March 5, 2022
Jamaican students evacuated from Ukraine will receive mental support
The 20 Jamaican students who arrived safely from Ukraine on Wednesday will receive professional mental health support. This is according to State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Leslie Campbell. He was responding to…
January 9, 2022
West Indies Petroleum says it is committed to closing sale of USVI-based refinery
The Jamaica-based energy company, West Indies Petroleum Limited (WIPL) Friday said that it remains committed to successfully closing the sale and pursuing major strategic investment in the St. Croix-based Limetree Bay Refinery following its…
January 9, 2022
Jamaica’s Entertainment Minister, Olivia Grange pays tribute to Sidney Poitier
Jamaica’s Minister of Entertainment and Culture, Olivia Grange, has hailed the life of the late Sir Sidney Poitier saying that he was “Hollywood’s first Black star” who “created history while portraying on-screen Black people as talented, strong and…
December 9, 2021
Jamaica’s Thompson-Herah up for another sports award
Jamaican Olympic triple gold medallist Elaine Thompson-Herah is going up against an American football legend, an international tennis, a contender for a Formula 1 championship and a female Irish jockey who created history for the BBC’s World Sport…
November 28, 2021
COVID alert heightens again
Tomorrow, the Cabinet will discuss Jamaica’s plans to address the new omicron variant of COVID-19 that now has the world on high alert, triggering travel bans, and which the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared to be “of concern”, Health…
November 14, 2021
States of Emergency imposed to fight crime wave in Jamaica
Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Sunday announced the imposition of States of Emergency (SOEs) in seven police divisions across the island. Speaking during an emergency press briefing, Holness said the SOEs were declared in the western parishes of…
August 30, 2021
A nurse’s agony: Struggling patient gets oxygen only after another dies
A nurse at a major hospital in Jamaica has detailed a sombre Saturday night treating a COVID patient battling for life amid a shortage of medical oxygen. She told The Gleaner that her patient almost passed out but was saved only after another died…
July 25, 2021
How colonial-era debt helped shape Haiti’s poverty and political unrest
When Haiti won its independence nearly 200 years ago, it came at a hefty price -- an estimated $21 billion today. The country spent the next century paying off the debt to its former slave owners, France. It's a financial conundrum that those…
December 31, 2020
34 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in last 24 hours
Jamaica recorded 34 new cases of the coronavirus over the last 24 hours and reported one coincidental death. This brings the total number of confirmed cases across the island to 12,827. The death toll stands at 302 as no new virus deaths were…
December 5, 2018
Jamaica big winner at 2018 World Travel Awards
Jamaica and Jamaican companies emerged the big winners at the just concluded World Travel Awards (WTA) Grand Final Gala Ceremony held in Lisbon, Portugal last night, by winning eight of the coveted awards.Notably, Jamaica received the World's…