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Reconstruction work under way at Anthony Davis’ home at Edmund Ridge Estates in Montego Bay, St James.
December 9, 2025 by Kimone Francis

Edmund Ridge fury

Less than a year after moving into his new two-bedroom home at Edmund Ridge Estates in St James, homeowner Anthony Davis has begun extensive interior renovations. The house was among several severely…

The Boulevard Baptist Church on Washington Boulevard in St Andrew.
December 9, 2025 by Erica Virtue

NO VOTE ON GAY UNION BLESSINGS

The Boulevard Baptist Church membership last month voted down a proposal from its pastor, Reverend Devon Dick, to add to the agenda of a business meeting a discussion and vote on whether same-sex…
Assistant General Manager, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, National Housing Trust (NHT), Dwayne Berbick.
December 9, 2025

NHT introduces more flexible verification measures for Hurricane Melissa relief

The National Housing Trust (NHT) has expanded the range of documents it will accept to verify identity and property ownership for persons seeking assistance under its Hurricane Melissa relief…
Alicia Harris, guidance counsellor at Jonathan Grant High School.
December 9, 2025 by Corey Robinson

Workshop launched to tackle challenges impacting high schoolers’ mental health

Parental relationships, cellular phone usage, and self-esteem struggles are labelled among the major challenges impacting high school students’ mental health and Chevening, Mindfulness Jamaica, and…
Jennifer Housen
December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Appeal Court rejects Jennifer Housen’s bid to delay disciplinary sanction

Former politician and attorney, Jennifer Housen, has lost her bid to delay her six-month suspension arising from a land transaction, after the Court of Appeal rejected her application to put the…
The matter is to go to trial on May 15.
December 9, 2025

Man in Guyana found guilty of murdering his mother

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A High Court judge in Guyana has set January 6 next year as the date for sentencing Deonarine Dookhoo, who was found guilty of murdering his mother in an incident that…
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Krystal Lee (second left), applauds as she views the plaque dedicating the newly renovated Accident and Emergency Waiting Area at the Lionel Town Hospital in Clarendon, during the official opening o
December 9, 2025 by Olivia Brown

Health ministry applauds Jamalco, Cousins Construction for $6.5m Lionel Town Hospital upgrade

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has commended refinery giant Jamalco and Clarendon-based construction and civil engineering company, Construction Services Limited, for their partnership in…
FIFA President Gianni Infantino (right) awards President Donald Trump with the FIFA Peace Prize during the draw for the 2026 football World Cup at the Kennedy Center in Washington yesterday.
December 9, 2025

World Cup draw could hardly have gone better for US

WASHINGTON DC (AP): The United States (US) could hardly have asked for a better draw at the 2026 World Cup. The co-hosts should expect to stick around at their own party until at least the round of…
Ramon Small-Ferguson.
December 9, 2025

Government urged to present plan for bankable reconstruction projects

Opposition Senator Ramon Small-Ferguson says the US$2.4 billion in private capital that is to be mobilised from external sources for Jamaica’s reconstruction efforts is contingent on the country’s…