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December 9, 2025 by Mickalia Kington

Taking wellness to Negril’s Wavz Beach

Western Bureau: The Western Regional Health Authorities (WRHA) took it to the beach in the western region last Friday with a belated staging of Caribbean Wellness Day at the Wavz Beach in Negril by…
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December 9, 2025 by Bryan Miller

NWA says Riley River to be cleared of bamboos this week

Western Bureau: Following another round of flooding which left a section of Lucea, Hanover, under water two weeks ago, the National Works Agency (NWA) says the bamboo-clogged Riley River, one of two…
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December 9, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Hitchman to lead St James lay magistrates

WESTERN BUREAU: Floyd Hitchman, a guidance councillor at the Maldon High School in St James, was elected unopposed as the new president of the St James Lay Magistrates’ Association over last weekend…
This GOES-19 GeoColor satellite image taken Sunday, September 28, 2025 and provided by NOAA, shows weather systems in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. (NOAA via AP)
December 9, 2025

Hurricane Humberto and Tropical Storm Imelda threaten the Bahamas and Bermuda

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in the Bahamas closed a majority of schools on Monday following mandatory evacuations for some islands in the archipelago as Tropical Storm Imelda was expected…
Opposition Leader Mark Golding.
December 9, 2025

Golding names new Shadow Cabinet

People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding today named a 36-member Shadow Cabinet comprising a team of spokespersons and some deputies. Among those returning from the previous Shadow…
December 9, 2025

Clarendon man charged with fraud in overseas employment scam

The Manchester police have charged a man who purported to be employed to the Labour Ministry for allegedly defrauding a woman through an overseas employment scam. Martin Moxey, 32, otherwise called…
Director of Policy Research in the Planning Institute of Jamaica’s (PIOJ) Social Policy Planning and Research Division, Suzette Johnson, discusses the forthcoming poverty maps to be generated using data from the 2025 Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions.
December 9, 2025

PIOJ to generate poverty maps using 2025 Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions data

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has announced that data from the 2025 Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions (JSLC) will be used to generate poverty maps. These are intended to provide deeper…
A team from the Cuban Medical Brigade arriving in the Caribbean
December 9, 2025

Grenada agrees to adjust its Cuban health programme amid US concerns

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government has announced what it termed “important changes” to the Cuban Workers Programme following a request made by the United States to review the…
December 9, 2025

55-y-o man gunned down at home in St Catherine

A man was gunned down inside his home in Harewood district in Riversdale, St Catherine last night. He has been identified as 55-year-old fruit vendor Wayne Mondle, otherwise called 'Coco'…