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24 Dec, 2025
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J’can pastor accused of killing wife in Canada remanded
Jamaican pastor Alton Farquharson was remanded when he appeared before the London, Ontario court in Canada on Tuesday for a scheduled bail hearing related to a second-degree murder charge. The…
23 Dec, 2025
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January jitters
The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) is denouncing what it says is the lack of consultation from the Ministry of Education regarding the January reopening of schools, arguing that the absence of…
23 Dec, 2025
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No place like home for the holidays
“Don’t let anything dim yuh spirit.” That was the message echoed by returning Jamaicans at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Monday, as travellers arriving for the Christmas…
23 Dec, 2025
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Bringing a Jamaican flavour to Christmas in Canada
Food, friends and family take on a whole new meaning when Jamaicans have to spend Christmas outside of their island home. Although the airports will be busy with hundreds of Jamaicans travelling back…
23 Dec, 2025
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CRH doctors get 1,440 scrubs as early Christmas gift
WESTERN BUREAU: Doctors and nurses at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, can now conduct operations in greater comfort and safety, after receiving an early Christmas gift…
23 Dec, 2025
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Christmas treat for hurricane-battered Catherine Hall, Westgreen
Western Bureau: The neighbouring communities of Westgreen and Catherine Hall in Montego Bay, St James, which experienced major flooding during the passage of Hurricane Melissa in October, got a…
22 Dec, 2025
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Battered beans
Making a case for more meaningful support from the Government toward one of the country’s long-standing industries, Donald Salmon, president of the Jamaica Coffee Growers Association, says coffee…
22 Dec, 2025
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‘Coffee and Jamaica are close to my heart’
For nearly three decades, Donald Berry has put his energy and passion into producing Blue Mountain Coffee, and has had setbacks in the past. However, with the passage of Hurricane Melissa, he thought…
22 Dec, 2025
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Supreme Court puts pause on SMA probe
The Supreme Court has granted the Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) and its managing director, Dr Maria Myers-Hamilton, permission to seek judicial review of two notices linked to an ongoing…