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December 27, 2025
Hybrid approach best suited for development
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to the letter ‘Many rivers to cross Jamaica’, published in The Gleaner on December 24. The phrase, many rivers to coss, was popularised by Jimmy Cliff…
December 27, 2025
Tony Deyal | Christmas for a better new year
First of all, I should have gone earlier to put things together and make sure they worked, demanded and liked by my wife especially. Unfortunately, I waited too long. Going into the weekend…
December 27, 2025
by Albert Ferguson
JPS lights up Treasure Beach
WESTERN BUREAU: A large Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Emergency Mobile Power Generation Unit now supplying electricity to Treasure Beach and surrounding communities was officially launched on…
December 27, 2025
by Albert Ferguson
Hotelier praises JPS as Treasure Beach regains electricity
WESTERN BUREAU Treasure Beach hotelier Jason Henzell has welcomed the deployment of the Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd (JPS) Emergency Mobile Power Generation Unit, describing the response as…
December 27, 2025
by Mickalia Kington
Standing firm amid fury
Western Bureau: As Hurricane Melissa tore across Jamaica on October 28, crippling power grids and shutting down water supply systems mainly in the western region, one machine high in the Cockpit…
December 27, 2025
St James Health Department to launch $60m rodent, mosquito control programme
WESTERN BUREAU: Amid the ongoing restoration work in St James in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, the St James Health Department says it will be conducting an unprecedented $60-million rodent and…
December 26, 2025
Man shot dead on Christmas Day in Denham Town
The Denham Town police are investigating the murder of a man who was shot and killed in the area on Christmas Day. The deceased has been identified as Ricardo Ellis, 41, otherwise called…
December 26, 2025
Update | Alleged suspect in Spanish Town double murder shot dead in alleged police confrontation
An alleged suspect in the Christmas Day double murder along March Pen Road, Spanish Town, was shot dead early this morning during an alleged confrontation with police in St Catherine. The deceased…
December 26, 2025
Police probe Christmas Day double murder in Spanish Town
An investigation has been launched by the St Catherine Police Division following a double murder along March Pen Road in Spanish Town on Christmas Day. The victims have been identified as 30-year-old…