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December 9, 2025

GraceKennedy Foundation awards over $2 million in Carlton Alexander bursaries

The GraceKennedy Foundation (GKF) has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting education by awarding prestigious Carlton Alexander bursaries to 23 children of GraceKennedy team members for the…
'A Driver', the first Lotto millionaire of 2025 proudly displays her cheque during the handover at the Supreme Ventures Limited Twin Gates store.
December 9, 2025

'I still can't believe it's real,' says $229m lottery winner

A St Andrew mother has claimed a massive $229 million Lotto jackpot, expressing that her immediate priorities for the cash are a car and her children's education. The jackpot was won with the…
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December 9, 2025

Demo Day to shine spotlight on Jamaica’s female creatives

ONE OF the highlights of the Kingston Creative Artwalk Festival on Sunday, September 28 in downtown Kingston is the launch of the FAME (Film, Animation, Music & Entertainment) Incubator Demo Day,…
    Work progressing on the Western Children and Adolescent Hospital in Montego Bay, St James.
December 9, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

All J’cans, 50 Chinese laid off as Western children’s hospital almost finished

WESTERN BUREAU: Errol Greene, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, has confirmed that all Jamaican workers and 50 unskilled Chinese workers are no longer employed on the…
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December 9, 2025

Aworo and Dru turn heads in London and Milan

With New York Fashion Week still a fresh memory for seasonal trends to watch, Fashion Month has now shifted to Europe, with SAINT International models in the orbit of Spring 2026 designer collections.…
Shoppers at the Walden Galleria in Buffalo, NY, stop by the Starbucks kiosk on Saturday, November 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
December 9, 2025

Starbucks to close hundreds of stores, lay off 900 workers as part of turnaround plan

Starbucks said Thursday it's closing hundreds of stores in the US, Canada and Europe and laying off 900 nonretail employees as it focuses more of its resources on a turnaround. The Seattle…
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December 9, 2025

Growth & Jobs | Preparation, negotiating and grit touted as MSME success drivers

MICRO, SMALL and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are being urged to put compliance, governance and financing at the centre of their growth strategies, with experts stressing that early preparation…
Giorgio Armani after presenting his Emporio Fall-Winter 2007-2008 men’s fashion collection, during the Milan Men’s Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, on January 15, 2007.
December 9, 2025

Giorgio Armani’s creations meet Italian masterpieces in Milan

MILAN (AP): Giorgio Armani hesitated when the Brera Art Gallery first proposed an exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of his signature label, setting his creations alongside masterpieces by…
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December 9, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Kingston Creative Artwalk Festival back with food and fashion

KINGSTON CREATIVE suspended its August 2025 iteration of Artwalk Festival because it was days away from the general elections. Now, it is back on Sunday, September 28, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with…