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Dr OmiSoore Dryden.
December 9, 2025

Jamaican-Canadian professor named Canada Research Chair

TORONTO: Dr OmiSoore Dryden, a full professor at the School of Nursing in the Faculty of Health at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has been awarded a prestigious research professorship…
Despite facing significant damage to its own St Mary farm operations, the JP Farms team mobilised swiftly to deliver a truckload of food items – fresh bananas, plantains and assorted St Mary’s snacks – to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security Sa
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | JP Farms delivers food items to hurricane relief effort

December 9, 2025

Gabriel Agbo | You will laugh again

“And Sarah declared, God has brought me laughter! All who hear about this will laugh with me. For who would have dreamed that I would ever have a baby? Yet I have given Abraham a son in his old age!”…
Officers attached to the Guanaboa Vale Police Station in St Catherine clear debris from the roadway caused by Hurricane Melissa, during a workday in the community on November 3.
December 9, 2025

Police clear roadway leading to Guanaboa Vale Primary School in St Catherine

The police and community members have cleared debris from the roadway leading to the St Catherine-based Guanaboa Vale Primary School, caused by the passage of Hurricane Melissa on October 28. During…
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December 9, 2025

Dwight Fletcher | Jesus is the Lord of all

I HAVE been praying earnestly for Jamaica and for you over the past two weeks. The road to recovery may look long and hard, but my encouragement is that Jesus Christ is Lord over His creation.
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon (left), listens to Hidran McKulsky, principal of Manchester-based Holmwood Technical High School, while on a visit to the institution on Sunday to see the extent of the hurr
December 9, 2025

Editorial | Melissa, reading and rebuilding

T he Gleaner welcomes the appreciation by Education Minister Dana Morris Dixon of the urgency of placing children back into a learning mode after last week’s destruction by Hurricane Melissa,…
In this July 6, 2010 file photo, workers use machinery to dig at a rare earth mine in Baiyunebo mining district of Baotou in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
December 9, 2025

China, EU reach agreement on rare earth materials

The European Union has agreed with China on stabilising the flow of rare earth materials and products from China that are critical elements for many high-tech and military products, an official said…
In this October 30 photo a man is seen sitting by the roadside on High Street, Black River, surrounded by debris of structures damaged by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Keisha Hill

British sisters set to raise funds to assist Hurricane Melissa victims

Following the devastation caused by Category 5 Hurricane Melissa, Naomi and Emily Townsend, two sisters from South Croydon in the United Kingdom, have set themselves a challenging goal: walking 22…
A flooded area of Cave Valley in St Ann, one of many areas damaged during Hurricane Melissa, which hit Jamaica on October 28, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Jamaica’s insured losses from Melissa could reach US$4b, analytics firm says

Verisk Analytics, a global data analytics firm, estimates that insured property losses from Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica could range between US$2.2 billion and US$4.2 billion, but these figures await…