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Published:Saturday | June 20, 2020 | 12:00 AMHopeton Bucknor/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: AN UNLICENSED taxi operator who allegedly raped a 17-year-old girl in Hopewell, Hanover, on Thursday, leaving her badly traumatised and in a state of anguish, is now being sought by the police. “We are aware of the incident but we are not...

Published:Saturday | June 20, 2020 | 12:21 AMJason Cross/Gleaner Writer

A FEELING of euphoria has overtaken the Ardenne High School family, after its Schools’ Challenge Quiz team on Thursday dethroned the defending champions, St Jago High, in the finals of the 2020 season. Ardenne won by 34 points to St Jago’s 25....

Published:Saturday | June 20, 2020 | 12:19 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

JAMAICAN EXPORTERS have failed to take full advantage of the country’s trading relationship with Costa Rica. Jamaica has a duty-free trade agreement with the Central American country, the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA)...

Published:Saturday | June 20, 2020 | 12:19 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Pastor Trevor Reid, who leads the Orange circuit of Seventh-day Adventist Churches (SDA) in St James, has always made sure to set aside time for his three children even though he has served as a minister of religion across two...

Published:Saturday | June 20, 2020 | 12:00 AMAndre Williams/Staff Reporter

Nigel Townsend is fearful that his life could be cut short while sleeping at his Maxfield Avenue dwelling. He is petrified that his dilapidated, old house could cave in and end in his demise. The 59-year-old man has been living in the tough,...

Published:Saturday | June 20, 2020 | 12:17 AMCecelia Campbell/Gleaner Writer

More than 20 women in Clarendon are to participate in a training programme geared at creating job opportunities for them. Project GYAL – Guiding Young Ambitious Ladies – will be targeting women between the ages of 16 and 49 who did not finish high...

Published:Saturday | June 20, 2020 | 12:16 AMNadine Wilson-Harris/Staff Reporter

It’s literally difficult to fit the size six shoes of her former boss, but chief executive officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage-Grey, yesterday vowed to continue Mary Alison McLean’s vision to help...

Published:Saturday | June 20, 2020 | 12:13 AM

I know you are a little unsure of what the way forward is going to look like, but remember, our anthem is a ready-made prayer asking for everything we need to get through this as a country. It asks for vision for our leaders, guidance for the...

Published:Friday | June 19, 2020 | 12:00 AM

Several civic and business groups have written an open letter to Jamaica’s two main political leaders expressing concern over the delay in advancing discussion on a national crime consensus. In a joint statement, the groups said they were...

Published:Friday | June 19, 2020 | 12:00 AM

​Conduent, one of the leading call centre operations in Montego Bay, St James has sent home its staff as a precaution after the mother of an employee tested positive for the coronavirus. The workers were sent home shortly after 1 p.m. today. It is...

Published:Friday | June 19, 2020 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke/Gleaner Writer

Prime Minister Andrew Holness wants forward planning for procurement in place to lessen the time spent engaging the gears of bureaucracy. Holness was speaking on Thursday at the commissioning of a $33-million, 110-ft-long Bailey bridge spanning the...

Published:Friday | June 19, 2020 | 12:33 AMDanae Hyman/Staff Reporter

A group of 27 parents of grade one and kindergarten students at Immaculate Prep in Kingston have expressed outrage at the school board’s denial of their pleas for discounted fees for online classes and for barring children’s access to the Zoom...

Published:Friday | June 19, 2020 | 12:32 AMLester Hinds/Gleaner Writer

Approximately 3,000 Jamaicans who are beneficiaries of the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA) breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday after the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Donald Trump administration cannot end the programme...

Published:Friday | June 19, 2020 | 12:32 AM

Two men were shot and killed by gunmen on Claude Clarke Avenue in Montego Bay, St James, on Thursday as the parish recorded its 50th murder since the start of the year. The police have identified both victims as 34-year-old Kemar Halstead, of...

Published:Friday | June 19, 2020 | 12:31 AMCecelia Campbell-Livingston/Gleaner Writer

Milk River, Clarendon: Jeremiah Watson has no idea of his age. Reality seems to be something that has totally escaped him as he pushes his head through the makeshift door-window from the smelly shed he calls home. He babbles incoherently while his...

Published:Friday | June 19, 2020 | 12:29 AMAdrian Frater and Leon Jackson/Gleaner Writers

WESTERN BUREAU: An elderly man who is mentally ill and who was deemed unfit to plead has been locked away between jails and prison for 16 years for smashing a windscreen. The case of Falmouth native Morris ‘Rassimong’ Small, who is believed to be...

Published:Friday | June 19, 2020 | 12:10 AMAndre Williams/Staff Reporter

Full-time crime fighter and father Rafelito Lafayatte is always thrilled to speak of his three children, whether it’s about clipping toe nails and washing feet during his pedicures or other activities they participate in as they spend quality time...

Published:Thursday | June 18, 2020 | 12:00 AM

Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has reported 12 new COVID cases in Jamaica increasing the tally to 638. Nine of them are imported and three are contacts of imported cases from Canada and the United States. Meanwhile, there have been...

Published:Thursday | June 18, 2020 | 12:00 AM

Ex-cop Jeffery Peart and his sister Roxanne have lost their appeal against their 2014 conviction for the murder of a taxi operator. In December 2014, the siblings were both sentenced to life in prison for the 2012 murder of Delroy Frame. The ex-cop...

Published:Thursday | June 18, 2020 | 12:00 AMMark Titus/Gleaner

Firearm instructor Christine Green is hoping to reach a compromise with businessman Mario Ennis to end a long-standing feud over the location of an outdoor shooting range in Sheffield, Westmoreland, that is designated as a residential zone. “I have...

Published:Thursday | June 18, 2020 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell/Senior Staff Reporter

While acknowledging that American George Floyd’s name will go down in history, United States Ambassador Donald Tapia has cautioned that the man whose life was snuffed out under a policeman’s knee should not be martyred. Addressing a Gleaner...

Published:Thursday | June 18, 2020 | 12:00 AMJudana Murphy/Gleaner Writer

Once ringfenced without portfolios in the Office of the Prime Minister, veteran politicians Karl Samuda and Mike Henry have been given a second wind with full appointments to the respective portfolios of education and labour. The endorsement by...

Published:Thursday | June 18, 2020 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke/Gleaner Writer

For the first time in 48 years, George Williams had his day in a court of law yesterday. Bearded and sporting short dreadlocks, the 71-year-old, dressed in a white T-shirt and khaki pants, walked self-assuredly into the St Catherine Circuit Court...

Published:Thursday | June 18, 2020 | 12:00 AMMark Titus/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) has advised Prime Minister Andrew Holness against allowing the creation of virtual SEZs to facilitate the outsourcing sector’s plan to have 25 per cent of its labour pool working...

Published:Thursday | June 18, 2020 | 12:20 AM

My fellow Jamaicans, COVID-19 has changed how we interact and do business. We are living in a new normal. Let’s join hands and hearts together as we work to conquer this evil. Let’s ensure that we follow the guidelines given by the Government and...

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