Published:Wednesday | December 10, 2025 | 12:04 PM
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says it has met its December 10 target of restoring electricity to 95 per cent of customers in St Mary and Portland by the first week of December, and to 75 per cent of customers across Manchester, Clarendon...
The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has announced a 20 per cent discount on fees linked to structures used at entertainment events. The measure is aimed at easing pressure on promoters and other stakeholders in the...
Published:Wednesday | December 10, 2025 | 11:22 AM
Cabinet has ordered the cancellation of Christmas parties across government as recovery following the passage of Hurricane Melissa takes priority. The decision comes in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, which struck the...
No arrest has yet been made in Canada in connection with the multimillion-dollar December 3 theft of a trailer containing dozens of barrels of clothes, food, tools and generators intended for hurricane relief in Jamaica. Responding to queries...
Published:Wednesday | December 10, 2025 | 10:24 AM
Two communities in St Ann are mourning the deaths of two senior citizens whose bodies were found in advanced stages of decomposition on Tuesday. The deceased are 75-year-old farmer Arthur Bennett of Caledonia district and 72-year-old retiree...
Published:Wednesday | December 10, 2025 | 10:05 AM
Nearly eighty years ago, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights defined what every person needs to survive and thrive. It was a philosophical and political breakthrough – and it has been the bedrock of our global community ever since. Human...
(AP) - Egypt and Iran, two Middle East nations that target gays and lesbians, have complained to FIFA over a World Cup football match in Seattle that is planned to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride. Leaders in the nations' football federations publicly...
A scholarship fund honouring the legacy, education and love of Jamaica is to be established in the name of the late Consul General in New York, Roach-Wilson. Details of the fund have not yet been announced, but The Gleaner understands that monies...
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has set a target of US$100,000 to assist Jamaican tourism workers affected by Hurricane Melissa, with half of the funds also earmarked for Haiti. A fundraising event in Florida over the weekend kicked off...
Mastercard has announced that its agentic payments programme, designed to allow authorised artificial-intelligence (AI) agents to conduct transactions securely, will reach Latin America and the Caribbean by February 2026. The initiative, branded...
WESTERN BUREAU: Sandals Resorts International will invest more than US$120 million ($19 billion) to rebuild and transform its two flagship Montego Bay properties part of a broader strategy that includes the long-awaited completion of Beaches...
Parliament on Tuesday approved a further extension of the Zones of Special Operations (ZOSO) in seven communities across Jamaica. Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness closed the debate on the extension in the absence of National Security Minister Dr...
The Veterinary Services Division of the Ministry of Agriculture says it has activated protocols to mitigate the possible entry of bird flu into Jamaica, following confirmation of the disease in the Cayman Islands in late November. The division...
Westmoreland businessman Moses Chybar is counting himself fortunate after a fire erupted this afternoon at Quality Traders Supermarket and Wholesale in West End, Negril. The fire, which started around 3:30 p.m., damaged sections of the building’s...
A man has been taken into custody after being intercepted today with a six-year-old girl who was reportedly taken from her school in May Pen, Clarendon. The reported abduction was foiled some hours later when Clarendon councillor Scean Barnswell...
There was a testy exchange in the House of Representatives today after St Andrew South West Member of Parliament Dr Angela Brown Burke demanded to be allowed to speak. The situation unfolded after she pointed out that House Speaker Juliet Holness...
The police are advising that six-year-old Anka Glasgow, who was reported missing, has returned home. A High Alert was issued for the child on Tuesday after she reportedly went missing from her school in Clarendon. The police did not provide...
The police are seeking the help of the public to locate six-year-old Anka Glasgow, who reportedly went missing from school in Clarendon on Tuesday. A High Alert has been activated for the child, who is a student at St Thomas More Preparatory...
Former head of the Jamaica Agricultural Society and Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Lenworth Fulton, has died. Fulton, who was also a former head of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), passed away on Monday in hospital. He was reportedly...
Minister of Culture and Entertainment Olivia Grange has announced that the official funeral for late reggae legend Jimmy Cliff will take place on Wednesday, December 17 at the National Indoor Sports Centre in St Andrew, beginning at 10:00 a.m....
Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie has expressed grief following the death of nine-year-old Amara Moore, who was killed in a motor vehicle accident involving a garbage truck in her Mandeville community on Tuesday morning. The grade four...
The People’s National Party (PNP) has appointed long-time organiser Maureen Webber as its National Projects Director, a move that some senior party figures say could rival the influence of the general secretary. Webber, a former deputy general...
A 21-year-old man from St Catherine has pleaded guilty to stealing copper wires valued at $750,000 from bauxite company UC Rusal. Davian Bailey, of Byndloss district, pleaded guilty to simple larceny and malicious destruction of property during...
Flow Jamaica has reported disruptions to internet services for both business and residential customers in New Kingston and surrounding communities in St Andrew following an incident of "extensive and malicious" cable vandalism earlier today. The...
Opposition Spokesman on Housing Professor Senator Floyd Morris, is urging the Government to implement immediate and humane solutions for residents currently housed at Petersfield High School in Westmoreland following Hurricane Melissa. The call...
