Published:Wednesday | September 3, 2025 | 12:36 PM
Physical challenges and the expense of taking three public transport vehicles were not enough to keep 80-year-old Deloris McIntosh from casting her ballot at the Garlands Primary School in the St James Southern constituency today. McIntosh, who...
Confident of retaining her seat as Member of Parliament for Manchester Central, Rhoda Moy Crawford says her assurance is strengthened by the overwhelming support she has been receiving from her constituents, particularly the church. “The amount...
Zidane Robertson, a wheelchair user from East Prospect in St Thomas, said he turned out to vote today for “a change,” especially for greater support for young people. Robertson, 27, was among scores of persons with disabilities and the country’s...
Published:Wednesday | September 3, 2025 | 11:43 AM
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate for Manchester Southern, Ian Ives, says he has spent the last few months uniting supporters in the constituency and is expecting a strong showing in the polls today. “We are well united and we are 100 per...
Supporters of the two major political parties in St Catherine East Central are in a festive mood at the Gregory Park Primary School, where scores of voters have shown up to cast their ballots. The sounds of vuvuzelas echo in the vicinity of the...
The United Independent Congress (UIC) candidate contesting the general election in the Eastern Hanover constituency does not have a vote. It has come to light that 22 year old businessman, Jordan Cunningham, who was nominated to represent the...
Two hours after voting began in Jamaica’s 2025 General Election, reports from several constituencies in the Spanish Town area indicated a slow but steady flow of electors at polling stations. In St Catherine West Central, where Christopher...
Corruption, the need for “clear governance and ideas" and family traditions are among the things that have nudged some voters in St Andrew Eastern to go out to cast their ballots in the ongoing general election. No incidents have been reported...
People's National Party (PNP) candidate for St Catherine East Central Raymond Pryce was oozing with confidence when The Gleaner news team caught up with him in the PNP stronghold of Lakes Pen in the parish. Pryce told The Gleaner that voting has...
MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Lorena formed off the coast of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula and a tropical storm warning has been issued for parts for of the area, forecasters said Wednesday. The storm is expected to strengthen in the next 24 hours...
The body of a man who was tied up and had his mouth taped was found on Tuesday night in the Epworth district, St Ann. The body was discovered beside a water tank that serves the community. It was reported that there was no blood at the scene. The...
The police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating five-year-old Jahiar Spencer of Maple Leaf Avenue, Kingston 10, who has been reported missing. Jahiar is of dark complexion, slim build, and about 3 feet 6 inches tall. Reports from the...
Published:Wednesday | September 3, 2025 | 12:08 AM
There was excitement at the normally quiet St Thomas Parish Library as seven proud seniors received certificates of completion of a computer training programme, which was designed for them. Their smiles, laughter, and sense of accomplishment told...
Published:Wednesday | September 3, 2025 | 12:06 AM
Project STAR successfully hosted its SPARK! Youth Innovation Summer Camp, engaging teenagers from Rose Gardens and Parade Gardens in Kingston; May Pen in Clarendon; and Savanna-la-Mar in Westmoreland. The camp provided a safe, structured, and...
AT THE recent International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (IOAI), held in Beijing, China, from August 2-9, 16-year-old Matthew Williams, now a fifth-form student at Campion College, copped a silver medal on his 16th birthday, while 17-year-...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sometimes it feels like barely an hour can go by without hearing from President Donald Trump. So when he didn't appear for one day, then two, then three, speculation started to swirl online about his health. Not even a few...
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is ending a programme that allows members of its Prime membership subscription programme to share their free shipping benefits with people who don’t have the same primary address. In an update to the customer service...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the US has carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela. The president offered scant details on the operation. “When you...
Nineteen-year-old Adriano Anderson, otherwise called ‘Hagman,’ who is charged for the alleged shooting death of a man at a vigil in Gregory Park, Portmore, St Catherine, has been remanded. Anderson is charged with murder, using a weapon to commit...
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Lorena formed Tuesday in the eastern Pacific Ocean off Mexico’s coast and forecasters say it could later reach hurricane strength. The storm’s maximum sustained winds were near 45 mph (75 kph). The US National...
A St Catherine man charged with taking over $1 million from another man to buy a car but failing to do so today pleaded guilty to obtaining money by means of false pretence in the parish court. Patrick Rennie was remanded by Acting Parish Court...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Three men, including Jamaican Orville Etoria, deported by the United States to Eswatini in July have been held in a maximum-security prison in the African nation for seven weeks without charge and with no access to...
St Ann’s biggest primary school, Ocho Rios Primary, and a key feeder for the parish’s high schools, has geared up for a major push in literacy and numeracy as the new academic year commences. Principal, Suzette Barnes-Wilson, outlined a...
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan appealed for international aid on Tuesday after a landslide wiped out an entire village in western region of Darfur, killing an estimated 1,000 people in one of the deadliest natural disasters in the African country’s recent...
The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) wants the Government to hold consultations with key stakeholders before proceeding with its proposed move to double the national minimum wage, arguing that failure to do so risks creating economic...
