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18 Dec, 2025
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Policing with purpose
Corporal Shantel Powell of Area Five has emerged the overall winner of the LASCO/Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Saluting Our Heroes Awards, topping a field of more than 158 nominees across the…
18 Dec, 2025
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Jimmy Cliff: A celebration of life
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness and Minister of Culture Olivia Grange led Jamaicans in a fulsome celebration of the life of Jimmy Chambers Cliff, Grammy Award-winning singer, actor, Hall of Fame…
18 Dec, 2025
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Hanover’s garbage disposal woes intensify post-Melissa
Western Bureau: The garbage collection woes, which has been plaguing Hanover over recent times, has intensified since the passage of Hurricane Melissa, leaving business operators and residents…
18 Dec, 2025
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‘A memory that never leaves’
Seven years after Jean-Pierre Rhone was brutally murdered and buried in a shallow grave, his family remains deeply hurt and haunted by his death, which they describe as a profound betrayal and a…
18 Dec, 2025
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Coffee farmers cry for more assistance
Hit with losses estimated at $1 billion from the devastating effects of Hurricane Melissa, the local coffee industry yesterday received 5,000 bags of fertiliser and other key agricultural inputs…
18 Dec, 2025
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Mobile skate tour for downtown Kingston this weekend
The Jamaica Skate Culture Foundation (JSC) officially launches the Jamaican Skate Tour with a three-day kickoff event in downtown Kingston, from today until Sunday. The event begins at 10 a.m. on …
18 Dec, 2025
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MBCCI’s Russell bats for hurricane-resilient buildings
WESTERN BUREAU: Jason Russell, president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, says that rather than investing in large, stand-alone storage facilities, which may sit idle between…
18 Dec, 2025
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Chester Castle councillor appeals for rebuilding assistance
Western Bureau: Wynter McIntosh, the councillor for the Chester Castle Division in the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC), is appealing to individuals, organisations and the Government to provide…
18 Dec, 2025
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J’cans in US send new shipment of Melissa relief supplies to homeland
Jamaicans living in the United States and friends of the island have mobilised to send critical relief supplies valued approximately US$170,000 to communities devastated by Hurricane Melissa,…