Jamaica Gleaner

The Gleaner Company Ltd is a newspaper publishing business based in Jamaica. It was founded in 1834 by Joshua and Jacob De Cordova. The main product of the company is The Gleaner, a morning broadsheet that is released six days a week. Additionally, they produce a Sunday edition called the Sunday Gleaner, along with an evening tabloid known as The Star. The company also offers weekly editions that are distributed in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

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Couple lose lawsuit over false-positive HIV test

1 week ago | jamaica-gleaner.com | Livern Barrett

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MBCC kick-off 50th anniversary celebration, months of activities planned

1 week ago | jamaica-gleaner.com | Christopher Thomas

WESTERN BUREAU:Administrators and students at the St James-based Montego Bay Community College (MBCC) on Monday officially launched the school’s 50th anniversary celebration, which will entail a series of activities to acknowledge the institution’s commitment to providing quality education in western Jamaica. The launch was held at the MBCC’s main campus under the theme ‘Celebrating 50 years: Transforming lives and inspiring excellence in education’.
Freedom for father

1 week ago | jamaica-gleaner.com | Livern Barrett

A father accused of a horrific sexual assault on his then four-year-old son, amid an on-going visitation rights tussle with his former common-law partner, has been freed after a judge, in a rare exercise of judicial discretion, withdrew the case from jurors and directed them to return a verdict of not guilty.
Health ministry given end-of-month deadline to cough up payments owed to workers

1 week ago | jamaica-gleaner.com | Livern Barrett

The union that represents public sector employees has warned the Ministry of Health and Wellness that delays in payments owed to some of its members “will not be tolerated” beyond the end of this month. The warning from the Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) came yesterday after staff at Bellevue Hospital in Kingston were notified via an internal memo that overtime allowance will not be paid for June.
Holness warns youth against crime as fast track to wealth

1 week ago | jamaica-gleaner.com | Livern Barrett

“Economistic” young people who believe they can use criminality as the fastest route to “wealth and riches” are “sadly mistaken”, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has warned. The warning came on Tuesday as Holness disclosed that some 20,000 young people would soon be engaged by various public bodies for summer employment while also recounting his involvement in summer work during his teen years.
Tributes pour in for Sir Geoff Palmer

1 week ago | jamaica-gleaner.com | Glen Munro

LONDON: There has been an outpouring of sadness from the Jamaican diaspora, in the United Kingdom, following the death of one its leading academics, Sir Geoff Palmer. The brilliant scientist lost his battle to live last week Wednesday after a prolonged illness, at the age of 85. Palmer was born in the parish of St Elizabeth, but raised in Kingston. At 14 years old, he moved to London with his mother. Scotland would become the stomping ground for the Jamaican during much of his adult life.
‘Puzzled’ by probe

2 weeks ago | jamaica-gleaner.com | Livern Barrett

A politically influential businessman is listed as a director of the company that owns the luxury Mercedes-Benz sedan that was involved in a highway crash in which four people were killed, official documents have revealed. The vehicle was being driven by his daughter, who is an attorney, at the time it collided with a Toyota Probox motor car on the P. J. Patterson Highway in St Catherine on March 30 this year, according to multiple sources.
Centenarian Austin Wright worried about nation’s youth

2 weeks ago | jamaica-gleaner.com | Christopher Thomas

WESTERN BUREAU:At 100 years old, Austin Wright of Mafoota, St James, is a symbol of discipline, hard work, and perseverance, having endured many trials, including health issues, which spanned from his childhood days to old age. Wright, who was born in Burnt Savanna, St Elizabeth, on June 11, 1925, celebrated his enviable milestone yesterday with family members and close friends at his home in Mafoota. “I feel all right, you know. Until now, I give God thanks that I am not feeling any pain.
PNP candidates ready to install campaign signs amid injunction

2 weeks ago | jamaica-gleaner.com | Christopher Thomas

WESTERN BUREAU:Dr Andre Haughton has hailed Monday’s Supreme Court injunction as a “victory for the people”, following a ruling that bars the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) from removing campaign signs belonging to preospective People’s National Party (PNP) candidates in the upcoming general election.
New US immigration crackdown sparks fresh fears

2 weeks ago | jamaica-gleaner.com | Livern Barrett

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