» ‘Win for people of Portmore’
29/03/25 01:10 from Jamaica Gleaner Online
The legal battle surrounding the Portmore parish law took a significant turn yesterday after the Supreme Court issued an order requiring the Government to comply with constitutional requirements before the law can come into effect. Both ...

» AI in the classrooms
29/03/25 01:10 from Jamaica Gleaner Online
In a move to modernise education, Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon announced the launch of a groundbreaking pilot programme that utilises artificial intelligence (AI) to assist teachers with grading. “We are actually piloting this...

» Cops seize another illegal gun amid ongoing Maxfield Avenue gang war
29/03/25 01:09 from Jamaica Gleaner Online
The police seized an AK-47 rifle along with a magazine containing three rounds yesterday along Ramsay Road in St Andrew, further weakening the arsenal of the notorious Stinga Gang. This gang, along with other rival factions, remains embr...

» Bartlett: Emirates deal key step in driving multi-destination tourism
29/03/25 01:08 from Jamaica Gleaner Online
WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaican Government is standing firm on its pronouncement that Emirates Airline will launch weekly scheduled flights between Dubai and Montego Bay starting April 10, via a code-sharing arrangement. “Starting next mont...

» Scholarship recipient Chris-Shana Gallimore gives back
29/03/25 01:06 from Jamaica Gleaner Online
WESTERN BUREAU: When the ninth staging of the annual Jill Stewart MoBay City Run (JSMCR) 10K and 5K walk/run kicks off on Sunday, May 4, Chris-Shana Gallimore, one of the scholarship recipients tied to the event, will be on hand to assis...

» JTA joins global push for increased education funding amid teacher shortage
29/03/25 01:06 from Jamaica Gleaner Online
The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) has joined Education International’s (EI) global Go Public! Fund Education campaign, aimed at securing greater investment in education and addressing the global teacher shortage. With 44 million te...

» ‘We have to move on’
28/03/25 01:13 from Jamaica Gleaner Online
A coroner’s inquest into the death of Mandeville businessman Jason Neil ended yesterday with the jury unable to determine what led to the death of the entrepreneur. He was initially believed to have taken his own life as he sat in a bath...

» Desperate for relief
28/03/25 01:13 from Jamaica Gleaner Online
Six-year-old Emerald Henry has suffered from severe asthma attacks since he was only two years old, but his family is desperate to get him relief. The burning of waste has now become a daily occurrence in the Thompson Town community in C...

» Manchester woman among trio arrested in major arms shipment probe
28/03/25 01:12 from Jamaica Gleaner Online
The Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division (FNID) swooped down on the community of Kingsland in Manchester on Wednesday and arrested a bar operator who allegedly collected a barrel at a wharf in Kingston containing an arms shipmen...

» ‘Terrible act of injustice’
28/03/25 01:12 from Jamaica Gleaner Online
The management of the St Catherine-based Sunbeam Children’s Home is set to challenge the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) next Wednesday in the Court of Appeal over the agency’s decision to remove the male wards from t...