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Shaville Moodie being treated after the accident.
March 10, 2026 by Mickalia Kington

Reckless rider leaves schoolgirl in recovery

Western Bureau: Twelve-year-old Shaville Moodie, a first-form student at Frome Technical High School in Westmoreland, says she feels “unhappy” and “uncomfortable” after injuries from a motorcycle…
Fiscal Commissioner Courtney Williams
March 10, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

Uproar over publication of EFAR before tabling in Parliament

Fiscal Commissioner Courtney Williams has sought to defend the publishing of an economic and fiscal assessment report (EFAR) on the Independent Fiscal Commission’s (IFC) website before the document…
From left: Denise Witter; Charles Sinclair Jr, councillor for the Montego Bay North East Division in the St James Municipal Corporation; Richard Vernon Jr, mayor of Montego Bay; Mytha Bahadur, regional manager for Montego Bay at Jamaica Postal Service; Col
March 10, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Residents elated as Flanker Postal Agency reopens after $3.5m renovation

WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Flanker, St James, were in a buoyant mood yesterday as they welcomed the reopening of their postal agency, which was out of service for a protracted period to undergo a…
Letters
March 10, 2026

Healthcare apathy not helping women

THE EDITOR, Madam: The conversation about Jamaica’s declining birth rate often focuses on numbers, but behind those statistics are women who must consider having children. Several women have told me…
Opposition Leader Mark Golding pays his respects to Sly Dunbar’s daughter, Natasha (centre) and wife, Thelma.
March 10, 2026

Sly Dunbar gave Jamaica ‘a gift that will never fade’

Sounds of drums filled the Holy Trinity Cathedral on Saturday morning as the funeral service for legendary drummer Lowell Fillmore ‘Sly’ Dunbar got under way. One half of the iconic ‘Riddim Twins’,…
From left: The Gleaner’s Corey Robinson, Matthew McKoy, Kimone Francis, Antoine Lodge, Jovan Johnson, and Livern Barrett pose with their trophies after receiving awards at the National Journalism Awards held at the S Hotel on Saturday.
March 10, 2026

Award‑winning moments

The RJRGLEANER Communications Group delivered a strong showing at Saturday’s National Journalism Awards, taking home 20 prizes across print, radio and television. This pictorial features moments…
Dahlia Walker-Huntington
March 10, 2026

Immigration Corner | Can my son file for me?

Dear Mrs Walker-Huntington, I was living in America in the 1990s when my sister gave my phone number to a woman who was involved with drug trafficking. I got caught up in a conspiracy with this woman…
A classroom at Brompton Primary School in St Elizabeth, left devastated by Hurricane Melissa.
March 10, 2026

Students in hurricane-hit areas to benefit from JPS exam prep

Some 1,000 students in Westmoreland and St Elizabeth are to benefit from a targeted education-recovery effort led by the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), as rebuilding continues after Hurricane Melissa.…
Vice Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman, Chief of Defence Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force.
March 10, 2026

Chief of Defence staff announces memoir

Vice Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman, Chief of Defence Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), has announced the forthcoming publication of her first memoir, Life, Duty and Command – a personal…