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December 9, 2025
by Yasmine Peru
Technology helps to uplift the music, says King Jammy
“ Don’t want no ice-cream love it’s too cold for me,” Sparrow Martin belted out as he dropped a “wicked” freestyle at a presentation workshop by Swedish design and technology collective Teenage…
December 9, 2025
J'can population at 2.774 million as growth rate slows, long-awaited census data reveal
The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) has released the results of the national census, revealing a population of 2,774,538, an increase of 2.8 per cent over the 2011 count.
December 9, 2025
Egg farmers assure of adequate supplies for Christmas
President of the Jamaica Egg Farmers Association, Mark Campbell, is seeking to assure that there will be an adequate supply of eggs for the upcoming Christmas season. "We have had no Covid-19,…
December 9, 2025
Earth Today | TNC, partners launch conservation dashboard tool
THE NATURE Conservancy (TNC), in collaboration with regional partners, has officially launched the 30x30 Regional Geospatial Analysis, Mapping Results and Dashboard tool during a virtual event held…
December 9, 2025
Earth Today | St Ann students compete for a greener future
MORE THAN 20 St Ann primary schools are facing off in the inaugural quiz competition of the Cause for Change Foundation, towards awareness raising about climate change and environmental preservation…
December 9, 2025
Mother accused of killing infant daughter declared unfit to stand trial, suffers seizure in court
The St James Circuit Court today ordered that Shamoya Green, the St James woman who reportedly threw her infant daughter off the roof of their home in 2023, should be taken for medical evaluation…
December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | Schools must affirm students’ identities, not diminish them
THE EDITOR, Madam: I write as a concerned student to shed light on a troubling incident involving a peer and a school administrator. During a recent interaction, the administrator made disparaging…
December 9, 2025
Earth Today | Marine environment takes spotlight at critical UNEP summit
THE UNITED Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is hosting the 18th meeting of the contracting parties to the Cartagena Convention (COP18), intended to inform Caribbean-wide best efforts to address…
December 9, 2025
Editorial | CARICOM and the US armada
Despite apparently different perspectives among its members on America’s aggressive naval posture in the southern Caribbean, The Gleaner is surprised that Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders…