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Published:Tuesday | December 2, 2025 | 12:20 AM

As Jamaica observes Guidance Counsellors Day today, counsellors across the island are urging the Government and education stakeholders to recognise their critical role in schools and communities, saying their contributions remain largely overlooked...

Published:Tuesday | December 2, 2025 | 12:11 AM

Dameian Elvin, principal of Hague Primary and Infant School in Trelawny, says his hands are tied regarding the resumption of classes at the institution, confirming that a post-Hurricane Melissa temporary infirmary continues to commandeer the...

Published:Tuesday | December 2, 2025 | 12:11 AMLivern Barrett/Senior Staff Reporter

A legal squabble is brewing over the $120 million the Supreme Court ordered the Government to pay George Williams, the mentally disabled man who languished in prison for nearly 50 years – or his entire working life – awaiting a trial. The...

Published:Tuesday | December 2, 2025 | 12:10 AM

Two investigation reports and indicative rulings from the director of corruption prosecution at the Integrity Commission are expected to be tabled in Parliament today. The reports and indicative rulings were delivered and signed for at Gordon House...

Published:Tuesday | December 2, 2025 | 12:10 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: The ongoing trial of 16 members of the Montego Bay-based Qahal Yahweh religious group has been rescheduled for continuation in the St James Parish Court on January 16, 2026, as the investigating officer – the prosecution’s intended...

Published:Tuesday | December 2, 2025 | 12:07 AMTanesha Mundle/Staff Reporter

Constable Noel Maitland told the police that Donna-Lee Donaldson walked out of his Chelsea Manor apartment in July 2022 after an argument about a photo of his child’s mother on the wall and his threat to end their relationship a day before she went...

Published:Tuesday | December 2, 2025 | 2:00 AMAndre Williams/Staff Reporter

Fifty-year-old Janet Baker was shot and killed in a drive-by attack on Park Lane, off Red Hills Road in St Andrew, late Sunday, sending fresh shock waves through a community long battle-scarred by gang conflicts and recurring violence. “The place...

Published:Tuesday | December 2, 2025 | 12:07 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: The management committee of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Welfare Fund has activated a $40-million humanitarian allocation to assist police officers whose homes and families were devastated by the catastrophic passage of...

Published:Monday | December 1, 2025 | 12:10 AM

Jamaica is mourning the passing of Dorothy Pine-McLarty, a transformative figure in the development of Jamaica’s modern electoral system. Pine-McLarty, who was widely regarded as one of Jamaica’s leading property attorneys, built a reputation for...

Published:Monday | December 1, 2025 | 12:08 AMRuddy Mathison/Gleaner Writer

Some 200 students from five of the parishes hardest hit by Hurricane Melissa are set to continue their education under a relocation initiative – the brainchild of St Catherine North West Member of Parliament Damion Crawford. The North West St...

Published:Monday | December 1, 2025 | 12:06 AMCorey Robinson/Senior Staff Reporter

As Hurricane Melissa pummelled Smithfield in Westmoreland, 50-year-old Vincent Fisher worked frantically to protect his concrete home. He tried to clear a fallen tree, secure shattered windows, and sweep water from the flooded front room. Outside,...

Published:Monday | December 1, 2025 | 7:02 AMEdmond Campbell/Senior Staff Reporter

Senior figures within Jamaica’s media landscape have strongly rejected a call from a government lawmaker to reinstate criminal libel, arguing that such a move would roll back hard-won press freedoms secured under the Defamation Act of 2013. Former...

Published:Monday | December 1, 2025 | 12:05 AMAdrian Frater/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Veterinary surgeon Dr Stephen Bryan said, when he established Bryan’s Veterinary Clinic on Coke Avenue in Brandon Hill, Montego Bay, a decade and a half ago, it was not only about caring for dogs and cats – his primary area of...

Published:Monday | December 1, 2025 | 12:05 AMSashana Small/Staff Reporter

As the Jamaican Government prepares to purchase thousands of container homes as a rapid response to the housing stock devastated by Hurricane Melissa, Incorporated Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica (IMAJ) President Richard Mullings is urging...

Published:Sunday | November 30, 2025 | 12:11 AMTiffany Pryce - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Pamela Lawson, managing director of the Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA), has painted a worrying picture of the country’s animals in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, which struck Jamaica one month ago. Across western...

Published:Sunday | November 30, 2025 | 12:11 AMCorey Robinson - Senior Staff Reporter

A Westmoreland family is caught between grief and survival in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. On Friday, as they gathered to lay their brother, Cleveland Wayne – affectionately called “Gramps”— to rest, they faced the agonizing reality that...

Published:Sunday | November 30, 2025 | 12:10 AMJanet Silvera - Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: When Hurricane Melissa ripped the roof off Dumfries Primary and left children wandering aimlessly across Lima, St James, veteran teacher Elaine Morgan refused to let the storm steal their future. With schools shuttered, devices...

Published:Sunday | November 30, 2025 | 12:10 AMCorey Robinson - Senior Staff Reporter

In West Albion – where several Hope River survivors were resettled after Hurricane Gustav – residents say they are no longer sitting ducks on the riverbank, but the relocation has brought its own set of challenges. Patricia Wallace, 62, who lost...

Published:Sunday | November 30, 2025 | 12:10 AMCorey Robinson - Senior Staff Reporter

Residents of Kintyre and Tavern in St Andrew say they are “running out of ground” after Hurricane Melissa’s fierce rains chewed deeper into the Hope River’s banks, exposing foundations, toppling fences, and renewing longstanding fears that their...

Published:Saturday | November 29, 2025 | 12:09 AMMickalia Kington/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has renewed his call for dignity to be placed at the centre of Jamaica’s hurricane recovery efforts, urging that assistance to affected residents be delivered in ways that uphold their pride and self...

Published:Saturday | November 29, 2025 | 12:08 AM

There are gifts, and then there are gifts – the ones inventive enough to surprise and delight the recipient. Some are fun; others, practical. They all aim to improve how we do or enjoy things. Consider adding these innovative gifts to your shopping...

Published:Saturday | November 29, 2025 | 12:08 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Local Government and Community Development Minister Desmond McKenzie has said that the country’s new building code, which has been in gestation for nearly two decades, is scheduled for implementation in the upcoming fiscal year. As...

Published:Saturday | November 29, 2025 | 12:08 AMTanesha Mundle/Staff Reporter

A mechanic who lived for several years at his now-ex-partner’s St James home and helped expand it while she was abroad has been granted a 25 per cent interest in the property after challenging her for a 50 per cent stake. In a written judgment,...

Published:Saturday | November 29, 2025 | 12:06 AMCarl Gilchrist/Gleaner Writer

Principal of Ocho Rios High School, Marvin Clowson, says while the school is accommodating students displaced by Hurricane Melissa, it will not be processing transfer requests at this time. Ocho Rios was among the schools that reopened on November...

Published:Saturday | November 29, 2025 | 12:06 AMPaul H. Williams/Gleaner Writer

Hurricane Melissa ripped through western Jamaica, devastating Cornwall county and parts of Manchester and St Elizabeth. Other parishes, too, felt the wrath of the Category 5 storm. In the east, Portland’s Rio Grande Valley — long recognised as...

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