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June 19, 2026
Kristen Gyles | Rat race to extinction
A few decades ago, John Calhoun, an expert in animal behaviour, set up an experiment involving eight white mice. He put them in what we can call ‘mouse heaven’. On day one of the experiment, the four…
June 19, 2026
Peter Espeut | A human rights or an English problem?
In his contribution to the sectoral debate in Parliament last week Wednesday (June 10), Minister of Justice, Delroy Chuck, stated, inter alia, that “Jamaica does not – and I hope will never have – a…
June 19, 2026
by Tanesha Mundle
No match found, ballistics expert testifies in Acadia Drive case
A government ballistic expert was, yesterday, grilled over the origins of three firearms examined in connection with the 2013 Acadia Drive triple-fatal shooting and an addendum report later submitted…
June 19, 2026
by Karen Madden
PNP ramps up pressure for Wheatley’s removal from Cabinet
The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is intensifying its call for Cabinet Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley to be removed from the Cabinet following the Integrity Commission’s (IC) recommendation…
June 19, 2026
by Karen Madden
Farewell, North Street - Gleaner marks exit from downtown Kgn landmark
Past and present staff of The Gleaner gathered on Thursday evening at 7 North Street in downtown Kingston for a symbolic farewell to a building that has stood for decades as one of the country’s most…
Updated 18 hours ago
by Kimone Francis
PNP draws sharp line on security vs migration deals
Opposition Leader Mark Golding has drawn a sharp distinction between the agreement signed by Dr Peter Phillips in 2004 and one inked just days ago by Deputy Prime Minister Dr Horace Chang, calling the…
June 19, 2026
by Andre Williams
CHINA WATCH - Trump nominee pledges hard line on scamming, drugs and Beijing in Jamaica posting
President Donald Trump’s nominee for United States Ambassador to Jamaica has pledged to strengthen security cooperation with Kingston, intensify efforts to combat lottery scamming and drug…
June 19, 2026
Communist party approves emergency economic plan
Cuba’s powerful Communist Party yesterday approved an emergency economic package featuring unprecedented free-market measures aimed at opening up the struggling island’s economy as pressure from the…