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December 9, 2025
Opposition calls for comprehensive garbage collection and disposal plan
Opposition spokesperson on local government, Natalie Neita Garvey, is calling for Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, to immediately implement a clear plan and…
December 9, 2025
‘Great Man' charged with gun-related offences
Detectives assigned to the Kingston Western Criminal Investigations Branch have charged a man who reportedly shot at another man with whom he had a dispute. Twenty-five-year-old Lenroy Collins,…
December 9, 2025
Climate protesters demand to be heard as they march on COP30 with costumes and drums
BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Some wore black dresses to signify a funeral for fossil fuels, hundreds wore red shirts, symbolizing the blood of colleagues fighting to protect the environment and others…
December 9, 2025
by Adrian Frater
Health workers commended for strength after Hurricane Melissa
WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has praised medical personnel for their resilience after Hurricane Melissa caused widespread damage to health facilities, calling the…
December 9, 2025
by Janet Silvera
No staff laid off
WESTERN BUREAU: Shelleitha Curtis did not expect to cry that morning. She was packing care packages – adding rice, juices, diapers, disposable food containers, garbage bags, cooking oil, and other…
December 9, 2025
by Neville Graham
JBG defends forensic inaction in US probe
The market was already primed to expect bad outcomes from the cleanup under way in Jamaica Broilers’ US operations, but when the report finally dropped the scope of the fallout, still rattled investor…
![Gleaner editorial writes: ... urgent mission must be to get the shattered region functional again, and that [policymakers] must attend to people’s livelihoods by getting money into their pockets, preferably through necessary productive work.](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_large_2x/public/media/article_images/2025/11/15/3282583/8401662.webp?h=6f3285a6&itok=enFqouxH)
December 9, 2025
Editorial | Restore people’s incomes
Two weeks after Hurricane Melissa tore through western Jamaica, shattering public infrastructure, destroying private property and upending people’s lives, policymakers are still counting the losses…
December 9, 2025
by Corey Robinson
WOODEN WORRIES, LAND TITLE TROUBLES
In a journey that wound from New Market in St Elizabeth, through Beaufort, Darliston, Wihthorn, Petersfield, Williamsfield, Shrewsbury, Bluefields, and Petersville in Westmoreland, the devastation…
December 9, 2025
by Karen Madden
WAKE-UP CALL
In the aftermath of the catastrophic damage caused by Hurricane Melissa, calls are growing for Jamaica to launch a serious national dialogue on decentralisation. The Category 5 storm made landfall in…