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December 9, 2025
Nutramix donates canteen, poultry house to Baxter’s Mountain Primary
The Baxter’s Mountain Primary School family in St. Mary is celebrating new opportunities after a canteen, tuck shop, and poultry house populated with 150 ready-to- lay hens were donated by feed brand…
December 9, 2025
by Livern Barrett
‘I’M A FREE THINKER’
Government Senator Keith Duncan has declared that he is a “free thinker” who is “not bound by any one political organisation”. Further, Duncan said the policies of the governing Jamaica Labour Party…
December 9, 2025
by Gregory Bryce
‘It is going to be a good one’
All eyes will be on the men’s 200m final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, today as Jamaica’s rising star, Bryan Levell, faces off against defending World champion Noah Lyles of…
December 9, 2025
by Livern Barrett
Holness pledges accountability framework as 84 lawmakers sworn in
The process to formally introduce job descriptions for Jamaica’s lawmakers will be “advanced” during this new five-year term of the Parliament, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has said. All 84…
December 9, 2025
by Christopher Thomas
NPTAJ president says strong PTA support will lead to strong school leadership
WESTERN BUREAU: Stewart Jacobs, the president of the National Parent-Teacher Association of Jamaica (NPTAJ), says strong support from the nation’s parent-teacher associations (PTAs) is crucial in…
December 9, 2025
by Christopher Thomas
Jack-of-all-trades Daine Macklimore reviving dormant musical passion
WESTERN BUREAU: Daine Macklimore, a versatile jack-of-all-trades who has garnered experience in various fields from hospitality to tiling over the past 20 years, is returning to his old youthful…
December 9, 2025
by Tanesha Mundle
No blood at sofa wash site, says investigator
A forensic crime scene investigator testified Thursday that no traces of blood were found at the location where a sofa – allegedly stained with blood – was reportedly washed, casting doubt on earlier…
December 9, 2025
Former manager admits to stealing $57m from hotel accounts
A former operations manager at a boutique hotel in Negril is to be sentenced on October 13 after admitting to embezzling more than $57 million from his employer’s bank accounts, which he initially…
December 9, 2025
by Albert Ferguson
MoBay mayor urges ex-gangsters to turn to farming, agribusiness
WESTERN BUREAU: With St James now enjoying crime reduction on a scale not seen in over two decades, Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon is urging displaced gangsters to turn a new page by channelling…