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Delano Seiveright, state minister in the Ministry of of Industry, Investment, and Commerce.
December 9, 2025

Seiveright unveils strategy to sharpen Jamaica’s manufacturing competitiveness

WESTERN BUREAU: Delano Seiveright, the state minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC), says Jamaica’s manufacturing sector is poised for renewed growth under a…
Gleaner sources have confirmed that Craig Beresford, the former director of information and complaints is to be sworn in as executive director.
December 9, 2025

Three IC directors to be sworn in this morning

Governor General Sir Patrick Allen is expected to swear in three directors of the Integrity Commission (IC) this morning. Gleaner sources have confirmed that Craig Beresford, the former director of…
An official at the Guardsman Group, the parent company for Beryllium, declined to comment when contacted on Tuesday.
December 9, 2025

Millions stolen from Beryllium vehicle still missing

Millions of dollars that were stolen from a Beryllium armoured vehicle have still not been found nearly a week after cops arrested the security guard accused of stealing the cash, the police have…
This NOAA satellite image taken at 11:40 a.m. EST on Tuesday, October 21, shows Tropical Storm Melissa in the Central Caribbean Sea.
December 9, 2025

Tropical Storm Melissa moving very slowly

The Meteorological Service of Jamaica says Tropical Storm Melissa is moving very slowly across the Caribbean Sea south of Hispaniola and tropical storm conditions pose a possible threat to Jamaica…
Marissa Peddie (right), recipient of the Bishop Philmon Samuels Scholarship, accepts a cheque representing the scholarship towards her degree in primary education at Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College from Olga Samuels, senior founding pastor of the Fresh Brea
December 9, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Former ward at St James girls’ home, Sunday school teacher are first recipients of Bishop Philmon Samuels Scholarship

WESTERN BUREAU: Two young women, a Sunday school teacher and a former ward of the Melody Girls’ House in St James, became the first recipients of the inaugural Bishop Philmon Samuels Scholarship Fund,…
December 9, 2025

Basil Jarrett | What STATIN’s new census really tells us

AN INTERESTING report came out last week from the Institute of Family Studies in the USA, a right-wing organisation that seems to favour conservative causes such as anti-abortion and anti-gay rights.…
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December 9, 2025

Editorial | Tourism and growth

THE GOVERNMENT’S reaching for advice on how Jamaica can make tourism deliver more to the wider society is an obviously positive development. But while The Gleaner welcomes the move, we hope that the…
December 9, 2025

Massia Bailey| Managing impact of the learning environment on students

STUDENTS LEARN as much from what’s implied as from what’s explicitly taught. In many teacher preparation programmes, the concept of the formal and informal curriculum is introduced to emphasise that…
The police had made a public appeal to Maine, a taxi operator, to report to the nearest police station.
December 9, 2025

Police identify three men killed in alleged St Catherine shootout

The police in St Catherine have identified the three men who were reportedly shot and killed during a fierce gun battle with police in Linstead, St Catherine, Monday night. They are 24-year-old…