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Justice of the peace arrested in St Andrew for allegedly soliciting cash to sign documents

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 2:04 PM

A justice of the peace (JP) was arrested in St Andrew on Monday during a sting operation after allegedly collecting money to sign an official document, law-enforcement sources have confirmed. The JP was arrested for breaches of the Corruption...

Looking Glass Chronicles - An Editorial Flashback

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 11:11 AM

Hurricane Melissa has exposed deep cracks in Jamaica's early childhood education system, where many young children were already struggling long before the storm hit. With hundreds of basic schools damaged and no clear policy guiding how the...

February 2026 target for reopening damaged operating theatres

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 11:03 AM

Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says restoration work on 13 hurricane-damaged operating theatres across five western hospitals is expected to be completed by February 2026, at an estimated cost of US$7.1 million (J$1.13 billion). Only three...

Meeting members left traumatised after shocking zoombombing attack

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 10:57 AM

Participants in a Ministry of Health and Wellness webinar were left shaken after hackers repeatedly hijacked the virtual meeting, flooding screens with pornography and racist messages in a disturbing case of zoombombing. The intrusion forced...

Financial hardship blamed as trio jailed for knifepoint robberies

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 10:53 AM

A female vendor and two men who staged knifepoint robberies while posing as a taxi crew have been jailed, with all three blaming financial struggles for their crimes. Subrina Martin, 33, who robbed a police constable and later a couple in 2020,...

20 people homeless after fire destroys three homes

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 10:48 AM

Twenty residents, including eight children, have been left homeless after a fast-moving fire tore through three houses on Mountain View Avenue in St Andrew on Thursday. The blaze, which began around 11:20 a.m., forced families to flee with only the...

Relocation drive intensifies as schools push to reopen

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 10:42 AM

With more than 1,000 Jamaicans still living in emergency shelters nearly six weeks after Hurricane Melissa, ODPEM is accelerating relocation efforts so schools being used as shelters can resume normal operations. Director General Alvin Gayle told...

High alert in Clarendon helps save missing six-year-old

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 10:32 AM

Clarendon residents sprang into action after a six-year-old girl was taken from her school by an unidentified man, triggering parish-wide panic. The abduction was thwarted when Councillor Scean Barnswell spotted a man walking with a child in a St...

Residents forced to find garbage solutions

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 10:29 AM

With garbage collection severely disrupted after Hurricane Melissa, residents across St James say they have been left to find their own solutions as waste piles up in their communities. Some home-owners have resorted to driving their bags to...

Driver fined $450,000 or 12 months in prison for friend’s death in Portmore crash

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 8:49 AM

A St Catherine motorist who pleaded guilty to causing the death of his friend in a motor vehicle crash in 2021 has been fined $450,000 or 12 months in prison. His driver’s licence has been suspended for one year. The sentence was handed down on...

Court rules PSG must pay more than US$70M to Mbappé in dispute over unpaid wages

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 8:12 AM

A labour court in France has ruled Paris Saint-Germain must pay more than 60 million euros (US$70 million) to footballer Kylian Mbappé in a dispute over unpaid wages and bonuses. The case is linked to the end of his contract before his 2024 move...

Commission appointment about giving voice to coaches - Riley

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 12:11 AMErica Virtue/Senior Gleaner Writer

Jamaican coach David Riley’s appointment to the World Coaches’ Commission was not a lone achievement the veteran has said. The Excelsior, national coach, and founder of Technique Lab Sports Performance and Fitness Centre, on Monday, told The...

Gayle faces the sack after loss to Police

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

After a third straight defeat and five matches without a win, Waterhouse Football Club will part ways with coach Marcel Gayle, a member of the club hierarchy told The Gleaner after the team’s 2-1 defeat to bottom-of-the-table Spanish Town Police,...

Cornwall, Manchester chase Ben Francis history

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 12:11 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

The ISSA Ben Francis Knockout quarter-finals officially get under way today, with eight teams battling for a coveted spot in the semi-finals and a chance at redemption. Four matches are scheduled for kick off at 3 p.m. After bowing out in the...

JFJ: Consensual sex between minors should not be a crime

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 12:11 AMCorey Robinson/Senior Staff Reporter

Sexual offences, particularly consensual sexual intercourse with a person under 16, make up the majority of cases referred to Jamaica’s Child Diversion Programme, launched in 2020 to redirect children in conflict with the law from the courts to...

Villa boss calls Shaw best striker in WSL

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 12:10 AM

MANCHESTER, London (CMC): Aston Villa manager Natalia Arroyo has described Jamaican international and Manchester City forward Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw as the best striker in the Women’s Super League (WSL). The 28-year-old Shaw continued her impressive...

Ten-man Mona clip Hydel in five-goal thriller

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 12:10 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

Defending champions Mona High School booked their spot in the semi-finals of the ISSA Walker Cup knockout competition after getting past Hydel High 3-2 yesterday, despite playing a man down at the Waterhouse Stadium. In the feature game of the...

Rural, urban finals to light up Leila Robinson

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

The Leila Robinson Netball Courts will be in the spotlight today as the top high school teams clash in the finals of the ISSA Schoolgirl Netball Competition. After weeks of intense action, champions in both the urban and rural competitions, at...

‘Unconscionable’

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 12:10 AM

President of the Small Businesses Association of Jamaica (SBAJ) Garnett Reid says Jamaicans should strenuously push back against a seven per cent increase in electricity rate approved by the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) to the Jamaica...

Smith lauded for integrity, innovation, and staff-centred leadership

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 12:10 AM

Anthony Smith is being hailed as a compassionate media leader whose stewardship inspired his colleagues and fostered an environment of innovation. Smith, who was chief executive officer of the RJRGLEANER Communications Group, died on Sunday...

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