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With the Ministry of Justice leading the charge, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday called on civil society organizations (CSOs) to strengthen their collaboration and enhance their efforts in the ongoing fight for social...

The sentencing of Anneisha Ramsay, who pleaded guilty to stealing a five-week-old baby in 2019 after allegedly agreeing to adopt the infant for $500,000, has been postponed to March 19. Ramsay pleaded guilty to the charge of child stealing last...

Adrian Frater/Gleaner Writer WESTERN BUREAU: While the police have not yet released the names of the three men killed in an alleged gun battle in Grange Hill, Westmoreland, early Wednesday morning, residents have identified them and linked them to...

Post-secondary education in the Caribbean, including Jamaica, continues to fail in adequately preparing students for the job market, a World Bank report on education transformation in the Caribbean has determined. In the report titled Education in...

A stakeholders’ meeting called to discuss Portmore’s parish status ended in chaos Tuesday night as political tensions flared between supporters of the People’s National Party (PNP) and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). Mayor of Portmore Leon Thomas...

WESTERN BUREAU: Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland was engulfed in smoke for over three hours yesterday afternoon as a massive fire tore through a warehouse near the popular Imperial Plaza on Great George Street. The blaze forced police to evacuate...

WESTERN BUREAU: Emphasising that Jamaica must stand on its own two feet politically, economically, and socially, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has outlined a bold vision for the nation amid an increasingly turbulent global landscape. The prime...

The Court of Appeal has found that a parish court judge had erred in sentencing serial convicted trickster, Ray Morgan, to 12 years in prison, which was manifestly excessive and instead has slashed the sentence by half. The ruling, which was handed...

The return of Westmoreland Central Member of Parliament (MP) to the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has set off a firestorm of criticisms, with one advocate suggesting that the separation “really was a farce from the beginning”. Judith...

Lawmakers reviewing the Integrity Commission Act (ICA) yesterday signalled that keeping government contracts and licences secret, as outlined in a restrictive provision of the anti-corruption law, does not serve the public interest. Section 56(1)...

Clarendon North Central Member of Parliament (MP) Robert Morgan says politics has humbled him and he is learning to listen to the will of the people. The first-term MP faced an upheaval in the Mocho division last year with Jamaica Labour Party (JLP...

With Justice (Ret’d) Seymour Panton to demit office as chairman of the Integrity Commission (IC) in a week, eyes are on Justice (Ret’d) Lloyd Hibbert, who could be named interim chairman. Hibbert would only be elevated to the chairmanship of the IC...