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Americares Field Clinic team leader, John O’ Rourke (left), and Adwayne Beckford, parish manager for Hanover Health Services, view aspects of the field clinic facilities, which will be donated to the Ministry of Health and Wellness for future use.
December 19, 2025 by Bryan Miller

Sombre farewell as Americares ends life-saving mission in Hanover

WESTERN BUREAU: The atmosphere at the Chester Castle Health Clinic in Hanover was sombre on Thursday as the Americares Field Clinic and its team of volunteers concluded their tour of duty, bringing to…
Ryan Reid
December 19, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

New JRC boss hits ground running at Caymanas Park

RYAN Reid, new chair of the Jamaica Racing Commission (JRC) and Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), has hit the ground running at Caymanas Park, recently meeting with representatives from…
From left: Direct Relief’s response manager Luis Rodriguez greets National Health Fund’s executive director Everton Anderson and Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton during the handing over of medical relief supplies valued at US$1 mil
December 19, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Direct Relief, partners deliver over US$3m in medical supplies to Jamaica

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica has received more than US$3 million (J$486 million) in critical medical and humanitarian supplies over the past week as international partners intensify support for the…
Savi-K Morton of Mona High
December 19, 2025 by Robert Bailey

Too close to call: Mona, St Catherine set for explosive Walker Cup final

MONA HIGH will be seeking back-to-back Walker Cup titles when they battle St Catherine High in today’s final of the ISSA/WATA knockout football competition at the National Stadium. Kick-off time is 3…
Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Kamina Johnson Smith (left) shakes hands with Kim Jin‑wook, Chargé d’Affaires at the Korean Embassy in Kingston.
December 19, 2025

Republic of Korea provides $48 million humanitarian donation

The Government of the Republic of Korea has provided US$300,000 (J$48 million) in humanitarian assistance to Jamaica as the island rebuilds after the catastrophic passage of Hurricane Melissa. In…
They are to go to court on April 21.
December 19, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

‘I still cry every night’

A senior police officer broke down in court last Friday after her son’s alleged killer raised a claim of self-defence, forcing sentencing to be aborted for the second time in five years. St Thomas…
AP Virginia Giuffre holds a news conference outside a Manhattan court in New York, August 2019.
December 19, 2025

Epstein accuser’s memoir sells 1m copies worldwide

A posthumous memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein’s best known accusers, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, has sold one-million copies worldwide two months after its release. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced…
Chi Ching Ching
December 19, 2025 by Yasmine Peru

5 Questions With Chi Ching Ching

Radion Beckford, better known as Chi Ching Ching, can be counted on to be the life of the party, whether or not he has a mic in his hand or has on his dancing shoes and is rolling out his own red…
Jason Henzell
December 19, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Creative industry stunned by artist’s murder

The creative community in Jamaica has been shaken by the violent murder of Kenya-born Jamaican fusion sculptor Mazola wa Mwashighadi, a death wholly at odds with the man they knew. He had made Jamaica…