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Romona Victor
December 9, 2025

Local government councillor and her husband found dead at home in Trinidad

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Local government councillor in Trinidad and Tobago, 36-year-old Romona Victor, was found dead along with her husband, 45-year-old Rodney Ramsumair, at their home on…
Bishop Dr Carla Dunbar, chief executive officer at Carla Dunbar Ministries International (right), distributing care packages to residents of Portland, at the organisation’s first Kingdom Out stop in 2022 at Lynch Park, Buff Bay, Portland. 
December 9, 2025 by Keisha Hill

Carla Dunbar Ministries launches relief collaboration website

In the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica has seen compassion but also familiar challenges. Some communities receive repeated visits, while others get little or no aid. The issue is not a lack of…
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December 9, 2025

Murder tally surpasses 600 mark

Murders in Jamaica have passed the 600-mark, even as crime statistics show that homicides are down 42 per cent when compared to last year. According to the latest data from the Jamaica Constabulary…
Arianna Lawrence (front, third from left) at the recent Kingston Creative FAME Incubator ‘Memo Day’.
December 9, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Growth & Jobs | AriConnects people to purpose

“BIRTHED FROM a God-inspired vision in 2021 to merge administration, creativity, production, media and Kingdom purpose into one powerhouse platform, Arianna Lawrence, coined the term ASW. It began as…
December 9, 2025

Man fatally stabbed in Old Harbour

The Old Harbour police in St Catherine are investigating the murder of a man at Port Esquivel last night. The deceased has been identified as Jason Walkace, a 28-year-old of labourer of Burke Road in…
Jamaica Public Service President and CEO Hugh Grant speaking at a media briefing in Negril, Westmoreland on November 23, 2025.
December 9, 2025

JPS targets two-week timeline to restore power at Savanna-la-Mar Hospital

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is working to have power restored at the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital in Westmoreland within the next two weeks, amid significant damage caused by Hurricane Melissa nearly…
Devrhoid Davis (left) makes a point at the Smarter Credit Course workshop. Looking on is Dawnett Pryce-Thompson.
December 9, 2025

Growth & Jobs | From debt to discipline: How two Jamaicans rebuilt their credit and confidence

WHEN DAWNETT Pryce-Thompson walked into a car dealership nearly a decade ago, she was ready to treat herself. After years of driving an old, unreliable car, she felt it was finally time for an…
Jimmy Cliff
December 9, 2025

Jimmy Cliff was one of the greatest proponents of Jamaican music — Minister Grange

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, says that with the passing of Jimmy Cliff Jamaica and the world have lost undoubtedly one of the greatest proponents of Jamaican…
Richard Gordon (left), manager of business development at JPS, engages Caribbean Maritime University students on the Charge ‘n Go network and the advantages of electric mobility.
December 9, 2025

Growth & Jobs | Powering Jamaica’s e-mobility future: Inside the Charge ’n Go Revolution

WHEN RICHARD Gordon tells someone it costs only $4,500 to fully charge his service electric vehicle (EV), they often ask him to repeat what he said. After all, few Jamaicans can fill a petrol tank for…