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Minister of National Security and Peace, Dr Horace Chang. - File photo
Published 3 hours ago

Chang condemns ‘senseless’ deadly Denham Town attack

Minister of National Security and Peace, Dr Horace Chang, has strongly condemned Saturday’s gun attack in Denham Town, Kingston that left a three-year-old boy dead and his eight-year-old brother and their father injured. Chang described the deadly incident as senseless. He said preliminary reports indicate that the child was fatally shot amid a resurgence of gang violence linked to turf control in the area.

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Passengers at the Sangster airport in St James. - File photo
Published 4 hours ago

Some flights cancelled due to winter storm in US

Some flights to and from the United States at both the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston and the Sangster International Airport in St James have been cancelled due to a winter storm…
Minister of National Security and Peace, Dr Horace Chang. - File photo
Published 3 hours ago

Chang condemns ‘senseless’ deadly Denham Town attack

Minister of National Security and Peace, Dr Horace Chang, has strongly condemned Saturday’s gun attack in Denham Town, Kingston that left a three-year-old boy dead and his eight-year-old brother and…
Regional Director of the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information (Region Four), Dr Michele Pinnock.
Published 31 minutes ago

Education Ministry intensifies search for 1,000 hurricane-displaced students in Region Four

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Region Four, is intensifying efforts to locate approximately 1,000 students who remain unaccounted for following disruptions to the education…
Former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson.
Published 15 hours ago

Patterson agonising over Cuba crisis

Former Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has expressed his “indescribable” personal torment over the deepening political and humanitarian crisis in Cuba – a crisis he says is made worse by the…
Contributed Jace Pinnock.
Updated 14 hours ago by Andre Williams

‘Baby blood dem a hunt’

The blood had dried stiff against the tiny waistband of the undergarment one would struggle to believe was all white, but at least two bullet holes were very much visible as a reminder of the…
Right: STETHS Principal Keith Wellington.
Updated 14 hours ago by Karen Madden

Route design, not dancehall

Two rural principals are pushing back against the Ministry of Education’s explanation for sluggish uptake in the Government’s rural school bus programme – and they say the main problem is route…
Kadiesh Jarrett-Fletcher and her son, Caleb.
Updated 7 hours ago by Tanesha Mundle

Deferred no more

Told as a teenager that studying law was beyond her family’s means, Kadeish Jarrett-Fletcher quietly set the dream aside. Nearly two decades later, the Court Administration Division executive has…
Transport Minister Daryl Vaz pours rum on one of the buses procured for the rural school bus programme during a blessing ceremony at Jamaica House in St Andrew in August 2025.
Updated 13 hours ago by Kimone Francis

WARNING LIGHTS

The watchdog signed off — but not before it barked. Access to Information documents obtained by The Sunday Gleaner reveal that the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) warned the transport ministry…
Published 15 hours ago

Whether a mini-sabbatical or an adult gap year, more people are taking extended work breaks

The Associated Press: If you daydream about getting a break from work, you might picture two weeks of vacation or a long weekend getaway. But some people dare to imagine something bigger and find ways…