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Garnett Reid, president of the Small Business Association of Jamaica.
December 16, 2025

‘Unconscionable’

President of the Small Businesses Association of Jamaica (SBAJ) Garnett Reid says Jamaicans should strenuously push back against a seven per cent increase in electricity rate approved by the Office of…
Mickel Jackson, executive director of JFJ
December 16, 2025 by Corey Robinson

JFJ: Consensual sex between minors should not be a crime

Sexual offences, particularly consensual sexual intercourse with a person under 16, make up the majority of cases referred to Jamaica’s Child Diversion Programme, launched in 2020 to redirect children…
Rabbi Yaakov Raskin.
December 16, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

‘Light will overcome darkness’

WESTERN BUREAU: Rabbi Yaakov Raskin, director of Chabad Jamaica Limited, has condemned what he described as a “despicable” and hate-driven attack on the global Jewish community, following a deadly…
Anthony Smith, CEO at the RJRGLEANER Communications Group, gives remarks at the RJRGLEANER Honour Awards ceremony held on July 1 at the TVJ studios.
December 16, 2025

Smith lauded for integrity, innovation, and staff-centred leadership

Anthony Smith is being hailed as a compassionate media leader whose stewardship inspired his colleagues and fostered an environment of innovation. Smith, who was chief executive officer of the…
News
December 16, 2025 by Gareth Davis Sr

Deslandes calls for vigilance after reported rape at CASE

Passley Gardens, Portland: President of the College of Agriculture, Science, and Education (CASE), Derrick Deslandes, has condemned Sunday’s alleged rape of a female student by unknown assailants on…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness.
December 16, 2025 by Mickalia Kington

Holness stresses Petersfield High must reopen January

WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness on Saturday told displaced hurricane survivors sheltering at Petersfield High in Westmoreland that the Government is committed to relocating them to…
News
December 16, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

St Elizabeth’s most vulnerable struggling to access benefits

WESTERN BUREAU: The destruction left in the wake of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa has dealt a major blow to PATH and social pension beneficiaries in St Elizabeth, with damaged post offices severely…
Edmund Bartlett, minister of tourism.
December 15, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Build-back booster

WESTERN BUREAU: The Government has committed J$600 million to help displaced tourism workers repair and rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane Melissa as part of a broader public-private recovery…
Anthony Smith
December 15, 2025 by Karen Madden

RJRGLEANER mourns loss of CEO

Chairman of the RJRGLEANER Communications Group Joseph M. Matalon has reacted with shock and sadness at the sudden passing of the media conglomerate’s chief executive officer, Anthony Smith. Smith,…