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Residents urged to help keep Retirement landfill clear of dump fires

Published:Saturday | April 27, 2024 | 12:05 AMRochelle Clayton/Staff Reporter

WESTERN BUREAU: With clear skies once again becoming the norm in the communities neighbouring St James’ Retirement dumping facility, executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Audley Gordon is calling on residents...

Man shot and killed in St James

Published:Friday | April 26, 2024 | 8:13 PM

An unidentified man was shot and killed in St James on Friday evening.  The man, who is said to have been a resident of Salt Spring in the parish, was reportedly attacked while sitting on a motorbike in front of a gas station in Ironshore....

Temporary farmworkers get more protections against retaliation and other abuses under new rule

Published:Friday | April 26, 2024 | 7:06 PM

SANTA ROSA, California (AP) — Temporary farmworkers will have more legal protections against employer retaliation, unsafe working conditions, illegal recruitment practices and other abuses under a Labor Department rule announced Friday...

Miss Jenny Homework Centre paves the way in Norwood

Published:Friday | April 26, 2024 | 7:05 PM

In a tangible demonstration of community empowerment, Jennifer Brown, affectionately called Miss Jenny, unveiled the culmination of her philanthropic work in Norwood, St James: the Miss Jenny Homework Centre. Constructed through the grant awarded...

An emergency slide falls off a Delta Air Lines plane, forcing pilots to return to JFK in New York

Published:Friday | April 26, 2024 | 6:35 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — An emergency slide fell off a Delta Air Lines jetliner shortly after takeoff Friday from New York, and pilots who felt a vibration in the plane circled back to land safely at JFK Airport. Delta said that after takeoff the...

Reggae Girlz to play Brazil

Published:Friday | April 26, 2024 | 6:41 PM

The Reggae Girlz will play two friendly internationals against South American giants, Brazil, in the upcoming FIFA match window. According to a release by the Jamaica Football Federation, the first game will be played in Recife on June 1, while the...

Holness condemns killing of Grange Hill High student

Published:Friday | April 26, 2024 | 6:10 PM

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has strongly condemned Thursday's killing of a schoolboy in Grange Hill, Westmoreland. Sixteen-year-old Carson Bennett, a student of Grange Hill High school was reportedly killed when rival gangs engaged in a...

Road Traffic Appeal Tribunal sworn in

Published:Friday | April 26, 2024 | 4:54 PM

The Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport has taken another step in the implementation of the new Road Traffic Act, with the swearing in of the Road Traffic Appeal Tribunal. The swearing in took place at the ministry's...

Junior PNP spokesman condemns shooting of students in Westmoreland

Published:Friday | April 26, 2024 | 3:30 PM

Opposition Junior Spokesperson on Citizen Security Jouvaughnie Byfield is condemning Thursday's shooting in Grange Hill, Westmoreland in which two high school students were shot, one fatally. Killed was 16-year-old Carson Barrett, a student of...

AMC complex being retained for agricultural purposes - Green

Published:Friday | April 26, 2024 | 3:09 PM

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green, says there are no plans to use the Agricultural Marketing Corporation (AMC) complex for another purpose. He made the disclosure during Wednesday's post-Cabinet press briefing at...

Britain’s King Charles III will resume public duties next week after cancer treatment, palace says

Published:Friday | April 26, 2024 | 3:01 PM

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III is back. The 75-year-old monarch will resume some public duties next week following a three-month break to focus on his treatment and recuperation after he was diagnosed with an undisclosed type of cancer,...

Trelawny Fire Department concerned about bush fires

Published:Friday | April 26, 2024 | 2:13 PM

The fire department in Trelawny is concerned about the escalating number of bush fires across the parish. "We started with eight in January and to date we are at 90,” Superintendent Roland Walters told The Gleaner. “To respond to...

Bail extended for policemen accused of soliciting bribe

Published:Friday | April 26, 2024 | 1:26 PM

Bail was today further extended for three St Catherine-based policemen who are accused of corruption. Corporal Stephen Peart and constables Morris Foster and Lariston Bogle are charged with solicitation of a bribe. Senior parish court...

Athletic director used AI to frame principal with racist remarks in fake audio clip, Baltimore police say

Published:Friday | April 26, 2024 | 1:14 PM

A high school athletic director in Maryland has been accused of using artificial intelligence to impersonate a principal on an audio recording that included racist and antisemitic comments, authorities said Thursday. Authorities said the case...

15 Jamaican students gain scholarships to study in Cuba

Published:Friday | April 26, 2024 | 1:09 PM

Fifteen young Jamaicans have gained scholarships to pursue tertiary training in medicine, nursing and civil engineering in the Republic of Cuba, under the Jamaica-Cuba Bilateral Scholarship Programme. Speaking at the awards ceremony for the...

System challenges impacting issuance of fitness certificates to motorists

Published:Friday | April 26, 2024 | 12:23 PM

The Island Traffic Authority is reporting that its depots are currently unable to issue certificates of fitness to drivers due to challenges with its system. The authority says motorists who go to renew their fitness certificates will have their...

NCB issues $5 billion APO

Published:Friday | April 26, 2024 | 10:58 AM

The NCB Financial Group plans to raise $5 billion in its additional public offer (APO) with the option to upsize to $7.5 billion. “NCB Financial has placed considerable and deliberate focus on 'future-proofing' its businesses and in...

Personnel committee at St James High to investigate expulsion of students over kiss

Published:Friday | April 26, 2024 | 10:18 AM

The board of management of St James High School has referred the matter of the expulsion of two schoolgirls who were seen kissing in a video to its personnel committee for deliberation on the next steps to be taken. The school's principal...

40-y-o man in Guyana gets life imprisonment for rape of child

Published:Friday | April 26, 2024 | 9:46 AM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A High Court judge in Guyana has sentenced a 40-year-old mason to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of raping a nine-year-old child in 2022. Justice Sandil Kissoon, in imposing the sentence on Orland...

Portmore photographer charged for shooting two men

Published:Friday | April 26, 2024 | 9:24 AM

After being on the run for almost three years, 45-year-old Waterford, Portmore, St Catherine photographer Darian Clarke has been charged in connection with a 2021 gun attack in the municipality that left two men injured. Clarke turn himself in to...

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