7+ hour, 24+ min ago  (273+ words) Health authorities in Westmoreland are maintaining heightened surveillance amid regional concerns about hantavirus, even though Jamaica has not recorded any confirmed cases of the disease. This was disclosed by Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr Marcia Graham. She was…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago  (73+ words) Government Senator Christian Tavares-Finson has endorsed amendments to the Cybercrimes Act, approved in the Upper House on Friday, describing the legislation as a critical step in managing developments in cyberspace. The Bill aims to strengthen Jamaica's cybercrime framework by enhancing…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (336+ words) The Gleaner's Editorial on Monday, April 13, made an important intervention as it discussed the ideal role of the financial sector in advancing Jamaica's development prospects. This point is sometimes overlooked in discussions on the financial sector meltdown of the period…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (689+ words) A businessman who was acquitted of criminal charges has claimed in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit that police investigators ignored evidence that exonerated him and instead relied on "unreliable or incomplete" information. John Levy also claimed in the lawsuit that senior executives…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (10+ words) Hard work pays big dividends for KC's Pitter'Jamaica Gleaner...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (82+ words) National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited is rolling out one-time passcode authentication for select online card transactions, the bank announced March 12 as Jamaica's largest financial institution moves to harden its digital payments infrastructure against a rising tide of card fraud. The…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (275+ words) African-American civil rights preacher, Jesse Jackson, who recently died at the age of 84, was described by the New York Times's Peter Applebome as "the nation's most influential Black figure in the years between the civil rights crusades of the Rev....

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (520+ words) Dr Terrence Bent, senior superintendent of police (SSP) in charge of security for this year's ISSA/Grace Kennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships (Champs), says the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) will be implementing an international-style security approach for the highly…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago  (353+ words) THE GOVERNMENT has moved to reassure Parliament that amendments to the Cyber Crimes Act will strengthen protections against online abuse, even as the Opposition warned that vague language in the bill could weaken safeguards for victims of non-consensual sharing of…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (741+ words) An element of the auditor general's (Au G) real-time review of the Government's response to Hurricane Melissa that has escaped significant scrutiny is the Au G's findings of the management and oversight of the website through which people can make financial…...