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Sonja Simms
December 9, 2025

Booted press secretary claims unlawful dismissal, takes GG to court

Sonja Simms, a former press secretary to Governor General Sir Patrick Allen, has filed a constitutional claim against the Government of Jamaica, alleging unlawful removal from office, and is seeking…
Member of Parliament for St James Southern, Nekeisha Burchell.
December 9, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

JSIF says Montpelier Road repairs will begin in November

WESTERN BUREAU: The daily inconvenience faced by motorists and pedestrians who traverse the Montpelier main road in St James is set to end soon, as the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has…
Donna-Gaye Brady, inspector of poor at The Marie Atkins Night Shelter, says the group that organised Saturday’s feeding of persons at the shelter adhered to the call for cooperation and, as a result, the activity went smoothly.
December 9, 2025 by Andre Williams

Managed meals over mayhem

Acting Inspector of Poor at the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation, Donna-Gaye Brady, says the Poor Relief Department has been receiving numerous calls from individuals and organisations…
Dalton Fowles, country manager, Mastercard Jamaica, presents Mastercard’s new SME Digital Payment Study during a media roundtable discussion in the Blue Mountain Room of the AC Hotel in St Andrew yesterday.
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

SMEs see spike in business with adoption of digital payment systems

Jamaican small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that have embraced digital payments have seen significant growth in their businesses, a recent Mastercard study has revealed. The study, conducted…
A Cornwall College cadet participating in the flag ceremony during the proclamation event.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Oct 4 belatedly proclaimed ‘Mount Alvernia Chetwood Day’ in MoBay

WESTERN BUREAU: Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay was the backdrop for a poignant moment on Wednesday as Mayor Richard Vernon proclaimed October 4 as Mount Alvernia Chetwood Day. The occasion, part of…
Governor General Sir Patrick Allen laying a wreath at the monument of National Hero Marcus Garvey in National Heroes Park on the occasion of Garvey’s 130th birthday in August 2017.
December 9, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Marcus Garvey ‘the greatest black man ever’

THE CAMPAIGN against Marcus Garvey in the US came from the wider community and people within his own organisation. Chief among his detractors were W.E.B. DuBois, Wilfred Adolphus Domingo, and A.…
President Donald Trump holds the FIFA World Cup Winners Trophy as FIFA President Gianni Infantino looks on during an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House, August 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
December 9, 2025

Trump threatens to yank World Cup games from Boston though it's up to FIFA to choose sites

WASHINGTON (AP) — US President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to relocate World Cup matches set to be played next year in suburban Boston, after suggesting that parts of the city had been…
Mayor of Kingston Andrew Swaby.
December 9, 2025

Swaby raps NSWMA for uncollected garbage, dirty Corporate Area streets

Kingston's mayor Andrew Swaby has urged the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) to get its act together, citing complaints from several communities that their garbage has not been…
The St Ann’s Bay Criminal Investigation Branch is probing the incident. - File Photo
December 9, 2025

64-y-o man shot and injured by masked attacker in St Catherine

A 64-year-old man was shot and injured in Colbeck district, Old Harbour, St Catherine, on Tuesday night after being attacked by a masked man. Reports are that about 6:45 p.m., the complainant…