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In this 2023 photo people are seen enjoying the Grand Gala celebrations at the National Stadium.
March 3, 2026

Letter of the Day | Dispel ‘chilled’ myth to unlock productivity

THE EDITOR, Madam: Kristen Gyles has rightly diagnosed Jamaica’s bureaucracy as a chokehold on productivity, but her analysis invites a deeper probe into the cultural myths that sustains it. When we…
Deveta Dowling, St Ann Festival Queen.
March 3, 2026 by Carl Gilchrist

St Ann Festival Queen launches reading project

Something positive is happening in Parry Town, St Ann – a community long regarded as a hotspot on the police radar – and it is already drawing applause. St Ann Festival Queen 2025, Deveta Dowling,…
Letters
March 3, 2026

Enforcement must drive road safety reform

THE EDITOR, Madam: Mark Shields’ Sunday Gleaner column makes a clear argument that modern traffic lights may improve traffic flow, but enforcement is what will save lives. There is no dispute that…
Letters
March 3, 2026

Demographic debate needs balance, not panic

THE EDITOR, Madam: In recent months, there have been warning about a looming demographic crisis, which at times describe it as a “perfect storm” of population decline, ageing, and migration. While…
Patrons at Calabash Literary fest at Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth tune in to a presentation.
March 3, 2026

Growth & Jobs | Agri, tourism sectors to benefit from unconditional MSME grants

The Blue Mahoe Charitable Foundation (BMCF) and the BREDS Treasure Beach Foundation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide unconditional grants to micro and small businesses…
Cookshop operator and long-time JN client, Adasma Brown (left) listens intently to Jasmin Cole, client relations officer at JN Bank Small Business Loans.
March 3, 2026

Growth & Jobs | Cookshop operator gets boost to restart following hurricane

For more than a decade, Adasma Brown, affectionately known as ‘Miss Julie’, operated ‘Cheap but Sweet’ cookshop in St Leonards, Amity, Westmoreland. From 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., Mondays to Saturdays, she…
Harold Davis, acting chief executive officer at the JBDC.
March 3, 2026

Growth & Jobs | JBDC pushes entrepreneurship education to stem early-stage business failure

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) is seeking to address early-stage micro business failure because of weak financial planning stemming from a lack of entrepreneurship education. …
Sherina Whyte (centre) , co-founder of Waah Gwaan Café, affixes the ‘Keep It Clean’ sticker decal on the door of her business place. Sharing in the moment are Councillor Andrew Swaby (left), mayor of Kingston and chairman of the Kingston and St Andrew
March 3, 2026

Growth & Jobs | Revitalising Kingston’s commercial heart

Some sections of downtown Kingston are recording measurable gains in cleanliness, safety and business confidence following six months of focused interventions under the Downtown Kingston Redevelopment…
Heroy Clarke, deputy speaker of the House of Representatives and member of the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee.
March 3, 2026

Opposition members chastise Clarke cover ‘intemperate’ outburst at PAAC

Edmond Campbell/Senior Parliamentary Reporter Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Heroy Clarke received a sharp rebuke from his colleagues last Wednesday for disrupting the proceedings of…