1+ hour, 8+ min ago   (349+ words) The Government is moving to have local farmers get first preference in supplying the tourism sector as the country targets 10 million visitors and US$10 billion in tourism earnings over the next decade. The move is in keeping with the tourism…...

1+ hour, 23+ min ago   (909+ words) China often leans into its “developing country” status, portraying itself as a defender of the Global South’s interests and cultivating a close alliance with the Group of 77, which includes 134 countries from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. But some…...

1+ hour, 31+ min ago   (834+ words) The consultation was over. So was the diagnosis. All that remained was to pick up the medication. “We don’t have it,” they told him at the hospital pharmacy. “You’ll have to buy it elsewhere.” For that patient, the care he…...

1+ hour, 34+ min ago   (887+ words) Justice Minister Delroy Chuck says there is no longer a backlog of expungement applications following the recent amendments to the Criminal Records (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Amendment Act (2026). Chuck made the disclosure on Sunday at the Eastern Region Assize Church Service…...

1+ hour, 36+ min ago   (398+ words) There is need for greater clarity by the government on its plan to build a new, state-of-the-art prison, including timelines for construction and proposals for a public-private partnership for the project. Plans for a new prison have been on and…...

1+ hour, 37+ min ago   (81+ words) Youth Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon says a probe has been launched to determine the circumstances that led to five children remaining in the care of the Spanish Town Hospital for several months after being abandoned by their families. Morris…...

1+ hour, 43+ min ago   (88+ words) It was hard to watch a big youth cry in disappointment and shame last week at the start of the school year, especially in the presence of the parent who has invested so much of the little they had in…...

1+ hour, 43+ min ago   (392+ words) Extreme heat is often treated as a weather problem. For climate-vulnerable economies, it is increasingly an economic one. The passage of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa inflicted unprecedented environmental damage across Jamaica. Approximately 42,000 hectares of broadleaf forests and more than 2,000 hectares of…...

1+ hour, 44+ min ago   (127+ words) Jamaica Gleaner Singer-songwriter Sevana brought the spirit of a classic house party to Cherry Drive for the promotional visual rollout of her latest single, Jeans N’ Marina. Produced by Teflon Zincfence, the track was officially released last Wednesday. The intimate…...

21+ hour, 43+ min ago   (393+ words) Last month, we talked about moving on after regret – a topic that is popular in many movies. This month, I want us to consider another growing theme in movies: What happens when we can no longer tell what is true?...