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Representatives from JPS, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Independent Cadet Unit, Courtyard Marriott and members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force following the beach cleanup activity at Sturridge Park mangrove site in Kingston
December 9, 2025

Over 950 pounds of waste removed from Sturridge Park mangrove site

JPS, through its Environmental Affairs Department and its philanthropic arm, the JPS Foundation, participated in the coastal clean-up activity held on International Coastal Cleanup Day (September 20).
Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
December 9, 2025

Editorial | Trinidad and Tobago’s wrong posture

It is not clear what the Trinidad and Tobago government intended to signal by reserving its position on America’s naval build-up in the southern Caribbean Sea and Washington’s implicit threat of…
Tessa Thompson takes the runway to the fifth annual Academy Museum Gala in Balenciaga.
December 9, 2025

Something Extra | Monday

Hollywood’s brightest stars gathered on Saturday for the fifth annual Academy Museum Gala — Los Angeles’s answer to the Met Gala. Held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the event raised funds…
Panellists, including Floyd Green (right), minister of agriculture, fisheries and mining, at the Hand-in-Hand Initiative Investment Forum 2025 at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy last week.
December 9, 2025

Green champions Caribbean irrigation, investment priorities at FAO food forum

Jamaica last week underscored its leadership in advancing climate-resilient agriculture and regional food security during the Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum 2025, a flagship event of the World Food…
A permit holder would be required to leave Cayman for at least a year before being allowed to apply for another permit.
December 9, 2025

Cayman Islands government releases sweeping immigration reform bill

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The government of the Cayman Islands has released a bill with its planned immigration law amendments, to which the public has until mid-November to respond. A…
A basket lift used by thieves is seen at the Louvre museum Sunday Oct.19, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Alexander Turnbull)
December 9, 2025

Thieves steal crown jewels in four minutes from Louvre Museum

PARIS (AP) — In a minutes-long strike Sunday inside the world's most-visited museum, thieves rode a basket lift to the Louvre, forced a window into the Galerie d'Apollon — while tourists…
Current reminder of a North Race Course house.
December 9, 2025 by Marcia Thomas

Around the Kingston Race Course (now National Heroes Park and Circle)

The 72-acre Kingston Race Course has been an important site in Kingston and St Andrew for sports and recreation since the early 19th century. It also hosted circuses, evangelists, and concerts. It…
Minister for Caymanian Employment and Immigration, Michael Myles.
December 9, 2025

Government releases sweeping immigration reform bill

GEORGE TOWN (CMC): The Government of Cayman Islands has released a bill with its planned immigration law amendments, which the public has until mid-November to respond to. A statement by government…
Yvonne Clarke, director general of the Jamaica Red Cross.
December 9, 2025

Jamaica Red Cross celebrates 61 years of service

The Jamaica Red Cross (JRC) is observing Red Cross Month 2025, under the theme ‘On the Side of Humanity’, as it celebrates 61 years of dedicated humanitarian service to the people of Jamaica. Speaking…