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Jamaica Gleaner
Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:06:49 -0500A YEAR OF PAIN
A visibly frustrated Glenda Wright reluctantly opened the door to her two-bedroom home in Portland Cottage, Clarendon, later admitting that she thought the Sunday Gleaner team was from yet another “agency”, coming around to offer more empty...
Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:13:00 -0500Jamaican designer Mikayla Salmon makes global splash with Shein collection
Clarendon-born fashion designer Mikayla Salmon began nurturing her passion in high school, driven by a dream of one day collaborating with top international brands. That dream took an unexpected leap forward last November when global fast-fashion......
Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:13:46 -0500Without a trace
Dozens of fishermen are lost at sea each year, and in most cases they are ushered home quickly by local marine security. In other instances, much like the case of three fishermen who have been missing at sea for more than a week, they are not so...
Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:13:27 -0500Hustling for survival
They are not all troublemakers – at least, that’s what they are quick to clarify. Most of them are older men from nearby communities, disheartened by life’s hardships, who feel their only choice is to manage public parking spaces and wash cars...
Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:08:23 -0500Attorneys make case in Hanover Western’s first female duel
WESTERN BUREAU: Pundits are gearing up for an exciting showdown in Hanover Western as the constituency heads into the next general election. For the first time in its history, two women, both born and raised in the parish, will be vying for a seat.....
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
Fri, 04 Jul 2025 16:00:42 -0500St James bartender runs from cops, caught with firearm
The St James police charged a man following the seizure of a pistol with a magazine attached during an operation in Tucker district, Granville, in the parish on Thursday. Twenty-three-year-old Waquar Beaton, a bartender from the parish, has been....
Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:18:43 -0500Man accused of abduction and rape remanded until July 11
A St Catherine man charged with the abduction and rape of a 21-year-old woman was remanded when he appeared in the St Catherine Parish Court on Thursday. The court ordered that he remain in custody until July 11, pending verification of an...
Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:12:42 -0500Woman pleads guilty to stealing $1.2 Million from parked car
A St Catherine woman, Disanthia Ainsworth, has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the theft of over $1 million from a parked vehicle in Spanish Town on June 11. In the St Catherine Parish Court Ainsworth admitted to simple larceny and...
Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:05:44 -0500Cops placed on leave after video shows suspect beaten in St Vincent
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC -Two members of the Special Services Unit of the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) have been placed on administrative leave after a video surfaced on social media showing them beating up a man...
Fri, 04 Jul 2025 12:20:13 -0500Two people killed at vigil for teacher allegedly murdered by cop
A candlelight vigil in Essex, St Mary turned into a crime scene Thursday night when two people who were thought to be relatives of a police constable who was accused of killing an assistant teacher were shot dead. The victims have been...