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Global Medic distributes 1,175 food kits in Westmoreland

Published:Friday | April 3, 2026 | 9:21 AM

Western Bureau: What began as an emergency response to disaster is now evolving into a broader movement for resilience and self-sufficiency in Westmoreland. At the centre of that effort is Rosa Young, a Negril-based businesswoman who has been...

Student in wounding case to face JC board

Published:Thursday | April 2, 2026 | 12:23 AM

In keeping with the Education Regulations of 1980, the Jamaica College (JC) student charged with wounding a classmate last Tuesday is to face the personnel committee of the school’s board, principal Wayne Robinson has revealed. Following a...

Easter relief

Published:Thursday | April 2, 2026 | 12:23 AMMickalia Kington/Gleaner Writer

Six months after Hurricane Melissa battered sections of western Jamaica, hundreds of residents in Westmoreland are still struggling to recover – and for many, a simple food package is making all the difference. With it being Easter this weekend, a...

MoBay Free Zone chair backs Holness’ plan to relocate BPO facilities inland

Published:Thursday | April 2, 2026 | 12:18 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Mark Hart, chairman of the Montego Bay Free Zone Company, has endorsed the Government’s long-term plan to relocate business process outsourcing (BPO) operations from the coastal Freeport peninsula to purpose-built facilities along...

Adventist leader, engineer Desmond Young dies at 62

Published:Thursday | April 2, 2026 | 12:17 AM

Seventh-day Adventist leader, civil engineer, and businessman Desmond Young has died at 62, bringing to a close a life marked by professional distinction, national service, and steadfast commitment to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Young passed...

PAJ says Jamaica’s BPO sector gearing up for AI-driven future

Published:Thursday | April 2, 2026 | 12:05 AM

WESTERN BUREAU: Gloria Henry, vice-president for business process outsourcing (BPO) and logistics at the Port Authority of Jamaica, says Jamaica’s BPO sector is positioning itself to adapt to rapid technological change, including the growing...

Diaspora targeted to rescue Hope Gardens

Published:Wednesday | April 1, 2026 | 7:58 AMKaren Madden/Gleaner Writer

Facing an $88-million operating deficit, the Nature Preservation Foundation (NPF) has launched an international fundraising campaign to rescue Hope Royal Botanic Gardens (HRBG). The initiative, unveiled on Monday, is backed by the Blue Mahoe...

Mom says medical bill soaring as JC probes student assault

Published:Wednesday | April 1, 2026 | 12:08 AMErica Virtue/Senior Gleaner Writer

The leadership of Jamaica College was meeting up to late last night to deliberate on a violent incident involving students at the Old Hope Road, St Andrew-based institution. The episode left one boy seriously injured and his mother facing medical...

UHWI on the hook

Published:Wednesday | April 1, 2026 | 12:08 AMEdmond Campbell/Senior Parliamentary Reporter

Taxpayers will have to dig deeper into their pockets to cover the Customs fees waived by the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) when it applied its tax-exemption status to import goods on behalf of at least four private companies. Acting...

Freed police sergeant complained of sexual harassment, attorney says

Published:Wednesday | April 1, 2026 | 12:07 AMLivern Barrett/Senior Staff Reporter

A police sergeant, who has been freed of drug-related charges, previously filed multiple complaints internally about sexual harassment by high-ranking police officers and victimisation, her attorney has disclosed. Marcus Goffe, the lawyer...

The women who held the west together

Published:Wednesday | April 1, 2026 | 12:07 AMJanet Silvera/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Pastor Mary Wildish turned her church into a war room. Tamika Williams opened her home as a lifeline for battered communities. And five months’ pregnant Tiffany Grant introduced ‘Sunday dinner’ to hurricane victims determined to...

NSWMA clears mouth of MoBay’s South Gully

Published:Wednesday | April 1, 2026 | 12:06 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: A major clean-up operation at the mouth of the South Gully is bringing renewed focus to proper waste disposal and regular drainage maintenance as Montego Bay prepares for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. The work is being carried...

Long lines for HIV testing mark UTech Health Fair

Published:Tuesday | March 31, 2026 | 12:09 AMCorey Robinson/Senior Staff Reporter

Long lines formed early for HIV testing at this year’s Health Promotion Fair hosted by the College of Health Sciences at the University of Technology, Jamaica – signalling both concern and curiosity among attendees. Staged at the university’s...

Killing spree

Published:Tuesday | March 31, 2026 | 12:09 AMAndre Williams/Staff Reporter -

A 21-year-old police constable is at the centre of a murder-for-hire investigation that has rocked the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), after he was slapped with charges for three homicides committed within a 48-hour period across two parishes....

UHWI in hot seat at PAC

Published:Tuesday | March 31, 2026 | 12:09 AMEdmond Campbell/Senior Staff Reporter

The University Hospital of the West Indies’ (UHWI) so-called procurement scandal takes centre stage today as Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is expected to drill down to unveil additional details into the multimillion-dollar breaches...

Edwin Allen celebrates resilient Champs team

Published:Tuesday | March 31, 2026 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Edwin Allen High School turned Frankfield blue yesterday, celebrating their 11th ISSA/raceKennedy Girls’ Athletics Championships title with a high-energy campus rally and street parade. Students and supporters packed the school grounds before...

Gov’t launches US$50m project for climate-resilient farming

Published:Tuesday | March 31, 2026 | 12:09 AMLivern Barrett/Senior Staff Reporter

A multibillion-dollar project designed by the Government to harden the country’s agriculture sector against climate shocks is expected to boost nearly 15,000 farmers in the first year, officials have announced. The benefits include grant funding to...

‘We’ve always done well’

Published:Tuesday | March 31, 2026 | 12:09 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

Jamaica College (JC) Principal Wayne Robinson said the school’s latest ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ Championships triumph is more than a title; it is another marker of a school firing on all fronts. The Old Hope Road, St Andrew-based institution secured...

LAST SHOT

Published:Tuesday | March 31, 2026 | 12:06 AMAudley Boyd/News Editor

It shall be now or never for the Reggae Boyz, when they take their final kick at qualifying for this summer’s FIFA Men’s World Cup against the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today. Match time is 4 p.m. Mexico’s Akron Stadium in Zapopan,...

‘Day of reckoning’

Published:Monday | March 30, 2026 | 12:09 AMTanesha Mundle/Staff Reporter

Declaring that no act of violence will go unanswered, Pastor Adolphus Smith yesterday warned that there will be “a day of reckoning” as he addressed mourners at the funeral of slain Denham Town shopkeeper Kerrio ‘Boyu’ Pinnock. “All those who...

Dental surgeons grit teeth over classification delay

Published:Monday | March 30, 2026 | 12:09 AMKaren Madden/Gleaner Writer

The Union of Clerical Administrative and Supervisory Employees (UCASE) is blaming systemic “inertia” for the protracted delay in correcting an anomaly affecting registered dental surgeons. The union, as part of its efforts to press the ministries...

New appeal for Jamaicans to help hurricane-impacted students return to school

Published:Monday | March 30, 2026 | 12:09 AMCarl Gilchrist/Gleaner Writer

St Elizabeth Homecoming Foundation Chairman Donna Parchment Brown has issued a call for Jamaicans, individuals and organisations to come forward and assist students who have not returned to school since Hurricane Melissa in October 2025. In St...

JHTA chapter aids St Ann’s Widow’s Mite

Published:Monday | March 30, 2026 | 12:09 AM

The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) Ocho Rios Runaway Bay Chapter continued its decades-long support of the Mustard Seeds Widow’s Mite facility in St Ann with a donation of $150,000 on Friday. The donation followed the handover of a...

A prayer for Anna

Published:Monday | March 30, 2026 | 12:09 AMCarl Gilchrist/Gleaner Writer

A Trelawny mother who gave birth six months ago to a baby with Trisomy 13, or Patau syndrome, has come forward to share aspects of the family’s journey with the child, who is currently hospitalised. Babies affected by Patau syndrome have a low life...

Tangled and dangerous

Published:Sunday | March 29, 2026 | 12:12 AMMickalia Kington - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Five months after the passage of Hurricane Melissa, the danger hasn’t passed. It’s hanging – literally – over nearly every road, sidewalk, and gate in Westmoreland, especially in the capital. What used to be a routine drive remains a gamble as low...

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