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May 8, 2026
Fulbright programme to equip NGOs with tools to strengthen funding
About 60 Jamaican non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are set to receive training under the Fulbright Specialist Programme, an effort to strengthen their ability to secure funding and better…
May 8, 2026
Forensic expert refutes claim nitrates prove victim fired gun in Acadia case
A retired government forensic analyst on Thursday rejected defence suggestions that the presence of nitrates on the hand of one of three men killed by police in St Andrew in 2013 was proof that he had…
May 8, 2026
by Sashana Small
PATH lunches back on at Greater Portmore High after funds released
Students at the Greater Portmore High School in St Catherine have resumed receiving lunches under the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) programme after a temporary…
May 8, 2026
by Albert Ferguson
OUR cops OCCUR Regulator of the Year award
The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has hailed winning the coveted OCCUR’s Regulator of the Year Award for 2025 and the Winston Hay Award for Most Outstanding Consumer Protection Initiative as a…
May 8, 2026
by Janet Silvera
Plans to repeal and replace the Tourism Act
Jamaica’s tourism sector could soon undergo its biggest legislative overhaul in decades, with Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett announcing plans to repeal and replace the Tourism Act as part of a…
May 8, 2026
by Sashana Small
VIRAL CRIME - Conservationists call for crackdown on TikTok’s illegal trade in endangered species
Concerns are growing over the use of social media platform TikTok as a marketplace for the sale of endangered Jamaican species, with conservation biologist Damion Whyte urging the authorities to make…
May 8, 2026
Protecting a free press is essential to Caribbean democracy
The Gleaner’s editorial on democracy and a free press raises an issue that deserves urgent attention. The decline of traditional media in the region is a democratic crisis unfolding quietly in front…
May 8, 2026
Letter of the Day | Rise of ‘instant’ prophets and academic claims is concerning
I am writing to express profound apprehension regarding the rapid proliferation of self-proclaimed prophets and prophetesses across Jamaica, a phenomenon accelerated by the unchecked nature of social…
May 8, 2026
A local final appellate court?
The recent public lament of the chief justice and the president of the Court of Appeal concerning the woeful state of Jamaica's courthouses ought not simply to be ignored by the government.