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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 17 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…
June 19, 2026
UTech to offer Mandarin classes in September
The University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech, Jamaica) will introduce a Mandarin course in September under a two-year agreement with the Centre for Language Education and Cooperation (CLEC), part of…
June 19, 2026
by Keisha Hill
David Wong Ken expands ‘The Runnings’ with new political thriller
More than two decades after The Runnings first appeared, attorney-at-law David Wong Ken is extending its story with a new thriller, Presumption of Guilt, set for release on June 28.
June 19, 2026
Youth ambassadors extend kindness to St Catherine infirmary residents
The spirit of volunteerism, compassion and nation-building came alive at the St Catherine Infirmary and Care Centre in Spanish Town, on June 12 when a group of young Jamaicans demonstrated that…
June 19, 2026
US group donates laptops to storm-hit schools out west
Four schools in western Jamaica have received 20 laptop computers from a United States-based group led by Jamaica-born Roman Cowan.
The group — Omar Soliman, Nick Friedman, David Barr, Miles Kass,…