Once again, the Jamaican government — under the leadership of the Holness/Chang and Jamaica Labour Party — has turned away desperate Haitian refugees. This time, 42 souls: children, women, and men, including an…
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Christopher Charles | Jamaica’s homicide epidemic and shortsighted analysis
To the short-sighted analysts among the political class, the media and the police service, I am very happy, and always will be, for any decline in the homicide rate in Jamaica. However, their…
Cedric Stephens | Road accidents: The untold story of ganja, alcohol effects
The Gleaner’s May 14, 2025 story, ‘PAHO/WHO, National Safety Council Donate Breathalysers’ influenced today’s article. It sparked two questions that life and non-life insurance companies, policymakers, the opposition party, religious and other…
Calls for overhaul to motor vehicle repairs in Jamaica
There have been calls for the motor vehicle repair sector in Jamaica to be overhauled in light of the influx of Chinese vehicles to the island as well as the interest generated by…
Prince Buster OD, was The Unspoken “Music King” In Jamaica
In the mid to late 1950s, the Jamaican music scene was dominated by two giants: Duke Reid, with his Trojan sound system, and Clement “Sir Coxsone” Dodd, the force behind Downbeat. Both men…
Area 4 Police report success in reducing serious crimes, recovering illegal weapons
Commander for the Area 4 Police, Assistant Commissioner Michael Phipps, says increased…
PM Holness tells electorate to vote on government’s record of achievement
Jamaica Labour Party leader and Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness is continuing his call for…
Corruption will not be tolerated in PNP-led government, says Golding
Opposition Leader Mark Golding has repeated that he will not tolerate corruption within a…
Procurement process for $31m surgical drill was ‘hijacked’, Dawes insists
Opposition Spokesman on Health Dr. Alfred Dawes is insisting that the procurement process…
Police probing gun attack on parent at St. James school
The police have launched a search for the suspect behind a shooting at a school in St. James…