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December 9, 2025
Immigration Corner | Sponsoring a child discovered abroad
Dear Miss Powell, My husband and I came to Canada six years ago as a couple. We recently visited Jamaica, and I was introduced to a six-year-old girl whose mother claimed my husband was the father. At…
December 9, 2025
by Kimone Francis
Businesswoman ‘frustrated, angry’ over JPS approach to report of electricity theft
A businesswoman is crying foul after the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) disconnected electricity to her Molynes Road, St Andrew business place for three weeks, causing her to lose thousands of…
December 9, 2025
by Christopher Thomas
NO SPACE FOR MORE INTERNS
WESTERN BUREAU: Following recent complaints from several China-trained doctors that their internship applications in Jamaica were reportedly rejected one month after their expected response deadline,…
December 9, 2025
by Gregory Bryce
10-MEDAL HAUL
For the fourth World Championships staging in a row, Jamaica has earned a double-digit medal haul as they closed out nine days of competition at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships with 10 medals;…
December 9, 2025
by Christopher Thomas
Police supt tells parents: Don’t leave children’s upbringing to schools alone
WESTERN BUREAU: SUPERINTENDENT OF Police Mercedes Currie, the acting commanding officer for the St James Police Division, is urging parents to take their role as disciplinarians seriously and not…
December 9, 2025
by Samuel Cornell
Brooke Nickel and Sean Docking
A booming longevity industry wants to sell us ‘immortality’
If you could, would you pay to live forever? Some Silicon Valley billionaires aren’t just making tech products, they’ve set their sights on immortality. Social media is flooded with influencers…
December 9, 2025
FWCF joins International Coastal Cleanup for cleaner seas
The Fi We Children Foundation (FWCF) hosted the sixth annual International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) Day activity at the Coral Gardens Citizen Association Beach, joining millions of volunteers across the…
December 9, 2025
Firearm and ammunition seized at St Andrew bar, one man arrested
The police seized an illegal firearm and ammunition inside a bar along Whitehall Avenue in St Andrew on Saturday morning. A 19-year-old man of a Cassia Park Road address was arrested and charged.…
December 9, 2025
Amnesty International warns that US military force in Caribbean could violate human rights
WASHINGTON, CMC – As United States President Donald Trump steps up military build-up in the Caribbean Sea, Amnesty International is warning that any airstrikes authorised by Congress would violate…