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Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:10 AMAdrian Frater/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Some residents of Rose Heights, St James, have rejected the police’s account of an incident in which three men were shot and killed and two firearms allegedly seized in the community on Monday. The residents, who attempted to block...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:09 AM

A team of volunteer doctors and nurses from the United States and Canada recently delivered much-needed medical care to residents of St Ann still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. Mission is Possible, a disaster-relief charity, deployed 10 medical...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:09 AMDamian Levy/Gleaner Writer

The first Zootopia definitely caught me by surprise. A Disney film about anthropomorphised animals can certainly be entertaining, but what I didn’t expect was how resonant it would be. Underneath the thick surface of animal puns and slick...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:09 AM

Salada Foods Jamaica Limited will close out 2025 with record revenues, a new sorrel-flavoured drink, and a US$302,000 (J$50-million) investment in an X-ray machine to improve the quality of its core coffee products. General Manager Tamii Brown said...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:09 AMLivern Barrett/Senior Staff Reporter

In 2013, the year Hamish Campbell took up the post of assistant commissioner at the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), Jamaica recorded 258 police fatal shootings. Twelve years later, as Campbell gets ready to go off into...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:09 AMAdrian Frater/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau: Responding to the devastation left behind in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa, 17-year-old Spanish-Jamaican Kiran Moleon Lopez, a student at the American School of Madrid in Spain, has raised over $2 million to help provide supplies...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:08 AM

Since he started growing cannabis at 14, Mohamed Makhlouf has lived in the shadows, losing sleep while bracing for a knock on his door from authorities that could mean prison or his entire harvest confiscated. But after decades of operating in...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:08 AMMickalia Kington/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Frome, Westmoreland, yesterday began accessing clean, drinkable water again with the installation of a community water filtration system at the Pan-Caribbean Sugar Company Limited (PCSC) factory. The system was provided...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:08 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Jason Russell, president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, says that despite the widespread anxiety in the days following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, Montego Bay in St James did not experience any major...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:07 AM

Yard Mas kicked off Carnival 2026 with a hybrid Galleria costume presentation on Sunday at Palace Cineplex, Sovereign Centre, Kingston. The event showcased eight costumes—seven full looks and one Monday wear—designed by creators from Jamaica,...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:07 AM

Ford Motor Co is pivoting away from its once ambitious electric vehicle (EV) plans amid financial losses and waning consumer demand for the vehicles, in favour of investment in more efficient gas engines and hybrid EVs, the company said on Monday....

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:07 AM

Sagicor Group Jamaica Ltd said on Tuesday it will merge with Sagicor Life Inc, unifying operations under a new holding company, Sagicor Group Caribbean, and in the process create a US$6.9-billion entity. The deal, struck with parent Sagicor...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:07 AM

The United States gained a decent 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October as federal workers departed after cutbacks by the Trump administration, the government said in delayed reports. The unemployment rate rose to 4.6 per cent last...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:06 AM

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday pressuring states not to regulate artificial intelligence. Trump and some Republicans argue that the limited regulations already enacted by states, and others that might follow, will...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:06 AM

The effects of Hurricane Melissa on Jamaica continue to resonate across all sectors. While more attention has been given to what we label as negative effects, there are more than the residual positive effects on many sectors. For example, there are...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:06 AM

As an early and aggressive promoter of clean-up brigades for debris left behind by Hurricane Melissa, this newspaper appreciates the Government’s recent accelerated effort to remove the huge mounds of garbage in badly hit areas. Nonetheless, The...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:06 AM

CB Group CEO Matthew Lyn (left) and Evergo CEO Dr Wayne McKenzie seal their fleet partnership at the signing ceremony.

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:06 AMO’brian Wynter/Gleaner Writer

Yard Mas Carnival released an immersive and visually striking costume presentation on Sunday at the Palace Cineplex inside Sovereign Centre in St Andrew. The highly anticipated showcase, the first under Creative Director Anna-Lisa Guthrie, unveiled...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:06 AMPaul H. Williams/Gleaner Writer

Great Huts Eco Resort, an Afrocentric, eco-friendly hotel perched on the cliffs above Boston Bay in Portland, is filled with art – most notably the work of the late Mazola wa Mwashighadi, known simply as Mazola in artistic circles, who was murdered...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:06 AM

THE EDITOR: Madam: The National Prayer Vigil remains one of Jamaica’s most meaningful spiritual traditions, and Christian churches deserve commendation for sustaining it faithfully over the years. They have carried the country through seasons of...

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