543K views · 21K reactions | A pathway within the volatile community of Paradise, Norwood, leads to an unfinished house in which resides a young, single father, Dennis Williams, in a one-bedroom structure with his nine-year-son, Devonte Williams, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth. Read more: https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20220309/dad-seeks-help-son-born-cerebral-palsy (Video: Ashley Anguin and La Tania-Jonelle Hall ) #GLNRToday | Jamaica Gleaner | Facebook

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says Jamaica is not celebrating increased debt, but rather the opportunity created by the US$6.7 billion (J$1 trillion) reconstruction package to modernise national infrastructure and boost productivity following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. Holness told the House of Representatives on Tuesday that the rebuilding effort must be treated as a growth-driven investment strategy. “We will approach reconstruction as a growth-inducing strategy… We are not c

The Government says most of the homes under a joint Hurricane Melissa rebuilding programme involving the Jamaica Defence Force and engineers from Guyana will be constructed in Westmoreland Eastern… Three of Jamaica’s leading construction and engineering groups are urging the Government to prioritise permanent, hurricane-resilient housing over temporary container units as the country rebuilds… Almost 2,000 Students’ Loan Bureau loans beneficiaries attending schools in Westmoreland, St James, Hano

A 53-year-old man has been arrested by the police in St Catherine in connection with the murder of his 80-year-old mother, Jasmine Grant, otherwise called Sister Grant, whose decomposing body with stab wounds was found inside her home on Wednesday… The Coast Guard of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) on Wednesday seized a little over 990 pounds of cocaine, which has an estimated street value of $3.7 billion, after intercepting a vessel offshore Jamaica… The Southern Regional Health Authority is ur