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Last year the mobile unit collected $80 million between March and April.
December 9, 2025

Trelawny on track to meet property tax target

The Trelawny Municipal Corporation is expressing confidence it will be able to meet the property tax target of $378 million for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. The target was set by the Ministry of Local…
Dr Parag Bhargava
December 9, 2025 by Dr Kumar Mahabir and Shalima Mohammed

Matchmaking and marriage services: Do Indians in the diaspora need them?

ACCORDING TO Rao Prakasa (1982), the traditional arranged Indian marriage matchmaker is called anag-waa, or nayan. The matchmaker is normally a family friend or distant relative, or maulvi, imam or…
National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Public Cleansing Inspector in charge of Western St. Thomas, Kashane Grossett.
December 9, 2025

NSWMA extends hours for street sweepers in St Thomas

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has approved extended working hours for sweepers in St Thomas as part of targeted efforts to address the accumulation of silt along roadways,…
Danellia Aitcheson (left), manager of the National Conservation Trust Fund of Jamaica, and Tanja Lieuw, Conservation Finance Programme Manager at the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund, affix their signatures to the partnership document.
December 9, 2025

Jamaica joins regional effort to support women in climate projects

Jamaica is among eight Caribbean countries to join a Gender Smart Facility led by the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) and Global Affairs Canada to transform how climate finance reaches women and…
An officer from the St. Catherine North Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) monitors students as they board transportation, ensuring they get to school on time as he carries out activities under the ‘Operation Learn, Not Loiter’ initiative
December 9, 2025

St Catherine North police no loitering campaign keeping students off the streets

The St Catherine North Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) says an initiative aimed at keeping students off the streets and ensuring they get to school on time has already yielded…
Fourteen-year-old Kenalya 'Kay Kay' Burton and her 10-month-old daughter, Kiera 'Blessing' Burton.
December 9, 2025

St Elizabeth mother and child found

Fourteen-year-old Kenalya Burton, otherwise called ‘Kay Kay’, and her 10- month-old daughter Kiera Burton, otherwise called ‘Blessing’, both of Pepper district, St Elizabeth, who were reported missing…
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange (left) and Most Outstanding Overall Artist, Nugent Hewitt, 72, who received six gold medals and one silver medal in the 2025 Jamaica Cultural Development Commission Visual Arts Competition.
December 9, 2025

72-y-o Nugent Hewitt wins big at JCDC Visual Arts Competition

JIS: Manchester-born artist Nugent Hewitt has won seven medals in the 2025 Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Visual Arts Competition: six gold and one silver. The 72-year-old, who turns…
The groups raised concerns about the absence of senior oversight on 37 per cent of the 224 PPOs, and the lack of documented plans in 13 per cent of operations.
December 9, 2025

Rights groups call for urgent implementation of INDECOM's special report recommendations

Human rights groups, Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) and Stand Up For Jamaica (SUFJ), are calling for the Government and the police to urgently implement recommendations made in the Independent Commission…
D’Angelo
December 9, 2025

R&B icon D’Angelo dies at 51 after cancer battle

D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer recognised by his raspy yet smooth voice and for garnering mainstream attention with the shirtless Untitled (How Does It Feel) music video, has died. He was…