Janet Silvera - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Vincent-Cooke and Stolen Kiss (Coco), the horse that carried her from novice competition to the FEI World Championships in Aachen, Germany.
August 24, 2026 by Janet Silvera

‘I only represent Jamaica’

WESTERN BUREAU: At the age of four, Tegan Vincent-Cooke was placed on a horse as a form of physiotherapy. Twenty-one years later, the young Jamaican woman living with cerebral palsy and dystonia rode…
One of several appeals made on Saturday.
August 23, 2026 by Janet Silvera

‘We need help’ - Cooper’s Pen residents return to the streets, plead for relocation as demolition threat hangs over community

WESTERN BUREAU: “Where are you, Mr Prime Minister? Where are you? We need help.” It was the anguished cry from Cooper’s Pen, on Saturday morning as residents, some already homeless and others fearful…
Full view of the 62-foot monument depicting the resilience of the Jamaican people, now being sculpted in Montego Bay, St James.
August 16, 2026 by Janet Silvera

62 feet of resilience - Ja’s tallest sculpted monument rises from Melissa, reaching back to 1962

WESTERN BUREAU: Businessman Christopher Issa has commissioned what will become one of Jamaica’s tallest sculpted monument – a massive 62-foot work by renowned Jamaican sculptor Scheed Cole that is as…
August 9, 2026 by Janet Silvera

The cop who finally listened - Two women recount years of fear after ending abusive relationships; grateful to corporal for standing with them

WESTERN BUREAU: They are two Kingston women with different lives and different histories of alleged abuse, but when Karen P.* and Janice Q.* speak about the policeman they say finally listened, the…
Chef Maurice Mullings
August 2, 2026 by Janet Silvera

Jamaica’s island flavours to ignite Beijing - Montego Bay chef to serve up Independence fare in China

WESTERN BUREAU: Executive Chef Maurice Mullings will take Jamaican cuisine to China this week, leading the island’s first official food festival in Beijing as Jamaica celebrates its 64th anniversary…

Edgar Bruce sits in the small kitchen that he lives in at the Mt Matthews Church of the Nazarene in Logwood, Shrewsbury in Westmoreland
July 26, 2026 by Janet Silvera

The kitchen that became home - 71-year-old holds on to hope nine months after storm

WESTERN BUREAU: The neatly made bed occupies one side of the kitchen at the Mt Matthews Church of the Nazarene in Logwood, Shrewsbury, Westmoreland. On the other are cupboards, pots and cooking…
Jamaica-born Talia Parkinson-Jones, executive producer of NBC’s Today with Jenna and Sheinelle, on the job while a segment was being shot at Sandals Dunn’s River in Ocho Rios, St Ann.
March 29, 2026 by Janet Silvera

FULL CIRCLE

WESTERN BUREAU: From a little girl growing up in Kingston to one of daytime television’s most influential producers, Talia Parkinson-Jones has built a career shaping stories, steering culture, and…
One of the beauties that makes Tiamo stand out.
February 22, 2026 by Janet Silvera

Built on love, tested by storms

WESTERN BUREAU: On a weekend devoted to love, a Jamaican returnee finally opened a resort built on it. As Valentine’s Day celebrations unfolded across the island, Annika D’Andrea officially launched…
Jeremiah Knight, author of the cookbook and memoir ‘Diplomat in the Kitchen’.
February 8, 2026 by Janet Silvera