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Glen Washington (right) receives Grammy Certificates for his contributions to Capleton’s Still Blazin’ and Third World’s Ain’t Givin’ Up. Joel Laing, the event’s sponsorship manager, makes the presentation.
17 Sep, 2026 0

Top marks for Excellence in Music Ceremony

‘Festive’ best describes the red carpet at Tuesday evening’s Excellence in Music Ceremony at The Courtleigh Auditorium in New Kingston, as the 2026 honourees basked in the full support of their family…
Volunteers work together to remove garbage from the Port Royal Beach as part of a beach clean-up activity hosted by the European Union Delegation to Jamaica, in recognition of an earlier International Coastal Clean-Up Day.
17 Sep, 2026 0

Earth Today | ‘Away is a place’

THE JAMAICA Environment Trust (JET) is challenging the public – individuals and organisations alike – to take stock of what happens after their solid waste leaves their hands with the observance of…
A worker gets a robot ready for demonstration at a booth for leading Chinese commercial humanoid robotics firm Unitree Robotics during the World AI Conference in Shanghai, China, on July 18, 2026.
17 Sep, 2026 0

AI fear or China panic?

THE EDITOR, Madam: If it were not so pathetic and dangerous in equal measure, it would be side-splittingly funny. The bog-eyed, empathy-devoid, marvellously immature, greedy and stupid…
Bahía de las Águilas, National Recreation Area within a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Hispaniola. Photo: Kurt Prospere/CBF.
17 Sep, 2026 0

Earth Today | Learning from climate-resilience approaches in Hispaniola

TUCKED INTO the southwest corner of Hispaniola, where the Dominican Republic meets Haiti, lies a stretch of land and sea unlike almost anywhere else on Earth. Mountains give way to dry forest, dry…
17 Sep, 2026 0

Earth Today | Integrated action said key to solving the world’s climate, clean air woes

WITH THE world appearing set to exceed, if only temporarily, 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming while air pollution claims the lives of millions each year, there is an urgent call to action for an…
Lord Briggs
17 Sep, 2026 0

Editorial | Fee waiver changes little

Were we cynical, The Gleaner might have interpreted the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council’s (JCPC) intervention to have the British government waive visa fees for overseas litigants not as a…
Omar Wright, lead, environment and community development, at the JN Foundation, hands over back-to-school-supplies to Roan Green, principal of Petersfield High School in Westmoreland. The JN Foundation made the donation to the institution during a visit to
17 Sep, 2026 0

Corporate Hands | JN Foundation makes donation to Petersfield High School

17 Sep, 2026 0

Who will protect motorists from excessive wrecker fees?

THE EDITOR, Madam: On August 31, 2026, I was involved in a motor vehicle accident on Mountain View Avenue near Munster Road. A well-known wrecker company, reportedly among the pool of…
Members of the Naggo Head Infant School community display boxes of Nutri+ Milk during the handover on Friday, September 4. Pictured are Joylyn Fuller-Hunter; Shanika Clarke-Cown; Rodain Richardson, chairman; and Sophia Francis, Principal. Nutri+ Milk has
17 Sep, 2026 0

Corporate Hands | Seprod pledges year-long milk support for Naggo Head Infant School