The opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has opened a gap over the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), according to the findings of the latest RJRGLEANER-commissioned Don Anderson poll. With just three days left before Jamaicans head to the...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness holds a slim lead over Opposition Leader Mark Golding in public favourability, according to the latest national survey commissioned by the RJRGLEANER Communications Group. However, Holness also carries a...
Homeowners in Twickenham Glades, St Catherine, are outraged as severe termite infestation persists in their newly built National Housing Trust (NHT) houses, prompting the state entity to spend millions of dollars on retreatment for the four-year-...
More than one-third of Jamaican four-year-olds assessed for school readiness in 2024 were flagged for further developmental evaluation, as concerns grow over long delays in accessing critical support services. Of the 29,729 children assessed...
Families across Jamaica are raising the alarm over the country’s inability to meet the educational needs of children with special needs. A growing number of children go unassessed each year, exacerbating what experts are calling a silent national...
Raw sewage flowing through several properties and on to Shenstone Drive in Beverly Hills – an affluent St Andrew community – has sparked fear that the hazardous contamination may trigger health issues for families there. The issue, ongoing for...
Jamaica’s two main political parties believe that persons with criminal convictions should not be barred from contesting local and national elections if those records can be expunged. Representatives from both the governing Jamaica Labour Party (...
Her coworkers consider her a supermom, often bestowing her with the ‘Mother of the Year’ title, but Antonette Richards, a career civil servant, believes there is always more she can do for her three children. At 46 years old, the programme director...
When a young mother showed up at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) in Kingston haemorrhaging after a homebirth, Sister Marian Ramikie, the most senior midwife on duty, immediately sprang into action. Having spent over five decades helping women...
St Elizabeth South Western Member of Parliament (MP) Floyd Green says he is confident of securing a third term in office, pointing to significant strides made in tackling longstanding issues within the constituency. With the next general election...
Miranda Wellington, a teacher at Black River High School and the People’s National Party (PNP) prospective candidate for St Elizabeth South Western, says her top priority – if elected as member of parliament – is to breathe new life into the parish...
A high-stakes political showdown is brewing in St Elizabeth South Western, where incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) Floyd Green is facing a strong challenge from Black River High School teacher Miranda Wellington in the upcoming general election,...
The revocation of hundreds of student visas in the United States has left many Jamaican students currently studying or planning to study there feeling anxious and uncertain, as universities scramble to support those ordered to leave the country...
A bitter custody battle and an ambiguous case involving the Administrator General’s Department (AGD) are at the centre of a wound the family of Jodian Fearon is desperately trying to close, five years after her tragic death. Fearon, 23, died in the...
The Chinese Government has fired back at the Trump administration over its “predatory practices” claim, calling it the United States’ (US) attempt to spread disinformation and sow discord in its relationships with other countries. “The so-called...
Mahoe Gaming Enterprises Limited (MGEL), which burst onto the lottery scene almost five years ago, is moving to suspend four of its games because of financial challenges that are impacting its operations. Mahoe Gaming, in a February 5, 2025 letter...
Jamaicans have marked Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness and Opposition Leader Mark Golding as average or above in the stewardship of their respective portfolios. Sixty per cent of respondents in the RJRGLEANER-commissioned Don Anderson public...
The latest RJRGLEANER-commissioned Don Anderson public opinion poll has revealed that more Jamaicans support combining the country’s transition to a republic with the adoption of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as the final appellate court,...
A United States congresswoman has listed Jamaica among countries she says are benefiting wrongfully from United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funding, asserting that agendas which run counter to an America first policy are...
A hyperactive year for the Integrity Commission (IC), which shaped dozens of headlines, ended with Jamaica’s foremost anti-corruption body at the centre of court proceedings brought against it by Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness, following the...
Twenty-eight years of memories shared by Dr Cloda Jones and her family at their home in Altadena, Los Angeles, crumbled on January 8, devastating the Caribbean family who are among more than 40,000 people in the southern California suburb crushed...
Outgoing Clarendon Central Member of Parliament Lester Mike Henry says he has not had “a change of mind” about who should replace him as the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) candidate in the looming general election, even as former Mayor of Kingston...
A National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) sanitation officer, who claims an injury on the job led to the amputation of his left leg, is accusing the state agency of failing to offer any assistance or compensation. But the NSWMA has denied...
Born and raised in the gritty inner-city community of Grants Pen, St Andrew, Kalisha Dixon is spreading her Jamaican roots in Maryland, where she has been elected council member for the town of Bladensburg. Dixon ran on a Democratic ticket,...
