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The United Nations has declared 2025 to be the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation, making it a fitting moment to confront the stark reality that the world’s ice sheets are melting. Climate change is accelerating this trend, particularly...

VANNES (AP): A former surgeon went on trial in France on Monday for the alleged rape or sexual abuse of 299 victims, most of them children who were his patients, in what investigators and his own notebooks describe as a pattern of violence spanning...

THE EDITOR, Madam: Development specialist and Rhodes Scholar David R. Salmon, in a recent Gleaner article, presents a compelling argument against import duties and trade barriers in Jamaica’s agricultural sector, advocating for reduced tariffs to...

THE EDITOR, Madam: I write to express my concerns about the role of the traffic police in Jamaica, particularly around congested intersections. While we understand the necessity of enforcing traffic regulations, it is disheartening to observe...

Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Midjourney can produce text, images and videos far more quickly than any one person can accomplish by hand. But as someone who studies the societal impacts of AI, I’ve noticed an interesting trade-off: The...

THE EDITOR, Madam: The Gleaner’s editorial ‘Holy Trinity, Patois and reading’ made references to Patois advocates who have recommended using the Jamaican language to transition students from the dialect to standard English. This recommendation...

OBSTETRICIAN-GYNAECOLOGIST Dr Horace Fletcher emphasised that sex is perfectly normal for seniors as it is for younger folks. “If they have a bad heart, then they should be a bit more careful,” Dr Fletcher cautioned. If they have a ‘bad heart’,...

INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS of personal data are a complex and contentious topic, but also one that cannot be avoided. Unless someone doesn’t use the internet or modern software, they will be transferring data to other countries and, therefore, need to...

Bank of Jamaica Governor Richard Byles views the current dip in economic output as transitory, amid signs of two consecutive quarters of decline. The Jamaican economy contracted by 3.5 per cent in the third quarter of 2024 and Planning Institute of...