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December 9, 2025

Sagicor Bank engages Labour Ministry to help settle wage negotiations with disgruntled workers

The management of Sagicor Bank Jamaica Limited says it is hopeful that a mutually agreeable resolution will be reached with disgruntled workers and their union over wages and benefits. Bustamante…
Fishing boats bobbing on the sea on the Jamaican coastline.
December 9, 2025 by Steven Jackson

Fishers uneasy over Sandals overwater villas at Mammee Bay

Sandals Resorts International’s US$230-million redevelopment of its Dunn’s River hotel property, particularly the addition of 18 overwater villas, has received mixed reactions from the community,…
Cherry-Ann Boyce
December 9, 2025 by Keisha Hill

Cherry-Ann Boyce breast cancer survival story inspires other women

CHERRY-ANN BOYCE was deathly afraid when she visited the oncology clinic at the Kingston Public Hospital and saw the number of women that were diagnosed with breast cancer; herself included. Not only…
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December 9, 2025

Murders down in all police divisions except St Ann

Murders are down in all police divisions except in St Ann, which is seeing an increase in homicides year-on-year. The country has 19 police divisions. As of October 4, the St Ann Police Division…
Dr Aujae Dixon.
December 9, 2025

Dr Aujae Dixon to challenge constitutionality of his interdiction over contesting election

Medical doctor Aujae Dixon plans to go to court to challenge his interdiction by the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), which arose from his participation in the September 3 general elections.…
A man fishes in Cocorite, Trinidad and Tobago.
December 9, 2025

Fishers in Trinidad fear for lives, jobs after US strikes in the Caribbean

On a recent afternoon, Kenrick Modie finished untangling his fishing net in a quiet Caribbean village. As he slipped into a hammock at his home overlooking the sea, he worried that his life and…
Health personnel who participated in the Smart Hospitals Training hosted by PAHO/WHO to strengthen the safety, sustainability and resilience of health facilities across the Caribbean.
December 9, 2025

Caribbean health professionals trained in Smart Hospitals approach

The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Caribbean Sub-Regional Office of the Health Emergencies Department hosted a Smart Hospitals Training in Kingston from…
Member of the Nobel Committee for Physics Goran Johansson explains this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics, awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis, at the Nobel Assembly of the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, on Tuesday, Oc
December 9, 2025
Miss Universe Jamaica, Dr Gabrielle Henry during her presentation.  
December 9, 2025

Thriving beyond lupus

THE LUPUS Foundation of Jamaica (LFJ) has officially launched Lupus Awareness Month (LAM) 2025. The event marked the beginning of a month-long series of activities dedicated to raising national…