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Ashley Anguin, Chairperson, Jill Stewart MoBay City Run Champions of the West committee (centre) is flanked between Shanoya Douglas, Sports Girl of the Year for Track & Field from Holland High School, and Suraj Guwalani, Sports Boy of the Year for Swimming
December 9, 2025 by Adrian Frater

Douglas, Guwulani cop JSMCR Sports Boy and Girl awards out west

Western Bureau: UNDER-20 WORLD Championship bronze medallist Shanoya Douglas and CARIFTA swimming medallist Suraj Guwulani were the toast of yesterday’s inaugural Jill Stewart Montego Bay City Run…
From left: Roy Cardoso, MD, orthopaedic surgeon at Baptist Health Orthopaedic Care; Nicola O’Connor, in-country manager, Baptist Health International, and Yamala Zabala, physician relations specialist, Baptist Health International, engage Ann-Dawn Young
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | AmCham, Baptist Health strengthen US-Jamaica links

Recognised among the leading healthcare systems in the United States, Baptist Health South Florida, through Baptist Health International, joined forces with the American Chamber of Commerce of Jamaica…
A huge pothole at the junction of Slipe Road and Studio One Boulevard in Kingston. Motorists complain that the pothole has been there for more than six months and has got wider as a result of recent rains.
December 9, 2025

Pothole plea

The recent rains in the Corporate Area have increased the road hazard associated with a number of potholes that had already been creating headaches for road users for several months. Here are just a…
Acting principal Beverley Feare and Haniff Nembhard, mathematics teacher at Maud McLeod High School, with their awards at the Tactical Approach Awards 2025 for excellence, in recognition of being among the top 20 teachers from high schools with the highest
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

From zero to 35 per cent

An integration of mathematics in other subject areas, as well as concerted efforts to address the school’s high rate of exam absenteeism, has proved very fruitful for Maud McLeod High School in…
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December 9, 2025

Make use of domestic violence intervention services, St Thomas police urge residents

Amid incidents of domestic violence, the police in St Thomas are urging residents to utilise the outreach resources provided by law enforcement in the parish to help mitigate against these cases. …
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December 9, 2025

Dwight Fletcher | Why should I care that Jesus is alive?

LAST WEEK, we kicked off a new series on knowing the truth about Jesus. We live in a world that constantly tries to convince us that faith is for the non-thinkers who just want something to believe…
Haiti’s former President Jovenel Moïse speaks during an interview at his home in Petion-Ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 7, 2020.
December 9, 2025

Haiti court orders new probe into July 2021 Jovenel Moïse presidential slaying in key ruling

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Justice officials in Haiti are asking the United States and Canada for help after a court of appeals ordered a new investigation into the killing of President Jovenel…
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December 9, 2025 by Christopher Thomas

Psychiatrists declare mother unfit for trial in infant’s death

WESTERN BUREAU: Two psychiatrists have concluded that a St James woman accused of killing her infant daughter is unfit to stand trial. Shamoya Green is charged with the death of her five-month-old…
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Argentina's President Javier Milei in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, October 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
December 9, 2025

US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6, Trump says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States struck another small boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela, killing six people, President Donald Trump said Tuesday. Those who died in the…