THE GLEANER MINUTE: Jimmy Cliff hailed as icon | Teacher gets 30yrs for murder | Alleged rape @ CASE
Dec 17th, 2025 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 1:56#JamaicaGleaner DECEMBER 17, 2025: Legendary Jamaican musician Jimmy Cliff was hailed as an icon of Jamaican culture at his funeral today at the National Indoor Sports Centre… Kingston teacher Shamar Clarke has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the 2018 murder of businessman Jean-Pierre Rhone… Twenty-seven-year-old Erick Robinson has been sentenced to 18 months in prison at hard labour after pleading guilty to stealing batteries and cables from telecoms firm, Digicel… Member of Parliament for Portland Eastern, Isat Buchanan, is urging Gender Minister Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange to engage directly with students at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) following the alleged rape of a student on campus… IN SPORTS: Jamaica College and Excelsior High School will face
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