A St Thomas mother and her newborn daughter are said to be hospitalised at the Princess Margaret Hospital in good condition following a bizarre toilet delivery on Saturday night. The mother, who allegedly did not know she was pregnant, went to use...
Despite a Pembroke Hall High School teacher admitting to threatening a student in a tirade during class last week, the police have indicated that they would need to verify the video of the incident before any action is taken. Assistant commissioner...
A Pembroke Hall High teacher’s fate hangs in the balance after she was videotaped on Thursday hurling death threats repeatedly at a student in a tirade that drew widespread public outrage, triggering an investigation by school authorities and the...
Handcuffed by fear of repercussions from probes by the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) as they tackle criminals, some police officers have been quietly rooting for licensed firearm holders to keep gangsters at bay. Speaking with...
There was a general consensus among a group of male students at a recent Gleaner forum that mentorship could make boys better in 2030, and its practical approach foster guidance at different life stages. The young men, who are all students at...
Jamaica could reap rich social dividends from incentivising marriage to stem a rise in divorce rate even as fewer people are opting to march down the aisle, a family-life lobbyist has said. Offering couples special benefits to say I do could pay...
A Stony Hill community has been plunged into mourning after a 15-year-old boy died in bizarre circumstances on Thursday, suffering a broken neck as he tried to flee a gun attack at a late-night party. Principal of Stony Hill Technical High, Eric...
The Jamaica Union of Tertiary Students (JUTS) says its student leaders are facing resistance from some institutions that deny them the opportunity to participate in decision-making processes. Everton Rattray, president of JUTS, said that the union...
Gordon House was in session yesterday, but instead of the elected representatives, young people from Cornwall, Middlesex and Surrey vigorously debated issues of national concern, including abortion reform, climate change and youth violence...
The security forces will, over the next eight weeks, beef up their presence on the streets in a bid to maintain law and order during the Yuletide season, the Government has said. Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang sought to assure both...
The University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) Academic Staff Union yesterday agreed to go back to work after nearly two weeks of strike action over the non-payment of retroactive salaries caused a massive disruption to teaching schedules at the...
The developers of a site along Wellington Drive in St Andrew are seeking to dampen the fears of motorists and residents about a crane at the location being a potential hazard. Residents and motorists had previously expressed concern over the crane...
The academic staff at the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) have still not accepted the latest $400-million interim offer to pay a portion of retroactive salaries owed to them, but there is optimism that there could be a breakthrough with...
The Ministry of Education is hopeful that a proposed interim payout of $400 million in retroactive wages will cool the wrath of striking academic staff at the University of Technology (UTech) who have ground classes to a halt for seven days,...
Their furrowed brows and frowning faces told it all. One hour. Two. Three. And even more. The weight of delay took a toll on customs brokers, deliverymen and other customers as they endured the gruelling wait to collect goods at the Port of...
Construction of a multistorey apartment complex in the upscale Dillsbury Avenue community has been ordered halted by the Supreme Court, with a stay being granted against the building permits issued by the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal...
With more than 11,000 Jamaicans being made homeless as a result of fire over a five-year period, firefighters are ramping up a safety-and-awareness campaign to reduce the incidence of blazes that cause death, displacement, and trauma. The...
The Kingston Eastern police are appealing to the Government for more resources to combat rising crime in the violence-plagued division. During a visit by National Security Minister Horace Chang to Vineyard Town yesterday, area commander, Assistant...
Even while librarians are seeing reduced foot traffic at physical locations, they remain upbeat about the future with a boom in online engagement and an increase in the number of foreigners visiting the island to access local archives. “Of sorts,...
Confidence in a state of emergency (SOE) in the violence-plagued St Andrew South Police Division was shaken yesterday amid a spate of six murders in 48 hours in a low-income section near Olympic Way. Wails of “comprehensive blood covering...
Four children who were removed from a vessel transporting what is believed to be illegal migrants are now in state care, pending further investigations by local authorities. The Gleaner understands that the boat, which is believed to have been...
Students at Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) have welcomed news of a reduction in tuition fees across all faculties mere hours after the arrest of the president of the institution, Professor Fritz Pinnock, along with four other persons, in a...
Stray cows belonging to cattle herders with sprawling farms along the Temple Hall main road in St Andrew have been causing nightmares for motorists who traverse the roadway after dark. The Gleaner understands that there have been at least two near...
The management at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) says it has repaired the damage caused by years of poor industrial relations at the State’s garbage-collection agency. Speaking at a Gleaner Editors’ Forum last week, they...
After 80 years of it attaining an international standard and approximately one year after a multimillion-dollar crash-simulation exercise, the first of its kind in Jamaica, the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) is now certified for...
