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Published:Thursday | December 18, 2025 | 12:06 AM

Jamaicans living in the United States and friends of the island have mobilised to send critical relief supplies valued approximately US$170,000 to communities devastated by Hurricane Melissa, demonstrating the enduring bond between Jamaica and its...

Published:Thursday | December 18, 2025 | 12:05 AM
Published:Thursday | December 18, 2025 | 12:05 AM
Published:Thursday | December 18, 2025 | 12:05 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau: Wynter McIntosh, the councillor for the Chester Castle Division in the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC), is appealing to individuals, organisations and the Government to provide building material and other items to assist the...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 8:54 PM

Republican lawmakers in the United States House of Representatives rejected a pair of Democratic-backed resolutions that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s power to use military force against drug cartels and the nation of...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 8:05 PM

Glenmuir High and St Elizabeth Technical High (STETHS) will clash in the 2025 ISSA daCosta Cup final after both schools booked their places with semifinal victories at Sabina Park on Wednesday. STETHS are back in the ISSA daCosta Cup finals for...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 7:56 PM

The Runaway Bay police in St Ann are searching for a man known as “Puss Head” of Salem district in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man in the parish on Tuesday. The victim has been identified as 64-year-old Diasric Blake of Salem, Runaway...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 7:38 PM

Corporal Shantel Powell has been named the 2025 LASCO/Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Police of the Year, with Sergeant Rojehn Holt placing second. The winners were announced at the Saluting Our Heroes Awards ceremony on Wednesday afternoon....

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 7:21 PM

A St Catherine man who pleaded guilty to robbing a schoolboy of a cellular phone valued at $10,000 was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment in the parish court on Tuesday. The accused, 18-year-old Kenroy Douglas, also known as 'Squaddy,' of...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 6:58 PM

Energy Minister Daryl Vaz says negotiations to develop a new electricity licensing arrangement for Jamaica have started. He has further indicated that a consultant from overseas has been contracted by the Government. Vaz provided the details...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 7:11 PM

Motorists will pay less for gas on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move down by $3.06 to sell for $149.26 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go down by $3.06 to sell for $155.88. Automotive diesel oil will...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 3:20 PM

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining has announced that an animal-tagging blitz will be carried out in Clarendon on Saturday, beginning at 8 a.m. The exercise will be conducted under the National Animal Identification and...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 3:17 PM

A 34-year-old fisherman of Paggee district, Port Maria, St Mary, has been charged in connection with the seizure of a gun in his community on Saturday. The accused, Donnadoni McDonald, was charged with possession of a prohibited weapon following...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 1:46 PM

The Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA) has delivered 5,000 bags of fertiliser, valued at approximately $35 million, to support recovery in the coffee industry following Hurricane Melissa. The Jamaica Coffee Growers...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:54 PM

A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, at hard labour, after pleading guilty to the theft of batteries and cables from telecommunications provider Digicel. Erick Robinson appeared before the St. Catherine Parish Court...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 11:11 AM

(AP) — Governor of the US state of New York, Kathy Hochul, said Wednesday that she has reached a deal with state legislative leaders to approve a bill to give terminally ill people the legal ability to end their own lives with prescribed...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 10:54 AM

Member of Parliament for Portland Eastern, Isat Buchanan, has called on Gender Minister Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange to directly engage with students and the administration at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) following the alleged...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 9:40 AM

Water supply to multiple communities in Portmore, St Catherine will be interrupted for most of today as the National Water Commission (NWC) undertakes major repairs on the Goshen Pen transmission pipeline. The disruption will run from 10 a.m. to...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 8:22 AM

Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz is parting ways with his longtime coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero, the man who guided him to the pinnacle of men’s tennis during a fruitful seven-year partnership. Alcaraz announced the decision to end their collaboration on...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:09 AM

A team of volunteer doctors and nurses from the United States and Canada recently delivered much-needed medical care to residents of St Ann still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. Mission is Possible, a disaster-relief charity, deployed 10 medical...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:09 AMAdrian Frater/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau: Responding to the devastation left behind in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa, 17-year-old Spanish-Jamaican Kiran Moleon Lopez, a student at the American School of Madrid in Spain, has raised over $2 million to help provide supplies...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:08 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Jason Russell, president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, says that despite the widespread anxiety in the days following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, Montego Bay in St James did not experience any major...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:06 AMPaul H. Williams/Gleaner Writer

Great Huts Eco Resort, an Afrocentric, eco-friendly hotel perched on the cliffs above Boston Bay in Portland, is filled with art – most notably the work of the late Mazola wa Mwashighadi, known simply as Mazola in artistic circles, who was murdered...

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