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Dressed in lime green, Dr Sherrill Chong, community transformation specialist, brings festive spirit at the An Evening of Light, Music and Giving benefit concert.
December 28, 2025

Something Extra | Saturday

With ongoing recovery efforts under way across the island, benefit concerts have taken centre stage this festive season, placing music and heart at the forefront. Among the most recent were ‘An…
Gleaner editorial writes: The decline of Jonkonnu in Moore Town should be taken seriously and urgent and innovative steps taken to preserve it and other dying cultural expressions. If these traditions fade, revival may be too late.
December 27, 2025

Editorial | Preserving Jamaica’s living culture

The recent report on the decline of Jonkonnu celebrations in Moore Town is unsettling, and it should be for Jamaicans alike, especially those who are passionate about the country’s deep-rooted…
A JN Foundation volunteer shows off some of the items inside the thrift shop established on the football field of the William Knibb Memorial High School last Sunday. The shop was one of the highlights of an event organised and hosted by FYI Consultancy Gro
December 27, 2025

Santa, stoves and second chances in Trelawny

It was not yet Christmas Eve, but it seemed like Grand Market came just a few days early for residents of Trelawny. From Martha Brae, Hague Settlement, Falmouth, and as far as Sherwood Content, they…
Letters
December 27, 2025

Letter of the Day | Be a support system this holiday season

THE EDITOR, Madam:
December 27, 2025

Behind every cloud of adversity, there’s a silver lining

THE EDITOR, Madam: Hardship is often seen as evidence of failure and unworthiness – especially when others with equal chances seem more positive and self-fulfilled than you. It may result in…
This 2020 photo shows students preparing to write exit examinations (CXC, NCTVET and City & Guilds) at Tarrant High School.
December 27, 2025

Najae Murray | Strengthening TVET accreditation for national development

Jamaica’s economy depends on a workforce ready for change. Yet, our technical and vocational education and training (TVET) system remains segmented. A unified, high-standard accreditation framework is…
Letters
December 27, 2025

Hybrid approach best suited for development

THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to the letter ‘Many rivers to cross Jamaica’, published in The Gleaner on December 24. The phrase, many rivers to coss, was popularised by Jimmy Cliff…
December 27, 2025

Tony Deyal | Christmas for a better new year

First of all, I should have gone earlier to put things together and make sure they worked, demanded and liked by my wife especially. Unfortunately, I waited too long. Going into the weekend…
Hugh Grant, president and CEO of JPS.
December 27, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

JPS lights up Treasure Beach

WESTERN BUREAU: A large Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Emergency Mobile Power Generation Unit now supplying electricity to Treasure Beach and surrounding communities was officially launched on…