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Jamaica Gleaner
Jamaica Gleaner
- Golding still a British citizenon May 20, 2024 at 5:08 am
Amid widespread calls for him to declare his British citizenship, Opposition Leader Mark Golding has indicated that he remains a British citizen but insists that there is no legal basis for him to renounce his status in the United Kingdom (UK) at...
- ‘I am going back’by Tanesha Mundle and Andre Williams/Staff Reporters on May 20, 2024 at 5:08 am
Tears of joy flowed from Constable Gareth Davis’ on Thursday after the Court of Appeal quashed his 2019 murder conviction and rejected the prosecution’s request for a retrial. “There are no words to express how I feel. I wasn’t crying, but tears...
- Ja’s oldest centenarian a mother to allon May 20, 2024 at 5:08 am
WESTERN BUREAU Centenarian Nora Miller Welsh, a former head deaconess in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, is said to be Jamaica’s oldest living person, having reached her 110th birthday. While she is now moving around through the use of a...
- Platinum for Pantonon May 20, 2024 at 5:07 am
Retired Justice Seymour Panton, chairman of the Integrity Commission and former president of Jamaica’s Court of Appeal, is the 2023 recipient of the RJRGLEANER Honour Awards Platinum Award in recognition of his more than five-decades-long record of...
- Questions surround shooting incident at MoBay police stationby Adrian Frater/Gleaner Writer on May 20, 2024 at 5:07 am
Western Bureau: Questions yesterday surrounded Saturday night’s bizarre shooting at the Freeport Police Station in Montego Bay, St James. While initial reports, including from an alleged eyewitness, indicated that a policeman was disarmed on the...
- Uton Samuels is a 109-y-o ‘cutting machine’by Albert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer on May 20, 2024 at 5:07 am
WESTERN BUREAU: With no formal education, centenarian Uton Samuels is believed to be Jamaica’s second-oldest living person and Hanover’s oldest man. At 109 years old, he is still batting well, and, despite slight hearing challenges and joint pain...
- Welcome to 100!on May 20, 2024 at 5:06 am
WESTERN BUREAU: Rosetta Gooden-Anderson, a retired cane-cutter and farmer who now resides in Bastard Cedar Walk, has become Westmoreland and Jamaica’s newest centenarian. With Gooden-Anderson adorned by her centenarian’s crown, family members,...
- Shattered dreamby Livern Barrett - Senior Staff Reporter on May 19, 2024 at 5:11 am
Eleven years ago, Jeffrey James found out through a relative that a government-owned company was selling lands in the resort town of Negril, Westmoreland, and he immediately sprang into action. James, who is a member of the United States (US)...
- Mystery condition robs young brothers of ability to walkby Barbara Gayle - Gleaner Writer on May 19, 2024 at 5:10 am
It is a real mystery, to many residents in the rural district of Clifton in Bernard Lodge, St Catherine, how two brothers - 15-year-old Amari Carby and 10-year-old Kemoy Allen, were rendered paraplegic just months apart. “The boys used to be very...
- ‘I’m looking for a life sentence’by Corey Robinson - Senior Staff Reporter on May 19, 2024 at 5:10 am
Almost 60 students and staff at an elementary school in Dumfries, Virginia in the United States, erupted in excitement when the Supreme Court last week found businessman Omar Collymore guilty of plotting the murder of his wife and, consequently,...
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Jamaica Information Service
Jamaica Information Service
Jamaica Information Service The Voice of Jamaica
- Workers’ Week Expo and Forum Slated for Emancipation Park on May 22by Astha Prendergast on May 20, 2024 at 3:50 am
A Workers’ Week Expo and Discussion Forum related to the services and support for persons with disabilities and the vulnerable, is slated for Wednesday, May 22 at Emancipation Park in
- Health Minister Emphasises Importance of Hypertension Awareness and Managementby Astha Prendergast on May 20, 2024 at 3:43 am
Hypertension or high blood pressure is a strong and reliable indicator that one’s health is at risk and needs to be urgently addressed, says Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the
- PHOTOS: Commissioning Ceremony for 112 New Justices of the Peace for St. Andrewby Astha Prendergast on May 20, 2024 at 3:34 am
- Students Take Part in Discussion on Alternative Justice Services at Ministryby Astha Prendergast on May 20, 2024 at 2:38 am
More than 20 high-school students from Waterford High School in Portmore, St. Catherine, participated in discussions about alternative justice services, during National Children’s Day (May 17), a Child Month event,
- Electronic Health Records System Improves Service Delivery at May Pen Hospitalby Astha Prendergast on May 20, 2024 at 2:22 am
The May Pen Hospital in Clarendon is reporting success in the use of the Electronic Health Records (EHR) system, which was launched at the facility in January 2024, describing it
- Gov’t to Intensify the National Road Safety Public Education Campaignby Astha Prendergast on May 20, 2024 at 1:25 am
The Government will be intensifying the national public education campaign on the rules of the road, to reduce the high incidence of motor-vehicle accidents and deaths. Making the announcement following
- Culture, Community Spirit and Cinema to Be Celebrated at Black River Film Festivalby Astha Prendergast on May 20, 2024 at 1:18 am
The inaugural Black River Film Festival is set to captivate audiences and shine a spotlight on the vibrant community of the town in St. Elizabeth, with a stellar lineup of
- CAPD to Host Event to Empower and Support Students May 30by Astha Prendergast on May 20, 2024 at 12:57 am
The Children’s Affairs and Policy Division (CAPD) of the Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW), is to host a significant
- WPM Moves To Discontinue Use Of Several Areas In Hanover For Garbage Disposalby Sean Hunter on May 19, 2024 at 10:49 pm
MONTEGO BAY, May 19 (JIS): WPM Waste Management Limited has commenced work to discontinue the use of several areas across Hanover for garbage disposal. Among these is a dumpsite in
- Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation Facility to Be Built in St. Thomasby Sean Hunter on May 19, 2024 at 10:40 pm
A Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) facility is to be built in St. Thomas. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who made the announcement, says the centre will
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Jamaica Star
Jamaica Star
- JTA joins appeal to locate missing teacher Danielle Anglinon May 17, 2024 at 9:42 pm
The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) is joining a public appeal to locate missing teacher Danielle Anglin, who works at St Peter Claver Primary and Infant School in St Andrew.
- Jamaicans living in Cayman killed in five-vehicle collisionon May 17, 2024 at 7:20 pm
Three Jamaicans were killed in a five-vehicle collision in the Cayman Islands on Monday.
- St Elizabeth teens in custody over house break-inon May 17, 2024 at 6:31 pm
Six male students, between ages 13 and 16, from a prominent high school in St Elizabeth are now in police custody after they were arrested on allegations of breaking into a house.
- St Elizabeth farmer charged with burglaryon May 17, 2024 at 4:50 pm
Fifty-nine-year-old Burnette Foster, a farmer of Keynsham district, St Elizabeth, has been charged with burglary after he was found in the house of a woman early one morning.
- A man convicted in Malawi over TikTok video showing caricature of president dancingon May 17, 2024 at 4:43 pm
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — A man in Malawi was convicted of insulting President Lazarus Chakwera after posting a TikTok video that shows an animated figure with Chakwera’s face superimposed on it doing some wacky dance moves.
- Significant work completed on 14 police stations under Project ‘ROC’on May 17, 2024 at 4:38 pm
Work has, to date, been completed on 14 new and fully rehabilitated police stations since the commencement of Project ‘Rebuild, Overhaul and Construct’ (ROC).
- Mother caught with ganja in lock-up freedon May 17, 2024 at 10:02 am
A Corporate Area woman, who was held with ganja concealed in items of clothing that she was taking to her incarcerated son, was freed in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Thursday on compassionate grounds. Tameca Smikle-Livingston, who...
- Family worried about missing teacherby Simone Morgan-Lindo - STAR Writer on May 17, 2024 at 10:02 am
On Monday evening, senior citizen Denise Anglin waited anxiously for her daughter Danielle Anglin, a primary school teacher, to return home from work, but she never did and has not been seen since. The elderly mother, who shares a 'two peas in a...
- Warrant issued for suspect on work programmeby Tiffany Taylor - STAR Writer on May 17, 2024 at 10:02 am
Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court Judge Sanchia Burrell on Thursday issued a warrant for the arrest of a Corporate Area woman, who failed to show for court and is said to be overseas on a work programme. The woman, identified in court documents...
- JTA president urges overwhelmed teachers to speak outby Kallejhay Terrelonge - STAR Writer on May 17, 2024 at 10:02 am
Following a viral video of a teacher suffering what persons believe was a nervous breakdown, president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), Leighton Johnson, is encouraging educators "not to suffer in silence" but to take advantage of the...
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