Karen Madden/Gleaner Writer

Heavy equipment and trucks are seen at Sandy Gully clearing debris and garbage ahead of Tropical Storm Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

Sandy Gully race against time

A major de-silting of sections of the Sandy Gully in St Andrew got under way yesterday morning in a race against time as Tropical Storm Melissa meanders towards Jamaica. Works Minister Robert Morgan,…
Dr Michelle Holt (right) is all smiles as she receives the Order of Distinction from Governor General Sir Patrick Allen during the Ceremony of Investiture and Presentation of National Honours and Awards on the lawns of King’s House yesterday.
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

‘Give them the tools’

SPORTS MEDICINE practitioner Dr Michelle Holt is urging parents of students who show an interest in sports to give them the tools to balance both in order to be successful. Speaking with The Gleaner…
Former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson speaks at the P. J. Patterson Institute for Africa Caribbean Advocacy Scholarship, sponsored by the National Commercial Bank, in honour of his 90th birth anniversary, at the institute located at The University of the W
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

‘Dangerous and horrible’

Former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson is describing the United States (US) drone attacks on vessels in Caribbean waters as “fundamentally dangerous and a horrible erosion of regional leaders’…
Ian Forbes
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

JAAA tackles World Athletics ratification issues

TRACK AND field’s local governing body, the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA), is seeking to prevent last year’s controversy where some local meets were not ratified by World…
Chairperson of the Marketing and Commercialisation Affairs Committee of the Professional Women’s Football Jamaica Limited, Carlene Edwards.
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

Edwards ‘humbled’ by FIFA appointment

FRESH FROM her involvement in a revamped Jamaica Women’s Premier League, marketing and communications expert Carlene Edwards has been appointed to the FIFA Women’s National Team Competitions…
Professor Andrew Spencer, president of the Caribbean Maritime University.
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

CMU trims sails on soaring fees

The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) is pushing back against suggestions that its fees for students to participate in graduation ceremonies are exorbitant. After years of study, graduation is…
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce gets ready to puh out of the blocks for the very last time during the women's 4x100-metre final at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Stadium.
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

It's official: Fraser-Pryce steps away from the track

Legendary sprinting icon Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has officially announced her retirement from the sport. Ahead of the National Championships in June Fraser-Pryce had revealed that it would be the…
Jamaican track and field fans display signs that spell out Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s name in celebration of her international retirement after the women’s 4x100 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, last month. Fraser-Pryce retir
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

TIMELESS LEGACY

JAMAICA OLYMPIC Association President Christopher Samuda is among those paying tribute to multi-World Championships and Olympic medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce after the 38-year-old confirmed that…
Jamaica’s Tyreek Magee (right) tries to evade the challenge of the United States’ Malik Tillman during a Concacaf Nations League, League A quarter-final match at the National Stadium on November 14, 2024.
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

Magee back at Mount Pleasant

JAMAICA INTERNATIONAL Tyreek Magee has joined Jamaica Premier League (JPL) outfit Mount Pleasant Football Academy on a free transfer. The club made the announcement on Sunday, with Magee set to take…