It was a positive start for Jamaican athletes this morning, the final day of competition at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, as St Elizabeth Technical's (STETHS) Marvin Williams, competing in the first event for High School Boys, the...
Upset residents of Williamsfield district in St Catherine today set a house on fire as they sought answers for the death of 12-year-old Jameila Johnson. Johnson’s decomposing body was found in bushes by passersby today. Following the...
Following her two brilliant performances in the High School Girl's Championships of America 4x100 and 4x400 metres Relays today inside the Franklin Field Stadium where she piloted her team to double success, Edwin Allen Saqkuine Cameron was...
Edwin Allen closed out the Penn Relays in fine style after winning the Championships of America Girl's 4x400 metres in 3:40.41 to retain their title and in the process made it two from two after winning the 4x100 metres earlier in the day...
Edwin Allen High made it back to back victory in the Girl's 4x100 metres after winning the Championships of America event at the Penn Relays in 45.40 seconds, turning back favourite St Jago High into second in 45.86 seconds. Jamaican teams...
Holmwood Technical gave the Jamaican team its first success in the relays today as the girls captured their ninth title after clocking 9:01.01 to win the Championships of America High School event. Western Branch out of Virginia was second in 9:07....
Published:Friday | April 24, 2015 | 12:00 AMGleaner Writer
Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Wynter McIntosh, has reportedly been served four summonses to appear in court for breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act.
The members of the West Kingston Commission of Enquiry are now in West Kingston touring several communities. Commission Chairman Sir David Simmons was flocked by residents, some of whom hugged and kissed him as he got out of his car. Some of the...
Ahead of a visit to west Kingston by the three-member Commission of Enquiry, residents are now staging a peaceful protest. The residents, some bearing placards, are claiming that former Police Commissioner Owen Ellington has not been truthful in...
The Jamaican passport is ranked as one of the least valuable travel documents in the Caribbean based on the number of countries which allow its holders visa free travel through their ports of entry. According to power rankings released on Monday by...
Published:Thursday | April 23, 2015 | 6:40 PMGleaner Writer
The West Kingston Commission of Enquiry heard evidence today that a document presented by the Office of the Public Defender indicating that Governor General Sir Patrick Allen gave consent to a state of emergency more than a week before the 2010...
The University of Technology (UTech) females are expected to dominate this year's Penn Relays as they are expected to win at least three relay events at the Carnival. They made their intentions clear after making their first appearance on the...
Edwin Allen High's Paul-Ann Gayle surprised Girl's Carifta Under-20 Discus winner, Shanice Love of Excelsior High to capture the High School Girl's Discus at the Penn Relays today. Competing in the first field event final for High...
Former Police Commissioner Owen Ellington has contradicted evidence before the West Kingston Commission of Enquiry that 35 or nearly half of the more than 70 persons killed during the 2010 police-military operations in west Kingston were shot in...
Jamaican athletes are finding the windy and cold weather difficult to deal with at the Penn Relays so far, but not the Edwin Allen Girls who warmed the track with an impressive display in the preliminary round of the Girl's 4x100 metres relay...
Former champions, Vere Technical and Holmwood Technical booked their places into tomorrow's final of the Championships of America 4x800 metres Relay for High School Girls following preliminary round action earlier this morning at the Penn...
Jamaican high school athletes found the weather conditions unfriendly on the opening day of competition at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia as St Elizabeth Technical's Junelle Bromfield was the best placed in the High School Girl's 400...
THIRTY-FIVE or nearly half of the more than 70 persons killed during the 2010 police-military operations in Tivoli Gardens were shot in the back, chairman of the West Kingston Commission of Enquiry Sir David Simmons revealed yesterday.Declaring that...
Published:Wednesday | April 22, 2015 | 12:00 AMGleaner Writer
Chairman of the West Kingston Commission of Enquiry Sir David Simmons has sought to explain the decision of the three-member panel not to compel the security forces to disclose a number of documents related to the May 2010 police-military...
Published:Wednesday | April 22, 2015 | 12:00 AMGleaner Writer
Chairman of the West Kingston Commission of Enquiry Sir David Simmons has ruled that a number of documents related to the 2010 police-military operations in Tivoli Gardens that are in the possession of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) and the...
One man is dead and two others hospitalised with gunshot wounds following an attack in the Bucknor, Clarendon earlier today. The dead man has been identified as Fabian Cooper, 23. According to a preliminary police report about 2:30 pm the men...
Former Police Commissioner Owen Ellington says he should only be judged by the way the May 2010 police-military operations in the west Kingston community of Tivoli Gardens were planned, executed and monitored. At the West Kingston Commission of...
Youth Minister Lisa Hanna says doctors have been agitating for less restrictions to prescribe contraceptives for sexually active underage children living in certain circumstances. Under Jamaican laws children under the age of 16 cannot consent to...
A Kingston magistrate has further delayed her ruling on whether the St Mary teen suspected of trying to join Islamic militants is to remain in police custody. The Magistrate was expected to make a decision this morning upon receiving a social...
A 22-year-old female student of the University of Technology (UTech) accused of stabbing her brother to death in a dispute over a cable box was granted bail when she appeared in court today. Sherisa Dixon, a final year student of Portmore,...
