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December 9, 2025

Veteran jockey Oneil Mullings killed in gun attack, two brothers identified as suspects

The St Andrew South police are probing the shooting death of 49-year-old veteran jockey Oneil Ricardo Mullings in his community on Sunday. The police say two brothers, with whom Mullings had a…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 26, 2024, at UN headquarters.
December 9, 2025

Editorial | What’s with the Abbas vote?

It might otherwise have gone unnoticed and uncommented on. But the exceptional circumstances of Gaza, and Jamaica’s previous misstep in a related UN vote, requires that Kingston explain why it didn’t…
News
December 9, 2025

Growth & Jobs | JBDC targets 500 businesses in digital transformation push

THE JAMAICA Business Development Corporation (JBDC) has set its sights on digitally transforming at least one internal business process for 500 Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) under…
Letters
December 9, 2025

Letter of the Day | Growth without values is fragile

THE EDITOR, Madam: In his inaugural address marking the start of his third term, Prime Minister Andrew Holness offered a wide-ranging vision for Jamaica’s development. He pledged innovative policies…
Letters
December 9, 2025

Much work needs to be done on constitutional reforms

THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to the letter, “Treat constitutional reform with urgency,” published in The Gleaner on September 20. I am deeply concerned about the lack of the…
Letters
December 9, 2025

Is it the size or effectiveness of government?

THE EDITOR, Madam: The recent swearing-in of 18 ministers, 13 state ministers, and one parliamentary secretary, bringing Jamaica’s executive ranks to 32, has sparked renewed debate about whether our…
News
December 9, 2025

Immigration Corner | Sponsoring a child discovered abroad

Dear Miss Powell, My husband and I came to Canada six years ago as a couple. We recently visited Jamaica, and I was introduced to a six-year-old girl whose mother claimed my husband was the father. At…
Sanya Wallace-Innerarity (left), assistant general manager – strategy, marketing & sales, JN Money, and Cedrica Reid (right), marketing and sales manager, JN Money, celebrate with April Taylor (second left) and Craig Townsend, her business partner, for w
December 9, 2025

Growth & Jobs | A victory ‘Taylor-made’ for 2025 CB PAN Chicken Champion

BY THE time April Taylor was 13 years old, she was already operating her own jerk business in her community in Spanish Town, St Catherine, selling chicken after school to earn an income and sharpen…
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December 9, 2025

SAJ to host Workplace First Aid and CPR training

THE SHIPPING Association of Jamaica (SAJ) will host a one-day Workplace First Aid and CPR training on Thursday, October 30. Designed to equip individuals with the practical skills to respond…