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From left: Nurse Miller; Annalene Clarke-Christie, office manager; Keishawna Pinnock, assistant blood donor organiser, and Chevon Lewis, MPOWA brand manager at Wisynco Group Limited, share a moment at the official handover of 50 cases of MPOWA to the Natio
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | MPOWA partners with National Blood Bank to boost blood donors

Reggae Girlz head coach Hubert Busby Jr.
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

Busby has high hopes for up-and-comers

FORMER YOUTH national representatives Jaileah McPherson and Shaneil Buckley have both earned high praises from Reggae Girlz head coach Hubert Busby Jr ahead of Jamaica’s clash against Dominica in the…
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange pays tribute to the late cultural icon James 'Jimmy Cliff' Chambers on Tuesday in the House of Representatives.
December 9, 2025

Jimmy Cliff to be accorded an official funeral

Culture minister Olivia Grange says reggae legend Jimmy Cliff is to be accorded an official funeral, the details of which will be announced shortly. As the House of Representatives on Tuesday…
TUI UK passengers on arrival into the arrivals hall just outside customs at the Sangster International Airport earlier this month. They were among the first UK passengers to arrive on a charter flight from the UK since the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

TUI resumes UK charter flights after Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s arrival numbers remain sharply down three weeks after Hurricane Melissa battered the island, leaving thousands of hotel rooms offline until well into 2026. But on Monday, a…
Digicel representatives are joined by a student and parent in offloading relief packages to benefit parents of special needs students at the Catherine Hall Primary School. The handover took place at the Catherine Hall Primary School’s Special Education U
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Digicel Foundation donates water tank to Catherine Hall Primary School

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December 9, 2025

Robbery at bar in Ginger Ridge district, St Catherine

The police in Browns Hall, St Catherine are investigating a robbery at a bar in Connors in the Ginger Ridge district. It is reported that about 1:35 on Monday morning, a female worker locked up the…
December 9, 2025

Police probing shooting and suspected suicide incidents in Above Rocks

The police are now processing two crime scenes in Above Rocks, St Catherine, after a shooting and suspected suicide which investigators say are related. The Gleaner was told that in the first…
The St Ann’s Bay Criminal Investigation Branch is probing the incident. - File Photo
December 9, 2025

Man reportedly chopped to death by mob in St Ann

An unidentified man was chopped to death early Tuesday morning in Hermitage, St Ann. The Gleaner understands that he was set upon by an angry mob about 12:10 a.m. No further details regarding the…
Century Aluminum’s executives, Eliezer Batista (second left) and Kenneth Calloway (centre), along with Jamalco equipment operator, Keon Sutherland (right), distribute tarpaulins to residents of Vineyards, St Elizabeth. They were part of a 30-member Jamal
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Jamalco delivers aid to hurricane victims