Lead Stories

From left: Omar Sweeney, managing director of Jamaica Social Investment Fund; Floyd Green, minister of agriculture, fisheries and mining; Matthew Samuda, minister of water, environment and climate change; and Wayne Robertson, permanent secretary in the Min
March 31, 2026 by Livern Barrett

Gov’t launches US$50m project for climate-resilient farming

A multibillion-dollar project designed by the Government to harden the country’s agriculture sector against climate shocks is expected to boost nearly 15,000 farmers in the first year, officials have…
A mourner at yesterday’s funeral for Kiero Pinnock at the Regent Street Seventh-day Adventist Church in Kingston.
March 30, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

‘Day of reckoning’

Declaring that no act of violence will go unanswered, Pastor Adolphus Smith yesterday warned that there will be “a day of reckoning” as he addressed mourners at the funeral of slain Denham Town…
Big sister Arielle kisses ‘Boy’, her nickname for little sister Anna-Olivia.
March 30, 2026 by Carl Gilchrist

A prayer for Anna

A Trelawny mother who gave birth six months ago to a baby with Trisomy 13, or Patau syndrome, has come forward to share aspects of the family’s journey with the child, who is currently hospitalised.…
Vincent Morrison, president of UCASE.
March 30, 2026 by Karen Madden

Dental surgeons grit teeth over classification delay

The Union of Clerical Administrative and Supervisory Employees (UCASE) is blaming systemic “inertia” for the protracted delay in correcting an anomaly affecting registered dental surgeons. The union,…
Donna Parchment-Brown hands over an inflatable mattress to Newell High School head boy Gary Blake on Friday. Also in the picture (from left) are Dr Adeniyini Bamedele, foundation board member; head girl Kimberley Thompson, and Principal Audrey Ellington.
March 30, 2026 by Carl Gilchrist

New appeal for Jamaicans to help hurricane-impacted students return to school

St Elizabeth Homecoming Foundation Chairman Donna Parchment Brown has issued a call for Jamaicans, individuals and organisations to come forward and assist students who have not returned to school…
Vana Taylor (second left), chairman of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association Ocho Rios Runaway Bay Chapter, hands over a cheque for $150,000 to Gwendolyn Howell, administrator at Widow’s Mite, as an annual charitable donation, while Cherile Thompson
March 30, 2026

JHTA chapter aids St Ann’s Widow’s Mite

The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) Ocho Rios Runaway Bay Chapter continued its decades-long support of the Mustard Seeds Widow’s Mite facility in St Ann with a donation of $150,000 on…
Cables hang from a utility pole and trail along the roadside in Carawina, Westmoreland.
March 29, 2026 by Mickalia Kington

Tangled and dangerous

Five months after the passage of Hurricane Melissa, the danger hasn’t passed. It’s hanging – literally – over nearly every road, sidewalk, and gate in Westmoreland, especially in the capital. What…
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…
William Squier Gonzalez, UNOPS portfolio development adviser for Latin America and the Caribbean, speaking with The Sunday Gleaner at the newspaper’s North Street offices last Thursday.
March 29, 2026 by Kimone Francis

No solo rebuild

The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is warning that Jamaica’s recovery from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa will rise or fall on a single factor: Government, private interests,…