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Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

LEADERS of the occupational groups at Caymanas Park have expressed their appreciation for a recent meeting with Ryan Reid, new chair of the Jamaica Racing Commission (JRC) and Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission. Reid replaced Clovis Metcalfe,...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:09 AM

Criminologist Dr Jason McKay is questioning Jamaicans for Justice’s (JFJ) close-in-age exemption defence, as it relates to decriminalising consensual sex among minors, a proposal outlined in the human-rights group’s latest report, ‘Civil Society...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:09 AMAdrian Frater/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau: Kemeshia Black, of Bethel Town, in Westmoreland; and Charmaine Green, of Montego Bay, St James, who were both impacted by Hurricane Melissa, got some much-needed financial help earlier this week when they became beneficiaries of the...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:09 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

In a match dubbed the ‘Battle of the CCs’ Cornwall College out of Montego Bay will face Clarendon College in the Ben Francis Knockout final at the National Stadium today. Match time is 3 p.m. Cornwall will march into the final battle-hardened and...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:09 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

The stage is set for a thrilling climax to the rural schoolboys football season as two former champions, Glenmuir High and St Elizabeth Technical High (STETHS), prepare to square off in the ISSA daCosta Cup final at the National Stadium. Rural...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:08 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

The Blue Mahoe Capital-sponsored Reinas Shield Under-17 girls football competition will return for its fourth staging today at Merl Grove High School, boasting an all-new format due to complications caused by Hurricane Melissa. Neo Oxford, founder...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:08 AM

MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand (CMC): The West Indies’ batters have started strongly chasing New Zealand’s mammoth first innings total, to leave the game in the balance at the end of play on the second day here on Friday. With veteran pacer and...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:08 AM

The Sandals Foundation and staff from Sandals South Coast Resort this week hosted a holiday party for 400 children still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. On December 18 pupils from Culloden Infant, Kings Primary, Petersville Primary and the...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:08 AMLester Hinds/Gleaner Writer

Delano Seiveright, minister of state in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, has indicated that the impact of Hurricane Melissa offers Jamaicans in the diaspora a unique opportunity to invest in the redevelopment of their homeland....

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:08 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Beryl H. Rochester, the first woman to serve as custos rotulorum for St Elizabeth, is preparing to demit office after nearly 12 years of service, bringing to a close a historic tenure marked by expanded access to justice, strong...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:08 AMSashana Small/Staff Reporter

The grounds of St Theresa Preparatory School in Kingston were transformed into a scene of merriment Thursday evening as students, staff and parents gathered to celebrate their annual Christmas Jubilee. While Christmas was the central theme, the...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:07 AMRuddy Mathison/Gleaner Writer

The resilience so often used to describe the Jamaican farmer is clearly exemplified in 35-year-old Latoya Burrows-Johns, who, along with her partner, operates a 15-acre crop and livestock farm at Salt Pond, a section of the Bernard Lodge in St...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:07 AM

UNICEF Jamaica is urging families to make play a central part of recovery during the holiday season, noting that games and creative activities are vital for children’s emotional healing in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. “Play is powerful at...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:07 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Reacting to the devastation caused to the Montego Bay Sports Complex by Hurricane Melissa, Jason Russell, president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI), is calling for the creation of a modern, multi-use...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:07 AM

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa’s devastation, Andrews Memorial Hospital Limited (AMH), the Allkare Wellness Foundation and the Andrews Memorial Seventh-day Adventist Church staged a Hurricane Recovery Health Clinic on Sunday, December 7, across...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:07 AM

AP: The Academy Awards will move from ABC to YouTube beginning in 2029, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Wednesday. ABC will continue to broadcast the annual ceremony through 2028, which will mark the 100th Oscars....

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:07 AM
Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:06 AMGeorge Ruddock/ - Gleaner Writer

LONDON: Harry Mould’s play ‘ The Brenda Line’ has been announced as the winner of the 29th Alfred Fagon Award which was handed out at the Dorfman Theatre inside the National Theatre in London’s South Bank on Friday, December 5. Named the Best New...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:06 AM

Going home should be easy, a familiar drive along a road you know by memory, leading back to the place that shaped you. But for Dr Kadijah Robinson, whose trips to and from Newmarket, St Elizabeth have become a duty, the road home is a reminder of...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:06 AM

Hurricane Melissa’s cruel displacement of tens of thousands of people in Jamaica’s western parishes will probably give Jamaicans a sense of the plight of people in other countries who are forced to flee their homes because of political and other...

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