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December 19, 2025
Citizen oversight boost
The Jamaica Accountability Meter Portal (JAMP) has awarded €37,908 ($7 million) in European Union-funded grants to two civil-society organisations to strengthen citizen engagement in public financial…
December 19, 2025
by Paul H. Williams
Creative industry stunned by artist’s murder
The creative community in Jamaica has been shaken by the violent murder of Kenya-born Jamaican fusion sculptor Mazola wa Mwashighadi, a death wholly at odds with the man they knew. He had made Jamaica…
December 19, 2025
Republic of Korea provides $48 million humanitarian donation
The Government of the Republic of Korea has provided US$300,000 (J$48 million) in humanitarian assistance to Jamaica as the island rebuilds after the catastrophic passage of Hurricane Melissa. In…
December 19, 2025
Man held after mother, brother and cousin chopped to death in Clarendon
A man has been taken into police custody after allegedly chopping his mother, brother and cousin to death in Rocky Point, Clarendon, on Thursday night. The incident occurred in a section of the…
December 19, 2025
St Andrew developer cleared of fraud charges in US$400,000 property case
St Andrew real estate developer Devon Evans has been found not guilty of fraudulent conversion and obtaining money by false pretences in a property transaction involving medical doctor Lloyd Goldson. …
December 19, 2025
Jamaica sees ‘major signal’ in US move to reclassify marijuana, says Seiveright”
Jamaica is monitoring the United States government’s decision to fast-track the reclassification of marijuana, a move described by Senator Delano Seiveright as a “major signal in the direction of…
December 19, 2025
Fisherman found dead in St Ann
The St Ann police are investigating the death of a fisherman who was found on a reef line in the parish on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as 31-year-old Darran Grant of Roaring River…
December 19, 2025
Holness urges greater private sector role in Hurricane Melissa recovery efforts
Prime Minister, Dr Andrew Holness, is encouraging greater private-sector participation in the national recovery effort following Hurricane Melissa. He made the call while speaking during Thursday’s…
December 19, 2025
Falmouth’s Water Square to welcome vendors for holiday Grand Market
The ban on vending in Water Square in Falmouth, Trelawny will be temporarily lifted between December 24 and 28, 2025, Councillor Garth Wilkinson of the Falmouth Division has announced. “The…