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Jamaica Gleaner
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:06:47 -0500Market meltdown
Savanna-la-Mar’s storm-ravaged market has once again become the centre of public frustration and political attention as residents and vendors plead for urgent repairs and clarity on its future. The facility, badly damaged during Hurricane Melissa...
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:10:17 -0500Cops probe beating death of inmate at St Mary lock-up
Annotto Bay, ST MARY: The Inspectorate and Professional Standards Oversight Bureau and the Independent Commission of Investigations have launched an investigation into the death of an inmate while in custody at a police station in St Mary. The...
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:09:58 -0500Explanation needed over push for vote on church blessings for same-sex unions – West
President for the Jamaica Coalition for a Healthy Society (JCHS) Dr Wayne West is questioning the motivation of Reverend Devon Dick, pastor of the Boulevard Baptist Church, for placing on the agenda of a business meeting a discussion and vote on...
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:06:53 -0500Two Palmers, two painful Melissa experiences
Western Bureau: While scores of residents were converging on the Duanvale Community Centre, in Trelawny, on Friday to collect care packages and other supplies courtesy of Pepsi, which had partnered with entities such as KFC, Pizza Hut and Wata,...
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:06:41 -0500Workshop launched to tackle challenges impacting high schoolers’ mental health
Parental relationships, cellular phone usage, and self-esteem struggles are labelled among the major challenges impacting high school students’ mental health and Chevening, Mindfulness Jamaica, and Jonathan Grant High School have partnered on an.....
Jamaica Observer
Tue, Apr 12, 2022 07:01:00 GMT Charity makes donation to upgrade more restrooms at Little London High
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Male students at Little London High School no longer have to be jealous that the girls' restroom is nicer than theirs. Last Friday, a group of alumni called Global Humanity Network Incorporated (GHNI) dona...
Tue, Apr 12, 2022 07:01:00 GMT This Day in History - April 12
Today is the 102nd day of 2022. There are 263 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to fly in space, orbit the Earth and make a safe landing. OTHER EVENTS1606: Great Britain ad...
Tue, Apr 12, 2022 07:01:00 GMT Sharif sworn in as Pakistan's new PM after week of drama
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's Parliament on Monday elected Opposition lawmaker Shahbaz Sharif as the new prime minister, following a week of political turmoil that led to the weekend ouster of Premier Imran Khan.Sharif took the ...
Tue, Apr 12, 2022 07:01:00 GMT Arlene Swaby fuels her business with focus and Access
While the journey of entrepreneurship has been anything but smooth sailing for small grocery store owner Arlene Swaby, she is proof that with the right focus, and a little support, small business owners can thrive."I started out after m...
Mon, Apr 11, 2022 07:01:00 GMT Hanging not solution to crime problem, says official
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Programme director, Community Renewal Programme, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Charles Clayton says the answer to the nation's crime problem is definitely not the resumption of hanging.In fact, Clayton poi...
Jamaica Star
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:01:00 -0500Woman conned out of relief items
A 48-year-old rural St Andrew is warning Jamaicans to be on high alert after she says a man tricked her into giving away bags of items under the guise of collecting 'hurricane relief' supplies. Mary*, a mother of four and a caretaker who works......
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:00:53 -0500Evy Royal got drunk on Red Label Wine
Like many of the humorous childhood tales he shares online, Evert 'Evy Royal' Johnson's core memory of Christmas 2009 is guaranteed to leave anyone in stitches. Though he has countless Christmas festive stories, none compare to the Christmas...
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:00:55 -0500Weak Christmas - Slow sales, steep fees worry downtown vendors
Downtown Kingston, usually the beating heart of Jamaica's Christmas commerce, is struggling to regain its pulse this December. What should be the busiest shopping period of the year has instead been muted by sluggish foot traffic, heavy storm...
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:01:02 -0500Christmas project putting money in pockets
Christmas preparations across sections of the Corporate Area are creating much-needed work for several residents, who have jumped at the chance to clean, paint and brighten public spaces ahead of the holiday rush. "We a stop bout the 17th and we.....
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:01:09 -0500Man arrested after triggering alarm system
Detectives in Mandeville, Manchester, have charged 36-year-old Lorenzo Campbell, of no fixed address, with house breaking with intent and malicious destruction of property following an incident in the town between December 2 and December 4....