THE GLEANER MINUTE: Children’s advocate Betty Ann Blaine has died | Lawyers seeking Kartel’s release
May 13th, 2024 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 1:40#JamaicaGleaner MAY 13, 2024: Prominent children's rights advocate and founder of the Hear The Children's Cry lobby Betty Ann Blaine died on Monday… A female student of the high school section of Catholic College in Manchester was stabbed to death during an altercation with a schoolmate on Monday… On May 29 and 30, the Supreme Court is to hear an application for the release of Vybz Kartel and two of his co-accused… Supreme Court Judge Justice David Batts will rule on May 31 whether the Government should remain in control of fraud-hit investment firm Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL) or trustee Caydion Campbell… IN SPORTS: Mount Pleasant and Cavalier Football Clubs will meet in the final of the Jamaica Premier League
2:01
Mar 5th, 2026
THE GLEANER MINUTE: JA, Cuba medical arrangement ends | Jolyan Silvera sentencing | Oil price spike
1:52
Mar 3rd, 2026
THE GLEANER MINUTE: Leoda Bradshaw assault case postponed | Murder rate drop | 5-y-o drowns in pit
2:18
Feb 26th, 2026
THE GLEANER MINUTE: Jolyan Silvera sentencing open to public | South Africa defeats WI at World Cup
1:52
Feb 24th, 2026
THE GLEANER MINUTE: Two suspects named in fatal gun attack | PM ‘tone-deaf’ to accept pay increase
1:59
Feb 19th, 2026
THE GLEANER MINUTE: UWI open to med students in Cuba | Robbery at GraceKennedy | 2 murders in St Thomas
2:18
Feb 16th, 2026
THE GLEANER MINUTE: Pembroke Hall High literacy improves | Patient dies on Bellevue compound
1:57
Feb 12th, 2026
THE GLEANER MINUTE: New taxes, economist disagrees | 3 minors charged for security threats | U17 Reggae Boyz World Cup bound
1:56
Feb 10th, 2026
THE GLEANER MINUTE: Mother, daughter fatally shot | No change on Corruption Index | 5.6 magnitude earthquake
1:47
Feb 5th, 2026
THE GLEANER MINUTE: Chief Justice Sykes accepts Silvera’s guilty plea | Schools to allow jackets


The Gleaner reserves the right not to publish comments that may be deemed libelous, derogatory or indecent. Please keep comments short and precise. A maximum of 8 sentences should be the target. Longer responses/comments should be sent to "Letters of the Editor" using the feedback form provided.