A Sunday Gleaner probe in downtown Kingston, Half-Way Tree in St Andrew and May Pen in Clarendon has found that a flood of unapproved hand sanitisers are on shelves for sale to unsuspecting members of the public, who could be putting themselves in...
It’s one of the shocking results of the 2020 general election – how Rhoda Moy Crawford, 32, a first-timer to representational politics, overcame the machinery might of three-term Member of Parliament Peter Bunting to claim Manchester Central for...
A second term with a crucial parliamentary majority sets the stage for legacy-defining actions from Prime Minister Andrew Holness, asserts Bruce Golding, the former head of government who paved the way for Holness’ ascent to high office. In last...
With the general election just four days away, a bullish Prime Minister Andrew Holness is declaring that his ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has done enough for Jamaicans to reward it with another term in office. “The JLP administration has put...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has promised residents of three upscale St Andrew neighbourhoods that their complaints about a development being pursued by his wife will be addressed “strictly by the rules”. Residents of Leas Flat, Forest Hills and...
Residents of three upscale St Andrew communities are demanding Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ intervention to address alleged breaches at a housing development linked to his developer wife, Juliet Holness. Juliet was the member of parliament for...
Lyndsey McDonnough did not tell her fellow board members of the National Health Fund (NHF) that she was co-owner of Market Me, the company they were giving millions in taxpayers’ money to implement the physical health campaign, Jamaica Moves. The...
Lola Marshall-Williams, the partner of Cabinet Minister J.C. Hutchinson, who has been punished over his role in the Holland Estate sweetheart deal saga, has declared that her hands are clean in the latest scandal that has erupted in the Andrew...
There are conflicting accounts about how a company, with a director and shareholder who is the partner of a Cabinet minister, was selected in 2019 to operate more than 1,400 acres of old sugar lands in St Elizabeth. The entity, Holland Producers...
The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) could make another push to have former Petrojam executives Floyd Grindley and Perceval Bahado-Singh extradited to Jamaica to face charges over their alleged roles in the messy Petrojam...
The Caribbean’s COVID-19-ravaged telecommunications industry is in need of “urgent” government bailout, amounting to millions of dollars, to prevent poor-quality service and higher prices for consumers, a powerful regional lobby group for firms...
A billion-dollar catering contract approved by Cabinet is now the subject of an official complaint before the Integrity Commission. Sunday Gleaner investigations have revealed that Elegant Weddings Event Planning...
SOME SENIOR administration officials at the St Ann Municipal Corporation who have claimed that they were stifled in speaking out about a myriad of alleged questionable practices at the local authority are rejoicing now that the country’s main anti-...
The curtain on a new era of transparency in public service appeared ready to be lifted when three months before his February 2016 election win, then Opposition Leader Andrew Holness promised to publicly release his health records. The Holness-led...
Fourteen firefighters on the cusp of major career moves in April 2018 following news of their promotion had their celebrations cut short as three days after the announcement, the decisions were rescinded by a board, which claimed that the then fire...
Three weeks after a probe revealed that most local private hospitals were unregistered, The Sunday Gleaner has learnt that the island’s private ambulance service is operating without oversight, putting members of the public at risk. When contacted...
Fresh allegations are confronting the Government that its inaction is exposing Jamaicans participating in decades-old overseas work programmes in the United States and Canada to human trafficking. A showdown also looms between Jamaica’s Office of...
Only four private hospitals in Jamaica are currently certified to operate. The state of affairs was uncovered during a Sunday Gleaner probe into the circumstances that led to the death of 23-year-old first-time mom Jodian Fearon, hours of giving...
With economies grinding to a halt in coronavirus-hit Caribbean countries, hardly any breathing room is likely as the six-month “above-normal” 2020 Atlantic hurricane season looms, bringing to regional shores what officials are calling the “perfect...
The sometimes-vilified business process outsourcing (BPO) industry is a privileged sector in Jamaica because, for successive administrations over the past decade, it’s been pursued as a key economic solution to the political and social problem of...
