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Senior Superintendent of Police Eron Samuels (left), commanding officer in charge of the St James Police Division, and Dervon McKellop, national drone soccer coach and Drones in Schools programme director, in conversation during the launch of a three-day d
January 27, 2026 by Ashley Anguin

JCF trains drone pilots in MoBay to boost crime-fighting

WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) recently rolled out a three-day drone pilot training programme in Montego Bay, St James, to expand surveillance operations and boost its…
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January 27, 2026 by Sashana Small

Ghanaian specialist nurses to fill gaps in health sector

The deployment of Ghanaian health workers and teachers to Jamaica topped the agenda during the first official visit of the Republic of Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Samuel Okudzeto, as he…
The construction site on South Camp Road in Kingston where the membership-based warehouse club PriceSmart will host its newest location.
January 26, 2026 by Karen Madden

South Camp traffic alarm

School administrators in the immediate environs where a new 5,000-square-foot PriceSmart location is earmarked for opening by the end of this calendar year, are viewing with some concern how the…
Dr Kishan Khoday, UNDP resident representative for The Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Turks & Caicos, speaking in an interview with The Gleaner’s Sashana Small last Friday.
January 26, 2026 by Sashana Small

UNDP eyes changes for the future

As it marks 50 years of partnership in Jamaica today, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is citing its work in climate resilience and justice reform as pillars of its local legacy. …
A section of the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay.
January 26, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Tufton: Remedy now under way to ease A&E beds crisis at CRH

WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has acknowledged that severe overcrowding in the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH)…
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January 26, 2026 by Andre Williams

Sanctuary sorrow

Shock and deep grief have engulfed the Church of God of Prophecy and the wider Airy Castle Road, Stony Hill community following the sudden death of a prayer warrior and long-standing church sister,…
Craig Beresford, executive director of the Integrity Commission (IC), says every Jamaican would benefit from a strong, independent IC.
January 25, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

Don’t ‘water down’ the IC

With billions of dollars flowing into the country to carry out rehabilitation works post Hurricane Melissa, Craig Beresford, the recently installed executive director of the Integrity Commission (IC)…
Craig Beresford, executive director of the Integrity Commission.
January 25, 2026

Beresford: Premature court intervention undermines anti-corruption probes

The executive director of the Integrity Commission (IC), Craig Beresford, says the anti-corruption agency is “very concerned” about the growing practice of state entities taking the commission to…
January 26, 2026 by Livern Barrett

Fake IDs, stolen titles

Five financial institutions have been fleeced of more than $600 million through an elaborate and complex fraudulent scheme allegedly involving an upper St Andrew medical doctor and two accomplices,…