Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories

  1. Held against their will

    WESTERN BUREAU: A designated room for sexual acts and top-tier leaders having multiple wives have been major areas of focus for the police who led a joint military operation at the Qahal Yahweh Church compound at Paradise in Montego Bay, St James,...
  2. Security tightened at Braeton Primary after abduction, throat slashing of 8-y-o

    When Christopher Phillips, senior superintendent of police for South St Catherine, pulled up at the gates of Braeton Primary and Infant School in Portmore, St Catherine, yesterday morning, the leader of the police division for the area had to...
  3. Horne fires back

    NORMAN HORNE, who leads one of Jamaica’s largest construction materials companies, has denied claims made in court that he should be declared responsible for the “concealed fraudulent transfer” of assets from a company he ran, to himself and other...
  4. Gov’t ‘relieved’ at Noranda decision

    THE GOVERNMENT is reportedly “relieved” that bauxite company Noranda Jamaica Partners II has got the green light from the Court of Appeal to continue mining operations in sections of St Ann. The Court of Appeal set aside the injunctions granted in...
  5. Red Stripe town hall explores alcohol’s role in mental health

    LOCAL BARS have been viewed as a place of refuge for many individuals suffering with mental health issues, feelings of stress, and a myriad of life challenges. Jason Russell, chief executive officer of Pier One Jamaica – a restaurant, bar and...
  6. Guest house rape ‘victim’ revealed to be serial accuser

    A woman who has accused a St Ann guest house operator of rape and other sex-related offences has allegedly made similar claims against men in four other parishes under at least three different names, a police detective has revealed. The update was...
  7. Moore says he has no intention of joining JLP

    WESTERN BUREAU: WHILE Not endorsing Ian Hayles, the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation’s (WMC) political director, Bertel Moore, has said that he would never discredit himself or his beloved People’s National Party (PNP) by defecting to the Jamaica...
  8. Some students not seeing, hearing properly, Kiwanis health screenings show

    STUDENTS FROM the Liguanea Preparatory School were on Thursday treated to a Kiwanis Club of New Kingston-sponsored on-site health fair, where hearing exams and visual screenings were conducted free of cost. The hearing exams and visual screenings...
  9. Haughton signs Code of Conduct as newest member of Shadow Cabinet

    As Prime Minister Andrew Holness remains mum on the Integrity Commission’s Leadership Code of Conduct, newly minted Opposition spokesman Dr Andre Haughton has inked the document. At the same time, Opposition Senator Gabriella Morris has also...
  10. TRILLIONS FOR REPARATIONS

    TRILLIONS OF dollars in reparations are owed to nations affected by slavery, a recently concluded study on the quantification of reparations for Transatlantic Chattel Slavery (TCS) in the Americas and the Caribbean has found. The report identifies...

Jamaica Star News

  • Kartel takes government to court - Entertainer says placement in solitary confinement breaches constitutional rights
    Vybz Kartel has taken the government to court over the Department of Correctional Services' (DCS) decision to place him in solitary confinement. The entertainer, whose given name is Adijah Palmer, has been in 23-hour-a-day lockdown since last...
  • Police probe case of ‘child bride’ at MoBay facility
    Head of the Area One Police, Assistant Commissioner Clifford Chambers, says they are yet to lay any charges against the 'husband' of the 16-year-old girl who was allegedly forced into marriage at the Bayith Yahweh Church in St James. But he said...
  • MP wants CCTV cameras for Linstead
    Hugh Graham, the member of parliament (MP) for St Catherine North Western, has called for the installation of CCTV cameras in Linstead to help fight crime in the burgeoning township. Graham, a first-term MP, said violent crimes, particularly...
  • Troy Levy wants to take ital food to new heights
    Furthering his mission of elevating Rastafarian food, local chef Troy Levy is bringing his brand of plant-based cooking to the Ital Food Fest. Levy, who was also featured on the hit Food Network show Cooks vs Cons, told THE WEEKEND STAR that he...
  • Shotgun found in motor car
    A team of officers assigned to the St Elizabeth Police Division seized a firearm and one round of ammunition during an operation along Providence district, Maggotty, on Thursday. Reports from the Maggotty police are that about 3 p.m., the police...
  • Lifestyles illnesses robbing people of years
    Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says that life expectancy is on the decline in Jamaica, due to people getting sicker than they used to a decade ago. "While life expectancy is at 75 years, a lot of Jamaicans are dying long before they get to...
  • Bridgeport High to end shift system
    The shift system will be removed from Bridgeport High School in Portmore, St Catherine, by the 2024/25 academic year, according to Minister of Education and Youth, Fayval Williams. This move will impact 1,626 students, of whom 900 who are in...
  • St James ready for hurricane season – parish coordinator
    The St James Municipal Corporation has declared its preparedness for the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30. Parish Coordinator for Disaster Preparedness, Tamoy Sinclair, told JIS News that the corporation's...
  • Two charged with St Mary vendor’s murder
    Two Kingston men have been charged with murder and other offences regarding an incident on Main Street, Highgate in St Mary on May 13. Thirty-year-old Dushane Gentles, vendor of Q Lane, Kingston 13, and 37-year-old Rohan Gordon, otherwise called...
  • Restorative justice programme has high success rate
    Minister of Justice, Delroy Chuck, is encouraging more persons to use restorative justice as one of the options for resolving conflicts. Restorative justice seeks to settle disputes by having all parties involved come together to reach an...