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Nydel Nelson, first-year student of media production, Toronto Metropolitan University.
December 9, 2025 by Neil Armstrong

An early Christmas gift for students in the arts

TORONTO: Yasmine Brown had dreams of becoming a basketball player, but eventually pivoted to focus on her mental health. That’s when she realised that she had all this time and energy to create…
Tameka Forrester at a Being Black in Canada event, in 2023.
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

Tamika Forrester: A Jamaican journalist in Canada

A chance encounter with the head of news for the Toronto-based Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), at a conference in Barbados, put then Television Jamaica (TVJ) journalist Tamika Forrester on a…
Shane Munroe, CEO, MBJ Airports Limited, addressing travel advisers and other tourism stakeholders at the Sandals ‘Back to Jamaica’ Town Hall at Sandals Dunn’s River in St Ann on Friday.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

New flights, 2026 expansion underscore strong airlift to Jamaica, says MBJ CEO

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica is set to welcome a wave of new international flights this winter and into 2026, a clear signal that global confidence in the island’s tourism product remains strong despite…
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Krystal Lee (second left), applauds as she views the plaque dedicating the newly renovated Accident and Emergency Waiting Area at the Lionel Town Hospital in Clarendon, during the official opening o
December 9, 2025 by Olivia Brown

Health ministry applauds Jamalco, Cousins Construction for $6.5m Lionel Town Hospital upgrade

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has commended refinery giant Jamalco and Clarendon-based construction and civil engineering company, Construction Services Limited, for their partnership in…
December 9, 2025

Sean Major-Campbell | Media for the protection of human rights, justice, and truth

THE PLANNING of the annual human rights service held at Christ Church Vineyard Town met with challenges in the aftermath of the extreme monster Hurricane Melissa. We realised very soon that the usual…
United States Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, head of the Congressional Black Caucus and whose parents are Jamaicans.
December 9, 2025 by Lester Hinds

Clarke calls US boat strikes unlawful and un-American

NEW YORK: United States Congresswoman Yvette Clarke has slammed military strikes against alleged drug boats off the coast of Venezuela and in the Pacific by the Trump Administration as unlawful and…
The recently built male ward, which usually houses up to 50 men at the Savanna-la-Mar Infirmary, is now unoccupied because of roof damage sustained during the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Mickalia Kington

WRECKED TOO SOON

WESTERN BUREAU: Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie says he is “deeply disappointed” with the construction quality of the relatively new male ward Savanna-la-Mar Infirmary in Westmoreland,…
Dr David Lowe, managing director of the Development Bank of Jamaica.
December 9, 2025

$1b already released to banks to kickstart business recovery, says DBJ

Managing director of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) Dr David Lowe says the first phase of the institution’s M5 Business Recovery Programme will be launched in the fourth quarter of the current…
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December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Defence raises trafficking question in cross-examination

Defence attorney King’s Counsel Larry Smith on Thursday raised the possibility that Donna-Lee Donaldson was trafficked, during cross-examination of the Crown’s final witness in the Noel Maitland…