The new year is finally here! And already, the island has begun to celebrate with a bottle of bubbly! If you’re still drinking to good health for 2026, you may want to consider adding Cipriani to your sipping portfolio. According to Dr Debbian...
AP: Richard Smallwood, the gospel singer and eight-time Grammy-nominated recording artist, has died. He was 77. He passed away Tuesday from complications of kidney failure at a rehabilitation and nursing centre in Sandy Spring, Maryland, his...
THE GLOBAL Environment Facility (GEF) has announced US$52.8 million for four new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)-led projects. The occasion was the 70th Council meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), held in December. “The...
Perhaps you’re one of those people who are very thoughtful and assiduous about planning the big holiday meals. You’re on top of the appetisers, entrée, the sides, and the dessert. Maybe you even iron your linen napkins. But then you slap your...
WESTERN BUREAU: Hundreds of children and parents still grappling with the trauma left by Hurricane Melissa were offered a measure of respite on Tuesday as the Jamaica Regiment of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) mounted a major psychosocial and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Linvern Wright, the president of the Jamaica Association of Principals of Secondary Schools (JAPSS), is expressing concern that the proliferation of technology as a learning tool in schools may be creating more problems than it...
What if you had one big dream and discovered that someone you love was the architect of its demise? What would you do when you made that discovery, and how would it colour your relationship going forward? This forms the basis of Patrick Brown’s new...
The Scottish Society welcomed patrons to Amalfi at Caymanas Golf and Country Club on Sunday, marking a highlight on this season’s social calendar. Supported by Johnnie Walker and Heineken, the event drew inspiration from the relaxed elegance of...
The year is ending on a positive note for a group of volunteers who, in early December, was alarmed by the theft of a shipping container with relief supplies destined for Jamaica at a storage facility in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Isaac Laird...
The auditorium at the Maxfield Park Children’s Home came alive with performances for its Christmas showcase as the children danced and performed drumming pieces in celebration of the Christmas season. Among the performances were drumming pieces...
Creativity, affordability and healthy living took centre stage as members of the Rose Gardens Parenting Club gathered for a nutritional cook-off at the Kingston Technical High School recently, aimed at promoting balanced meals for children, even...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I write with a heavy yet hopeful heart in the wake of the devastating hurricane that has tested our nation. I understand the impulse to support churches as pillars of solace, community, and leadership in times of crisis....
If there is one development from the past year that most Jamaicans will wish is carried over to 2026 it is the dramatic decline in intentional homicides. Murders fell by 42 per cent (there were 666 homicides up to December 27), which means that,...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Peace and peaceful coexistence must be the objective of every leader in CARICOM, indeed in the hemisphere. Peace is, in fact, the stated objective of every war. If that were not so, there would be perpetual fighting. The issue...
JAMAICA’S FOREST cover has been hit hard by the rampage of Hurricane Melissa, its many offerings — from food to shade to storm surge protection and the sense of well-being that trees provide — now diminished by the Category 5 event. But the battle...
THE EDITOR, Madam: As a Jamaican whose identity includes a complex weaving of Maroon resistance, Haitian tenacity, and East Indian ceremonial richness, I stand in hybrid vigour supporting The Gleaner’s December 27, editorial, ‘Preserving Jamaica’...
In Jamaica, people are often brought before the criminal courts to answer to charges against them. It is important to understand that such charges rest upon the foundation of mere allegations by others. Some allegations are so egregious that in the...
Appleton Estate has released a limited-edition Spanish Sherry Cask, a new expression that combines Oloroso Sherry Casks with Jamaican rum. It is designed for rum fans, dark spirit enthusiasts, and daring drinkers. With layers of dried fruit, honey...
Netflix documentary The Reckoning, which traces the rise and fall of Sean ‘P-Diddy’ Combs from Harlem party promoter to billionaire music mogul, and follows the wave of abuse allegations and federal charges that ultimately led to his 2024...