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Jayden Smith.
December 9, 2025

Manchester High in prayer as search continues for missing student Jayden Smith

Anxious moments have gripped Manchester High School as staff, students, and parents continue to search for 12-year-old Jayden Smith, a first-former who has been missing since Friday. “Well, little…
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December 9, 2025

Jamaku – Life’s defining journeys of Malachi Smith

The recent launching of Jamaku, the latest publication of acclaimed dub poet Malachi Smith, went far beyond what was leaping from the pages of the spellbinding stories being presented.
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December 9, 2025

JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation supports Vincent HoSang Venture Competition

JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation has announced that it will be the gold sponsor of the Vincent HoSang UWI Venture Competition (UWIVC), hosted by the Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM).
The Immaculate Conception High School team, which was awarded the first-place prize in 2024 Innovation Challenge, pose for a group photo. 
December 9, 2025

Entries open for EcoSpark innovation challenge for schools

The JPS Foundation and the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ) have announced their collaboration this year, to stage the second annual Innovation Challenge for students islandwide. The…
December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

ACQUITTED

An employee and a former employee of the Institute of Sports (INSPORTS) have both been acquitted of fraud charges in connection with a $222-million scheme uncovered at the state agency. Andrea Picton,…
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December 9, 2025 by Jovan Johnson

Costly lift-off

Jamaica’s three domestic aerodromes – Negril, Ken Jones, and Tinson Pen – together with Ian Fleming International Airport (IFIA), have accumulated nearly J$2 billion in maintenance, security, and…
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December 9, 2025 by Christopher Thomas

Therapists: Greater parental involvement key to preventing teen suicides

WESTERN BUREAU: Following recent suicides committed by teenagers in western Jamaica, two reputable therapists are contending that while the factors behind the irreversible act are varied, parents and…

Dr Aujae Dixon, defeated PNP candidate for Clarendon North 
Central.
December 9, 2025 by Erica Virtue

INTERDICTED

A junior resident at May Pen Hospital who contested the September 3 general election as a People’s National Party (PNP) candidate is scheduled to face disciplinary proceedings on Monday. The Southern…
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December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

Old Harbour principal looking forward to removal from shift system

After the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information’s unkept promise to remove Old Harbour High School from the shift system by 2016, Principal Lynton Weir remains hopeful that the…