Jamaica Gleaner
Wed, 18 Mar 2026 01:07:09 -0400Leakage lockdown
Opposition Leader Mark Golding is proposing a digital dragnet that he says could cut tax leakages and pump approximately $70 billion into the Government’s coffers while describing the Holness administration’s $18-billion tax package as “unimag...
Wed, 18 Mar 2026 01:07:17 -0400Clash in courtroom over videotaping of Clansman trial defendants
A sharp courtroom clash over the alleged videotaping of defendants set the tone for proceedings in the Supreme Court yesterday,before a police prosecution witness later identified two of the accused men in connection with the 2020 murder of William...
Wed, 18 Mar 2026 01:06:47 -0400New sex offender rehab programme to launch this year
WESTERN BUREAU: Retired Brigadier Radgh Mason, the commissioner of corrections, says a new rehabilitation programme for sex offenders, aimed at giving those individuals a chance to change their behaviour and making it easier for them to reintegrate ...
Wed, 18 Mar 2026 01:06:55 -0400‘We love Cuba’
An older couple from the Norman Gardens community in Kingston is among many Jamaicans left frustrated and disappointed by the departure of Cuban medical personnel who have served on the island for five decades. “My husband is one of the beneficiar...
Wed, 18 Mar 2026 01:06:42 -0400Ricketts Walker hails ‘Team Customs’ for achievements during her tenure
Outgoing Commissioner of Customs Dr Velma Ricketts Walker says one of the most important achievements during her tenure was the ongoing transformation and strengthening of the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) into a modern, professional, and resilient o...
Wed, 18 Mar 2026 01:07:04 -0400Robinson’s digital nomad proposal ‘good for market’ but ‘needs more fleshing out’
The Realtors Association of Jamaica (RAJ) has endorsed Opposition Spokesman on Finance Julian Robinson’s proposal for a digital nomad programme, arguing that it could boost both long- and short-term rentals while attracting remote workers to inves...
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 01:07:35 -0400Golding’s move
Despite not being able to implement policy decisions from his position in Parliament, much is expected when Opposition Leader Mark Golding makes his presentation this afternoon in the 2026–2027 Budget Debate at Gordon House. Golding, the third spe...
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 01:07:39 -0400Witness rejects suggestions murdered businessman linked to undesirables
A relative of slain businessman William Christian took the witness stand on Monday in the ongoing Clansman Gang trial, identifying items belonging to the deceased and rejecting suggestions that the former Ministry of Transport employee was involved ...
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 01:07:12 -0400St Bess cops concerned as more than 400 students still out of school after Melissa
WESTERN BUREAU: Superintendent of Police Coleridge Minto, the commander for St Elizabeth, is raising concern about the fact that some 400 students from across the parish have not returned to school since the passage of Hurricane Melissa last October...
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 01:07:24 -0400Reid fraud trial pushed back again
The absence of several defence attorneys in the fraud trial involving former Education Minister Ruel Reid and his co-accused forced an adjournment of the matter in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. The case was scheduled to resume w...