25, Joan Henry, who...
LONDON: Jamaica-born Councillor George Cole has been appointed the new Lord Mayor of Leicester, the first African-Caribbean person to hold the post in its centuries-old history. Cllr Cole, who represents Leicester’s Western Park Ward since 2011,...
Loud Fashion Foundation rounded out Child’s Month with an event and donation of $200,000 to the Maxfield Park Children’s Home on Monday. “Children are our future,” said Loud Fashion’s managing director, Doniesha Johnson. “Loud Fashion Limited is a...
The first in a series of social services and recruitment fairs, hosted by the Joy Town Community Development Foundation (JTCDF), took place on May 28 at the Chetolah Mel Nathan Education Centre, in Hannah Town, Kingston. According to Suwayne...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: Economic activity in the parish of Manchester is expected to gain momentum in the coming months following the completion of the newest business process outsourcing (BPO) centre in Bloomfield, Mandeville, which is set to...
The National Water Commission (NWC), which moved its commercial offices from Falmouth to its treatment plant at Zion in Martha Brae in 2009, is planning to return to Falmouth within the next couple of months. Aubyn Green, manager at the parish...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the National Housing Trust (NHT) has been restructured to focus on providing increased access to affordable and low-income housing solutions. Holness, who was addressing the handover of a three-bedroom unit under...
