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21 Oct, 2026
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US pledges renewed Caribbean focus
Positioning the United States as a true “Caribbean nation”, US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau says Washington under the Trump administration is actively reorienting its foreign policy…
21 Oct, 2026
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Editorial | What lessons from the Five Miles tragedy?
Like most Jamaicans, The Gleaner is deeply saddened by the deaths, in the line of duty, of policemen Corporal Trevoy Shaw and Constable Devoney Rose at Five Miles, St Catherine, on Friday. The police…
21 Oct, 2026
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African art exhibition at UWI ends today
Kgotla!, the inaugural African art and artefact exhibition launched on September 16 at The University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona campus Main Library, closes today, with a panel discussion and…
21 Oct, 2026
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‘This is my Grammy moment’
Dancehall artiste Mr Vegas readily admits that he is from that era when it was the desire of every aspiring artiste to “buss big, mek Mama proud and buy her a house”. His dream did come true, and on…
21 Oct, 2026
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United Oil completes rig and logistics study
United Oil & Gas said on Tuesday that it completed a rig and logistics study outlining the requirements for potential drilling offshore Jamaica. “The completion of this study is an important step…
21 Oct, 2026
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What is the real scam?
THE EDITOR, Madam: My respected colleagues Dr Lascelve Graham and Dr Dennis Minott have doubled down on making sports recruitment in schools an evil to be purged in the interest of national…
21 Oct, 2026
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THIRSTY FOR CASH - NWC seeks massive rate hike, warns of investment cuts without it as debts mount
The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has confirmed that it received an application from the National Water Commission (NWC) for a 51 per cent increase in tariff over a five-year period. The NWC’s…
21 Oct, 2026
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Kremi ice cream’s profit surges 16-fold amid hot El Niño weather, efficiency gains
Caribbean Cream Ltd, the maker of Kremi ice cream, reported a 16-fold rebound in quarterly profit as it benefited from lower production costs amid sweltering summer heat. The company posted net profit…
21 Oct, 2026
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A warning to our leaders
THE EDITOR, Madam: Subsequent to the passage of Hurricane Melissa, I have had the opportunity to traverse some of the areas of our island most ravaged by the storm as, in its fury, it emptied the full…