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December 9, 2025

Immigration Corner | How do I overcome a five-year ban?

Dear Mrs. Walker-Huntington On May 25, 2023 my visa B1/B2 visa was cancelled for visa violation and I was also given a five-year ban. Now my boyfriend lives in Philadelphia and we planned on getting…
Jayden Smith.
December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

‘Please send him home’

The distraught guardians of missing Manchester High student Jayden Thompson were up to late yesterday pleading for his safe return, clinging to hope as the days pass with no sign of the 12-year-old.…
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December 9, 2025 by Erica Virtue

Eldemire Shearer: Dementia is nothing to be ashamed of

After last week’s public acknowledgement that former Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has been suffering from dementia, Professor of Public Health and Ageing Denise Eldemire Shearer says there…
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December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

JTB eyes Netflix, digital campaigns to market Jamaica’s communities

Western Bureau: Jamaica’s Director of Tourism Donovan White has announced plans to market the island’s communities on platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime, part of a bold strategy to turn local…
Lauren Walfall, of St Elizabeth is a recipient of the Lynne Mitchell Foundation Scholarship. Walfall is pursuing dentistry at The University of the West Indies, Mona.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Lynne Mitchell Foundation awards $21m in scholarships this year

WESTERN BUREAU: Forty-two Jamaican students are celebrating a life-changing boost to their education, after being named recipients of the Lynne Mitchell Foundation (LMF) 2025 scholarships. The…
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December 9, 2025 by Lester Hinds

Holness: No honeymoon period for Gov’t post-election

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has told Jamaicans in the diaspora that there will be no honeymoon period for the Government following the September 3 general election that gave his administration a…
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December 9, 2025

From cancer-stricken to computer scientist

In 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, 16-year-old Ardenne High School student Katelyn Tait was diagnosed with cancer - stage two Hodgkin lymphoma. Come November 2026, a mere five years later, she…
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December 9, 2025 by Carl Gilchrist

When a 9-month-old is diagnosed with cancer …

It is a nightmare that parents dread, having their child diagnosed with a serious ailment such as cancer. Childhood cancer remains a significant health concern in Jamaica where leukaemia, lymphoma,…
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December 9, 2025 by Christopher Thomas

Mt Alvernia Prep gets $100,000 donation towards legacy project from Chang

WESTERN BUREAU: National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang on Saturday evening made a contribution of $100,000 to the Mt Alvernia Preparatory School and Kindergarten in aid of the institution’s legacy…