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From left: Errol Lebet, chief executive officer, St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation; Richard Solomon, mayor of Black River; Dwight Salmon, councillor for the Black River Division; and Superintendent Coleridge Minto, head of the St Elizabeth Police Division
December 24, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Black River’s Christmas tree lighting signals resilience, hope and the determination to rebuild

WESTERN BUREAU: Black River Mayor Richard Solomon says that, despite being scaled down, Monday night’s Christmas Tree-lighting Ceremony in the St Elizabeth capital symbolised resilience, determination…
Children from the Bible Truth Ministry International (BTMI) enjoy themselves at Emancipation Park in New Kingston during an excursion earlier this year.
December 24, 2025

Spend quality time with loved ones, not a screen

The Christmas holiday season is a time to step back from the busy pace of modern life and connect with our nearest and dearest instead of screens, apps and chatbots. Here are some suggestions on how…
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December 24, 2025

J’can pastor accused of killing wife in Canada remanded

Jamaican pastor Alton Farquharson was remanded when he appeared before the London, Ontario court in Canada on Tuesday for a scheduled bail hearing related to a second-degree murder charge. The…
Kelly Griffith, training coordinator at Project STAR, leads an interactive training session as participants engage in discussion during the Project STAR, UNDP Cash for Care & Work Initiative in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland.
December 24, 2025

Project STAR, UNDP launch ‘Cash for Care & Work’ initiative in Sav-la-Mar, Salt Spring

Project STAR has strengthened its post–Hurricane Melissa recovery efforts with the launch of a Cash for Care & Work Initiative, implemented in partnership with the United Nations Development…
From left: Suwanee Farquharson, e-Commerce administrator, Fontana Pharmacy; Melissa Shaw, digital marketing coordinator, Fontana Pharmacy; Nadia Williams, administrator, Mary’s Child; Morgan Binger, PR and outreach coordinator, Fontana; Shaundae Demns, d
December 24, 2025

Mary’s Child hails support from Fontana’s Wishing Tree

Nadia Williams, administrator of Mary’s Child, says community partnerships are vital in helping teenage mothers rebuild their lives. Her comments came as Fontana completed one of its Christmas Wishing…
Cordell Howell-Huie (second left) and Deacon Dalmas Agan (second right)), administrators at the Mustard Seed Children’s Home in Moore Park, St James, jointly collect a gift basket from Janet Richards (left), chairman of the Janet Richards Foundation, and
December 24, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Janet Richards Foundation targeting Bolt for more help

Western Bureau: Chairman of the Janet Richards Foundation, Janet Richards, says she will be reaching out to the Usain Bolt Foundation to help transform the play area at the St James-based Mustard Seed…
Vermon Taylor is pictured decorating the Christmas tree for the parish of St James.
December 24, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Christmas of yesteryear in Jamaica

Up to the end of the 20th century Christmas celebrations were more widely anticipated in Jamaica, secularly and religiously, than they are nowadays. The days leading up to Christmas were full of…
Wallace Sterling, Colonel of the Moore Town Maroons, Portland.
December 24, 2025 by Gareth Davis Snr

Colonel Sterling laments end of Jonkunnu in Moore Town

The Jonkunnu festivity at Moore Town, a Maroon village in East Portland’s Rio Grande Valley, has died a slow, natural death — leaving residents with a quiet resolve. Colonel of the Moore Town Maroons,…
TRUE Free Vet Check at Negril Spay and Neuter Clinic with Dr Jaxson Heffes (right) and from left Debra Lightheart and Dr Heffes’s assistant Diandra Dixon.
December 24, 2025

TRUE Pet Food delivers relief for animals

When the winds died down and the floodwaters began to recede, the true cost of Hurricane Melissa slowly came into view. Beyond damaged homes and disrupted lives, another crisis unfolded quietly across…