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The work of Alao Luqman Omotayo is displayed inside the Library Multifunctional Room at The University of the West Indies, Mona campus, for the Conversations with Olive Senior Book Launch event.
December 9, 2025 by Michael Reckord

Olive Senior launches second novel at UWI

“My writing is my life,” Olive Senior, one of Jamaica’s most celebrated writers, told the packed Library Multifunctional Room at The University of the West Indies, Mona, on Thursday evening. In the…
Chaka Khan.
December 9, 2025

All hail the ‘Queens’

NEW YORK (AP): Patti LaBelle didn’t envision a six-decade career when she entered the music business at 14 years old. But 67 years later, she doesn’t take it for granted, acknowledging the fragility…
Jamaica’s ambassador to the United States, Major General (Ret’d) Antony Anderson (right), receives a cheque for US$100,000 from Lisa Brown Alexander (second left), a Howard alum and owner of Wellspring Manor & Spa in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, on behalf
December 9, 2025 by Derrick Scott

Diaspora group awards $107,000 in scholarships

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Twenty-six students of Jamaican heritage attending Howard University were awarded scholarships totalling US$107,000 at the Jamaica Howard University Affinity Network’s (JHUAN)…
A court date is being finalised.
December 9, 2025

Deportee arrested on arrival in Jamaica

A man who fled Jamaica while on bail for murder was arrested at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Thursday after being deported from the United States of America. He is 24-…
Bryan Levell
December 9, 2025

Levell ‘not sure’ about men’s 4x100m relays

Fresh off his bronze medal run in the men’s 200-metre final at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships, Bryan Levell said he was “not sure” whether he will be included in Jamaica’s squad for the men’s…
Champion speller Beverly Been happily poses with the winner’s trophy.
December 9, 2025 by Yasmine Peru

GoodHeart | No word too hard for Senior Spelling Bee champ Beverly Been

Representatives from the parishes of St Ann and St Andrew were on their A-game as they faced off for the nail-biting finals of the 2025 National Seniors Spelling Bee Competition on Wednesday evening. …
Cool, collected, and always ready to turn up the vibes, Miami-based DJ Timmy HMV smiles for the camera.
December 9, 2025

DJ Timmy HMV talks career, love for the craft

From Kingston’s streets to stages across the globe, Timmy Bedasse, better known as DJ Timmy HMV, has spent more than three decades contributing to the sound of Jamaican music. His sound system, HMV…
Jordan Scott on his way to fifth place in the final of the men's triple jump at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo earlier today.
December 9, 2025 by Keith McGhie

Scott ends World Champs campaign in fifth

Jamaica's Jordan Scott continued to show he was now one of the world's elite triple jumpers, finishing fifth at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, earlier today with a best…
This album cover image released by Atlantic Records shows ‘Am I the Drama?’ by Cardi B.
December 9, 2025

Cardi B drops sophomore album ‘Am I the Drama?’

LOS ANGELES (AP): Seven years after her landmark debut Invasion of Privacy, Cardi B has returned — and, in typical fashion, she’s doing it with added drama. The Grammy winner’s long-awaited sophomore…