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St James Municipal Corporation exploring night markets to support Mobay’s evening vendors
The St James Municipal Corporation is exploring the establishment of night markets in downtown Montego Bay to support vendors who make most of their income during evening hours. Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the corporation, Councillor...
CommentsWoman and man held over firearm seizure in St Mary
The police have arrested a woman and a man after a gun was seized during an operation in Spicy Grove, Oracabessa in St Mary, early Saturday morning. According to the Oracabessa police, about 5:30 a.m., a team conducted an operation at a premises...
Comments- Man reportedly of unsound mind shot after allegedly attacking police in Manchester
- NWA: rehabilitation of hurricane-damaged roads to start by end of January
- Trump warns Cuba to make a 'deal' before it's too late
- Motor vehicle examinations to start Monday for 2026 road licence renewals
- Man arrested over seizure of ammunition in St James
Risky roads
Vice-Chairman of the National Road Safety Council, Dr Lucien Jones, is cautioning that 2026 will be marked by further avoidable tragedy unless decisive action is taken to improve road safety and curb dangerous driving. “[The year] 2026 is going to...
CommentsHurricane relief alarm
WESTERN BUREAU: Councillors at the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation are raising a growing concern that the government’s move away from traditional care packages, towards a voucher-based assistance programme, could leave many hurricane-affected...
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Shaniek Parks | After school food reform: Time to tackle the digital diet
Scroll through any social media feed, and it quickly becomes clear: our food environment extends beyond traditional spaces such as the kitchen or school canteen. For many young Jamaicans, social media platforms like TikTok now shape what they eat...
CommentsJavon Downie | Fix how we spend: Prioritise financial accountability
Public discourse often focuses on new projects and increased spending. Yet, our recent experiences suggest that the more-pressing concern is not necessarily how much we spend, but rather how well public resources are managed. Jamaica’s enduring...
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TIGHT AT THE TOP
Racing United had to claw their way from behind to earn a 1-1 draw against Caribbean Cup champions Mount Pleasant, spoiling the hosts’ first home outing of the new year in an entertaining Jamaica Premier League (JPL) clash yesterday. The draw keeps...
CommentsEmbattled Treasure Beach snap Molynes’ unbeaten run
Treasure Beach ended their four-match losing streak, while ending Molynes’ five-game unbeaten run, after a 2-1 win at Drewsland stadium yesterday. Daniel Hardy fired the St Elizabeth team ahead after six minutes, and although Tyrique Wilson...
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Jamaica’s luxury one-bedroom market breaks $50m threshold
The prospective buyer, graceful with strands of grey, followed the skirted realtor up a minimalist tower, paused at the patio to take in the view. Then sped away in his Porsche. “That’s what he drives when he’s on the island,” the realtor whispered...
CommentsThe Power of Financial Literacy
Even people who are otherwise very literate can be financially illiterate; it shows in how poorly they manage their financial affairs. Financial literacy, though, gives power to realise personal goals from short-term to long-term and plays a...
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Remembering those who died in 2025
Today, we pause to remember those who made a solid contribution to the music industry and bowed out in the year 2025. This list includes a lot of veterans, some of whom were still active in the business, entertainers who were ailing and those whose...
CommentsTop reggae and dancehall artistes for 2025
This year, as we sat with our panellists, Sean ‘Contractor Edwards and Claude Mills, to reflect on and select the top artistes for 2025, they were asked to ‘speak the truth and shame the devil’. And they tried their best. This is the conclusion of...
CommentsLetter of the Day | After Hurricane Melissa, policy failure is a choice
THE EDITOR, Madam: I write to express my wholehearted agreement with Allan Alberga’s profound and timely commentary, ‘Hurricane Melissa and Jamaica’s moment of reckoning’, published in The Gleaner of January 10. Far from a mere chronicle of the...
CommentsReputational damage from artificial intelligence
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing to air a serious and growing trend in social media relating to people being defrauded in which serious reputational damage was sustained to their personage and professional practice. As an aggrieved recipient of...
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They lost their husbands and then their land
SIAYA (AP): Rebecca Anyango stood outside the house she has called home for 26 years, wondering how long it will remain hers. As a widow, she’s been threatened with eviction for years by her late husband’s family, who claim she has no inheritance...
CommentsLawsuits by Trump allies could shape how the 2030 census is done
ORLANDO (AP): The next US census is four years away, but two lawsuits playing out this year could affect how it will be done and who will be counted. Allies of President Donald Trump are behind the federal lawsuits challenging various aspects of...
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Something Extra | Monday
Having just landed on The Sunday Gleaner’s shortlist of four Jamaican women with the most impactful fashion moments of 2025, SAINT International model Dru Campbell’s new year is already off to a spectacular start. The 19-year-old star makes the...
Four J’can women who conquered fashion in 2025
Four fascinating Jamaican women. One magnificent year of achievements. As Sunday Lifestyle looks back on the year that was, international designers Rachel Scott and Grace Wales Bonner, avant-garde costume and production designer Anna-Lisa Guthrie,...
Editorial | Expand partnerships
Ronald Thwaites | The question of morality and power