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.....
Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:09:51 -0500Tying down the election date
In Jamaica, where general election dates aren’t fixed by law, as the Holness administration closes in on its fifth anniversary since its 2020 re-election, it’s almost time for Jamaica’s to be summoned back to the polls. And according to politi...
Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:10:16 -0500‘Tax on love’
Members of the Jamaican diaspora in the United States are condemning the new excise tax of one per cent on money remitted to Jamaica, effective December 31 this year. The one per cent tax is set out in the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ passed by the US.....
Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:08:57 -0500Gov’t returns businesswoman’s passport amid rights breach claim
A Jamaican businesswoman, who accused immigration authorities of unlawfully seizing her passport, scored a major victory in court on Friday when the document was returned to her after nearly seven months in government custody. The passport of...
Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:10:08 -0500Golding urges Comrades not to ‘sell out’ to JLP in Portland
Opposition Leader Mark Golding is urging People’s National Party (PNP) supporters not to succumb to pressure he said will come from the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) for their votes in the coming general election. Golding, who was speaking at the......
Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:09:22 -0500Plans in high gear for CARICOM Heads meeting tomorrow
A special invitation has been extended to members of the Upper House to the 49th meeting of the CARICOM Heads of Government between July 6 and 8 in Montego Bay, St James. Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade......
Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:08:00 -0500Jamaican woman climbs Mount Kilimanjaro for 50th birthday
When Rotendo Mukulu decided a year and half ago that she was going to climb to the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa, to celebrate her 50th birthday, she had never even hiked before. Nonetheless, the immigration adviser believed...
Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:07:17 -0500Glendevon Primary students celebrated PEP success achieved during community riot
WESTERN BUREAU: The school family at Glendevon Primary and Junior High, in St James, is today celebrating the success of their grade-six cohort as, despite sitting their 2025 Primary Exit Profile examination during a riot in the community, 30 of...
Sat, 05 Jul 2025 01:18:36 -0500Jamaica’s ambassador to Japan rallies Peace Boat passengers for nuclear abolition
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s Ambassador to Japan, Shorna-Kay Richards, is calling for global nuclear disarmament, urging the passengers aboard the Peace Boat to “never give up the fight” for peace, justice, and a nuclear-free world. Delivering a....
Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:09:59 -0500StJMC hastily removes ‘Free Gaza’ signs at airport entrance
Persons traversing the roadway near the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, yesterday morning were greeted with an unfamiliar sight – several billboards nailed to palm trees displaying messages of “Free Gaza” and “No to....
Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:07:11 -0500Ciara Farquharson cops major award at Greater Destiny’s graduation
WESTERN BUREAU: Twelve-year-old Ciara Farquharson was the toast of Thursday’s Greater Destiny Preparatory School graduation, walking away with the Director’s Award in recognition of her outstanding discipline, leadership, and well-rounded...
Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:10:35 -0500Curtis Martin retires as JN Financial Group managing director effective July 1
Curtis Martin has retired as managing director of the JN Financial Group Limited, effective July 1. In a released yesterday evening, Earl Jarrett, chief executive officer of The Jamaica National Group Limited, parent company of JN Financial Group......
Fri, 04 Jul 2025 00:12:32 -0500Asian wave
Asians make up the largest number of people requesting an extension of stay in Jamaica, accounting for 46 per cent of the 10,146 aliens registered in 2024, according to Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) records. In its latest Economic and Social....
Fri, 04 Jul 2025 00:12:04 -0500‘Excessive’
Airbnb operators in Jamaica are warning that a proposed law requiring licensing and regulation of short-term rental (STR) accommodations by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) could cripple the industry and drive small, local hosts out of business. The....
Fri, 04 Jul 2025 00:12:14 -0500STATIN: Jamaica grew 1.1% in March quarter
Jamaica’s economy grew by 1.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2025, compared to the corresponding period in the previous year, driven by increases in both goods and services, according to the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). The figure....
Fri, 04 Jul 2025 00:11:11 -0500MoBay to hear atomic bomb testimonies during ‘Peace Boat’ voyage
WESTERN BUREAU: Three survivors of the August 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States will be among the 1,700 passengers, who will arrive at the Montego Freeport Cruise Ship Port on Saturday, on the Peace Boat’s 120th......