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The St Ann’s Bay Criminal Investigation Branch is probing the incident. - File Photo
December 9, 2025

Five shot in Portsmouth, one fatally

Police in the St Catherine South division are searching for hoodlums who fatally shot one man and wounded four others in the Portsmouth community in Portmore on Thursday night. Dead is 19-year-old …
Dr Romario Hart, the medical officer of health at the St Catherine Health Department, addressing a Zoom forum on prostate cancer.
December 9, 2025 by Christopher Thomas

Mandatory prostate cancer screening unlikely, says medical officer

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Romario Hart, the medical officer of health at the St Catherine Health Department, says that while men should be proactive in getting regular prostate cancer screenings, he does not…
The work of Alao Luqman Omotayo is displayed inside the Library Multifunctional Room at The University of the West Indies, Mona campus, for the Conversations with Olive Senior Book Launch event.
December 9, 2025 by Michael Reckord

Olive Senior launches second novel at UWI

“My writing is my life,” Olive Senior, one of Jamaica’s most celebrated writers, told the packed Library Multifunctional Room at The University of the West Indies, Mona, on Thursday evening. In the…
Chaka Khan.
December 9, 2025

All hail the ‘Queens’

NEW YORK (AP): Patti LaBelle didn’t envision a six-decade career when she entered the music business at 14 years old. But 67 years later, she doesn’t take it for granted, acknowledging the fragility…
Jamaica’s ambassador to the United States, Major General (Ret’d) Antony Anderson (right), receives a cheque for US$100,000 from Lisa Brown Alexander (second left), a Howard alum and owner of Wellspring Manor & Spa in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, on behalf
December 9, 2025 by Derrick Scott

Diaspora group awards $107,000 in scholarships

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Twenty-six students of Jamaican heritage attending Howard University were awarded scholarships totalling US$107,000 at the Jamaica Howard University Affinity Network’s (JHUAN)…
The men are to go to court on March 24.
December 9, 2025

Deportee arrested on arrival in Jamaica

A man who fled Jamaica while on bail for murder was arrested at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Thursday after being deported from the United States of America. He is 24-…
Bryan Levell
December 9, 2025

Levell ‘not sure’ about men’s 4x100m relays

Fresh off his bronze medal run in the men’s 200-metre final at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships, Bryan Levell said he was “not sure” whether he will be included in Jamaica’s squad for the men’s…
Champion speller Beverly Been happily poses with the winner’s trophy.
December 9, 2025 by Yasmine Peru

GoodHeart | No word too hard for Senior Spelling Bee champ Beverly Been

Representatives from the parishes of St Ann and St Andrew were on their A-game as they faced off for the nail-biting finals of the 2025 National Seniors Spelling Bee Competition on Wednesday evening. …
Cool, collected, and always ready to turn up the vibes, Miami-based DJ Timmy HMV smiles for the camera.
December 9, 2025

DJ Timmy HMV talks career, love for the craft

From Kingston’s streets to stages across the globe, Timmy Bedasse, better known as DJ Timmy HMV, has spent more than three decades contributing to the sound of Jamaican music. His sound system, HMV…