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Winnie Berry (left), deputy CEO for curriculum support at the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, speaks with Scott Renner (right), Chargé d’Affaires at the US Embassy; Tammy L. Palmer (second left), Peace Corps country director; and v
December 12, 2025

Peace Corps volunteers begin service focused on literacy, hurricane relief

Twenty-one newly sworn-in Peace Corps volunteers will work in rural parishes, supporting literacy in primary schools and helping farmers strengthen sustainable agriculture and community resilience.…
Letters
December 12, 2025

A better deal?

THE EDITOR, Madam: The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is now obligated to repay the US$150 million Government of Jamaica (GOJ) loan plus another US$200 million loan from other lending agencies. Is it…
National epidemiologist Dr Karen Webster-Kerr.
December 12, 2025 by Christopher Thomas

Health ministry notes downturn in leptospirosis, urges continued vigilance

WESTERN BUREAU: Although the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) reports that leptospirosis cases have begun to decline since mid-November, health minister Dr Christopher Tufton is warning…
December 12, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

STATHS, Vauxhall clash for semis spot

With Eltham High already in the ISSA/WATA Manning Cup semifinals, and Calabar High out of contention, the race for the remaining qualifying spot in Group B will be decided today when St Andrew…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness (left) with Chief of the Accompong Maroons in St Elizabeth, Richard Currie, during a visit to the community. Olivia Grange, minister of culture, gender, entertainment and sport, looks on.
December 12, 2025

Kristen Gyles | Identity crisis in Accompong

All across the earth, there are examples of identity crises. A teenager might really not want to be a child, but is still a child. A boy might really not want to be a male, but is still male. A man…
Simon ‘Skygrass’ Bowden
December 12, 2025 by Kenrick Morgan

5 Questions With Skygrass

The last time The Gleaner caught up with Simon Bowden, better known as Skygrass, was in 2017, when the singer-songwriter was knee-deep in shaping his sound and aiming for the reggae music crown.…
December 12, 2025

Peter Espeut | Celebrating the incarnation

Every time I hear talk of “cancelling Christmas” I cringe. The celebration by Christians of “the Word becoming flesh” cannot be cancelled by governments or shopkeepers. Any talk of “Christmas in…
This photo shows remains of board houses strewn in Retirement, Bluefields, Westmoreland, which were destroyed by Hurricane Melissa.
December 12, 2025

Editorial | Westmoreland after Melissa

Even within the widespread destruction and human misery caused by Hurricane Melissa in western Jamaica, the parish of Westmoreland is a special special case. It is in need of urgent and specific…
Ahead of the ‘Living’ photo shoot to spotlight her capsule collection, on which she collaborated with visual artist Tobean Walters, fashion designer Angella Wilkinson flashed her pearly whites.
December 12, 2025 by Omar Tomlinson

Artistic points of view

Fashion designer Angella Wilkinson is draped in the Christmas spirit. Two weeks after being tasked by Living to create a holiday wardrobe – with a caveat to steer clear of seasonal colour tropes – the…