Jamaica Gleaner

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:07:24 -0500
Mediation muddle
At the completion of a court-ordered mediation in May last year, a judge at the Trelawny Parish Court dismissed four criminal charges laid against a businessman by two policemen who claimed he assaulted them. Rayon Bell was found not guilty of assau...

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:07:26 -0500
UWI doors open to med students in Cuba
The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, says there has been no official communication or request to accept anxious Jamaican medical students in Cuba, but it has indicated that it can accommodate those wanting to return to Jamaica. Campus Regi...

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:07:27 -0500
Samuels is new president of Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica
Pastor Glen Samuels was on Tuesday elected president of the Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists during its Third Quinquennial Session, held at the Mandeville Seventh-day Adventist Church in Manchester. After being recommended by the ...

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:06:44 -0500
Comeback trail
With Jamaica’s tourism products experiencing appreciable rebound following the displacements brought about by Hurricane Melissa last October, privately owned attractions are also fighting to get back to pre-hurricane operations. Nearly four months...

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:06:36 -0500
Framing the future
A steel frame house left standing in Savanna-la-Mar after Hurricane Melissa tore through sections of western Jamaica has started a conversation about how the country should rebuild and whether it is time to rethink traditional block and steel constr...

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:07:07 -0500
Malvern churches get $2.6m donation from late educator’s trust
WESTERN BUREAU: St Elizabeth-based churches, the St Albans Anglican Church and the Bethlehem Moravian Church, are the joint beneficiaries of a J$2.6-million donation from the now-defunct Mavis Fraser-Davis Trust. The funds are to be used to assist s...

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:07:14 -0500
FEAR TURNS FATAL
Shock, grief, and simmering anger have engulfed residents of Marlin Way in Braeton, Portmore, after a 63-year-old mother was brutally chopped to death inside her home. It was an attack neighbours say they feared could one day happen. The deceased wo...

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:07:10 -0500
‘Death knell for small hotels’
WESTERN BUREAU: As Jamaica’s tourism sector continues its post-Hurricane Melissa recovery, small hotel operators are warning that new tax measures slated for implementation in April 2027 could destabilise locally owned properties and weaken the is...

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:06:56 -0500
Hustle to hope
When Kadeem Henry reflects on his journey, the first word he uses is not ‘success’ or ‘achievement’, it is ‘survival’. A trained graduate with a Bachelor of Education in Special Education from The Mico University College, he stands as a...

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:07:07 -0500
Detective draws line between ‘suspect’ and ‘possible suspect’ in Clansman trial
A senior police investigator in one of the shootings allegedly carried out by the Clansman Gang in 2017 yesterday insisted that a “possible suspect” is not a suspect at all as the gang trial continued with further scrutiny of the Roger Avenue ki...

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