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THE APPOINTMENT of Leslie Campbell as minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation might represent a gift to a Holness loyalist, says political commentator Dr Christopher Charles. Yesterday, Jamaica House said that...

JAMAICANS PRONE to respiratory illnesses have been warned to take precautions as swathes of the country become covered with the hazy Saharan dust. The phenomenon is expected to be concentrated in the island for the next three days. Several times...

THE TECHNICAL Services Division of the Ministry of Local Government is reviewing plans submitted by the Jamaica Fire Brigade for the construction of a fire station on lands it owns near to the Old Harbour town centre in St Catherine. This was...

THERE IS growing pressure on the Government to give the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) prosecutorial powers as the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has been blamed for being too slow or ineffective in securing...

The atmosphere at the Golden Grove Meadows in St Thomas reeked of despair as dejected residents voiced anger at the stench that has overtaken their homes. Several former sugar workers and their families were relocated from the dilapidated Golden...

WESTERN BUREAU: The man who played a key role in Andrew Holness’ internal leadership victory over Audley Shaw, as well as marshalling the machinery in the St Ann North East constituency for the last 20 years, is being tipped to replace Shahine...

Imagine having to turn up to work every day to contend with an irrepressible faecal odour, sleeping with a cesspit under the same roof, and routinely having to run for cover from sewage overflow. That’s the miserable life for almost 30...

A billion-dollar catering contract approved by Cabinet is now the subject of an official complaint before the Integrity Commission. Sunday Gleaner investigations have revealed that Elegant Weddings Event Planning...

WESTERN BUREAU: COVID-19 has crippled travel to several destinations, cancelled thousands of conferences and disrupted millions of lives, but Demetrius Moye and Tanisha Bradley weren’t about to allow the global pandemic to derail their wedding....

There is no Father’s Day this year for Lloyd Deen. Neither was there an Easter. In fact, these days have been empty with no meaningful meal or sleep ever since his beloved daughter, Jasmine, vanished 116 days ago. “I can’t have no Father’s Day,” the...

THE ‘GOFUNDME’ drive launched by a number of organisations in the United States for the families of two policemen who were killed during an operation in Horizon Park, St Catherine, will now be used to set up a scholarship in the names of the lawmen...