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The forensic report into the death of Jodian Fearon, the first-time mother whose passing triggered national outrage, is now complete. Fearon died on April 24 on the floor of the University Hospital of the West Indies after a series of bureaucratic...

COVID has brought to us a new normal and it is up to us to adjust. Without us working together, it will not work. It is us together – together we can. – Lorna Gooden General Manager Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited

Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton last night reserved comment after his name got entangled in a series of social-media posts that have gone viral. “I am taking advice on the matter and will speak in due course,” Tufton told The Gleaner. The...

WESTERN BUREAU: Just under six weeks after the north coast reopened to overseas visitors, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has announced a second phase of the Resilient Corridor that spans Jamaica’s south coast. Bartlett, who made the announcement...

The Government is to pump $308 million into helping to mitigate the scorching effects of drought affecting Jamaica. Minister without Portfolio Daryl Vaz told Parliament that most parishes were experiencing below-average rainfall, particularly in...

Chairman of the Integrity Commission, Seymour Panton, says that prosecutions are likely to follow from the two Petrojam reports that were tabled at the end of June in Parliament. Asked to comment on former energy minister Andrew Wheatley’s move to...

Strenuous attempts by Dr Grace McLean to justify the spending of more than $400,000 in 2018 to stage a surprise birthday party for Fritz Pinnock, the former president of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), were rejected on Tuesday by the hard-...

Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips is appealing to the Government to treat as a matter of urgency the protocols for the reopening of schools in September. Educational institutions were ordered closed on March 13 as a containment measure amid the...

Several subsectors in the entertainment industry are to reopen in another week’s time. Sports bars can reopen as early as July 21, but operators must first get approval from the local authorities as well as a certificate of safety. Nightclubs will...

The COVID-19 pandemic may have crushed fairy-tale dream weddings for some in 2020, but the deadly disease was not scary enough for soldier Narmeo Walker to break his New Year’s Day pledge to marry his girlfriend. The 28-year-old private in the...