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Professional Football Jamaica Ltd CEO Owen Hill.
December 9, 2025 by Livingston Scott

JPL helps MoBay, Treasure Beach to find homes

WITH THE restart of the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) a little under two weeks away, the Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL) is working to ensure that Montego Bay United and Treasure Beach…
Jimmy Chambers Cliff
December 9, 2025 by Adrian Frater

Jimmy Cliff crosses last river

WESTERN BUREAU: The dark clouds that hung over Somerton on Monday and the rains that soaked the quiet St James community felt like nature itself mourning the passing of its beloved son – reggae icon…
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December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Defence raises ‘banana boat’ theory as PICA confirms no legal exit by Donaldson

Well-known social media influencer Donalee Donaldson did not leave the island at any point during 2022, according to official immigration records. The deputy director of immigration at the Passport,…
The BOJ has taken special pre-emptive measures in the foreign exchange market.
December 9, 2025

BOJ holds rates steady amid Hurricane Melissa fallout, expects inflation to return to normal by 2027

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has opted to keep its policy rate unchanged at 5.75 per cent per annum, amid mounting inflation pressures following the passage of Hurricane Melissa. The decision was taken…
Ravaged trees as far as the eye can see. The view from the playing field at the Cornwall Mountain Infant School, one of two stops the team made on their visit.
December 9, 2025 by Mickalia Kington

Faith, floodwaters and survival

WESTERN BUREAU: Cornwall Mountain is not the kind of place you stumble on by accident. The roads twist upward, breaking off into narrow lanes where houses sit on the hillsides and neighbours live like…
The NHF says it remains committed to ensuring uninterrupted access to subsidised medication for all beneficiaries.
December 9, 2025

Card centres open to replace National Health Fund cards lost during Hurricane Melissa

The National Health Fund (NHF) is advising that persons who lost their NHFCards during the passage of Hurricane Melissa that they can now get replacement cards at its various centres across the…
Ranaldo Biggs (left) of Mount Pleasant and Universidad O&M’s Reyvin de la Rosa battle for the ball during their Concacaf Caribbean Cup match at the National Stadium on September 30. Mount Pleasant won 2-0.
December 9, 2025 by Livingston Scott

Mt Pleasant aware of O&M improvement

MOUNT PEASANT Football Academy are well aware of how much Universidad O&M have improved since the teams met in the group stage of the Concacaf Caribbean Cup in September, said Mount Pleasant…
Miguel Coley
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

Ricketts confident Coley will be on board

PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), Michael Ricketts, says the organisation is expected to reach an agreement today with coach Miguel Coley regarding the possibility of him taking up…
FBI Director James Comey gestures as he speaks on cyber security at the first Boston Conference of Cyber Security at Boston College, March 8, 2017, in Boston. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)
December 9, 2025

Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought…