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17 Dec, 2025
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Corporal Shantel Powell wins 2025 LASCO/JCF police of the year award
Corporal Shantel Powell has been named the 2025 LASCO/Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Police of the Year, with Sergeant Rojehn Holt placing second. The winners were announced at the Saluting Our…
17 Dec, 2025
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Police hunt 'Puss Head' in fatal stabbing in St Ann
The Runaway Bay police in St Ann are searching for a man known as “Puss Head” of Salem district in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man in the parish on Tuesday. The victim has been identified…
17 Dec, 2025
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Glenmuir High and STETHS to battle for daCosta Cup football title
Glenmuir High and St Elizabeth Technical High (STETHS) will clash in the 2025 ISSA daCosta Cup final after both schools booked their places with semifinal victories at Sabina Park on Wednesday. …
17 Dec, 2025
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US lawmakers reject resolutions to limit Trump's campaign against Venezuela and drug cartels
Republican lawmakers in the United States House of Representatives rejected a pair of Democratic-backed resolutions that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s power to use military force…
16 Dec, 2025
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Diaspora plans Christmas support for children
A consortium of diaspora leaders is preparing a major Christmas initiative for children in western Jamaica affected by Hurricane Melissa. The effort will include a toy drive for children who lost…
16 Dec, 2025
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‘Unconscionable’
President of the Small Businesses Association of Jamaica (SBAJ) Garnett Reid says Jamaicans should strenuously push back against a seven per cent increase in electricity rate approved by the Office of…
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…