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16 Dec, 2025
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JFJ: Consensual sex between minors should not be a crime
Sexual offences, particularly consensual sexual intercourse with a person under 16, make up the majority of cases referred to Jamaica’s Child Diversion Programme, launched in 2020 to redirect children…
16 Dec, 2025
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‘Light will overcome darkness’
WESTERN BUREAU: Rabbi Yaakov Raskin, director of Chabad Jamaica Limited, has condemned what he described as a “despicable” and hate-driven attack on the global Jewish community, following a deadly…
16 Dec, 2025
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Smith lauded for integrity, innovation, and staff-centred leadership
Anthony Smith is being hailed as a compassionate media leader whose stewardship inspired his colleagues and fostered an environment of innovation. Smith, who was chief executive officer of the…
16 Dec, 2025
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Deslandes calls for vigilance after reported rape at CASE
Passley Gardens, Portland: President of the College of Agriculture, Science, and Education (CASE), Derrick Deslandes, has condemned Sunday’s alleged rape of a female student by unknown assailants on…
16 Dec, 2025
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Holness stresses Petersfield High must reopen January
WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness on Saturday told displaced hurricane survivors sheltering at Petersfield High in Westmoreland that the Government is committed to relocating them to…
16 Dec, 2025
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Growth & Jobs | Things Jamaican™ urges shoppers to buy local, rebuild with Christmas campaign
‘Yaad’ or ‘Home’ is special to Jamaicans. As a structure, it stores the key memories of their lives. But the country has become a special place to the world, and many want a piece of it – experienced…
16 Dec, 2025
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Over J$340 million raised in Canada for hurricane relief
Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, is praising the Canadian diaspora for what he described as extraordinary leadership and generosity in raising more than CDN$3 million ($348 million) for…
16 Dec, 2025
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Janet Richards Foundation, DunnCox unite to support Farm Heights with much-needed supplies
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Farm Heights in St James last Thursday got a major boost in their bid to rebound from the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, thanks to the supplies they received…
16 Dec, 2025
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St Elizabeth’s most vulnerable struggling to access benefits
WESTERN BUREAU: The destruction left in the wake of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa has dealt a major blow to PATH and social pension beneficiaries in St Elizabeth, with damaged post offices severely…