Lead Stories
March 9, 2026
‘Not my North Star’, says 2026 top journalist
Senior Gleaner journalist Kimone Francis says being named the 2025 Journalist of the Year is a prestigious honour, but is not her “North Star”. “Knowing that a story helped a family find justice or…
March 9, 2026
Welfare fund established to assist journalists in need
Seeing colleague journalists struggle quietly with medical challenges and other personal crises is what moved veteran practitioner Janet Silvera to propose a welfare fund for Jamaican journalists.…
March 9, 2026
NSWMA to tackle garbage backlog
Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie says the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is working to clear a backlog of garbage across the country,…
March 8, 2026
by Corey Robinson
Left behind: Inside Bellevue’s ward for Jamaica’s forgotten patients
James Harvey*, 54, still moves as though he is standing behind a towering sound system. Sometimes he rocks from side to side, blurting intros to dancehall hits as if the speakers are still thumping…
March 8, 2026
by Lester Hinds
‘When women thrive, we all rise’
Today, for International Women’s Day and through the 2026 theme ‘Give To Gain’, the world is being encouraged to take on a mindset of generosity and collaboration, recognising that when people,…
March 8, 2026
by Olivia Brown
Woman tried to stop partner from leaving home before confrontation with cops left him, two others dead
The spouse of one of the three men killed during an alleged confrontation with police in Comfort district, Clarendon, on Friday is challenging the official account of the deadly encounter. The…
March 9, 2026
by Gregory Bryce
Flair | 10 athletes to watch at Girls’ Champs
The annual five-day track and field carnival that is the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) is once again on the horizon, and here is our list of the top 10 female…
March 7, 2026
by Tanesha Mundle
‘Justice was done’
The family of Melissa Silvera say they are not pleased with the possibility that her widower, former Member of Parliament (MP) Jolyan Silvera, could be eligible for parole after being sentenced to…
March 7, 2026
by Erica Virtue
Cuban foreign ministry: Jamaica’s decision to end medical programme ‘disregarded’ history of fruitful, sustained collaboration
Expressing deep regret over the termination of its near 50-year-old bilateral medical brigade programme with Jamaica, Cuba in a statement yesterday reaffirmed its commitment to the Jamaican people…