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December 9, 2025
Golding names new Shadow Cabinet
People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding today named a 36-member Shadow Cabinet comprising a team of spokespersons and some deputies. Among those returning from the previous Shadow…
December 9, 2025
Hurricane Humberto and Tropical Storm Imelda threaten the Bahamas and Bermuda
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in the Bahamas closed a majority of schools on Monday following mandatory evacuations for some islands in the archipelago as Tropical Storm Imelda was expected…
December 9, 2025
Gordon Robinson | Likkle but tallawah!
So the fatal index finger has finally been raised in the life of the great Harold Dennis “Dickie” Bird. I can hear readers, especially members of Generation Born Yesterday, sounding like New Orleans…
December 9, 2025
JCF’s defiance sends wrong message
THE EDITOR, Madam: The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has again revealed its contempt for accountability with its statement that “The JCF will not be dictated to by Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ), the…
December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | Address the crisis of values and attitudes
THE EDITOR, Madam: Three articles in The Gleaner on September 28 – ‘Costly lift-off’, Jalil Dabdoub’s ‘Cabinet bloat and the crisis of entitlement’, and Rev. Sean Major-Campbell’s reflection –…
December 9, 2025
Take men’s health seriously
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing to highlight the importance of male health. Too often, men only seek medical care when illness has already taken hold when symptoms have worsened to the point of…
December 9, 2025
Church called to be part of Jamaica’s governance, declares new Anglican head
The Christian Church must play an active role in Jamaica’s governance and moral fabric, newly installed Anglican Bishop of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, Leon Golding, declared on Sunday. Preaching…
December 9, 2025
by Ainsley Walters
Unspun too good for Typewriter rivals
UNITED States-bred UNSPUN ran INTRESTNTIMESAHEAD off his legs in yesterday’s Typewriter Trophy at seven and a half furlongs, foiling the 2024 St Leger winner’s attempt at winning a second…
December 9, 2025
by Tanesha Mundle
‘Please send him home’
The distraught guardians of missing Manchester High student Jayden Thompson were up to late yesterday pleading for his safe return, clinging to hope as the days pass with no sign of the 12-year-old.…