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December 24, 2025
JPS Foundation gives a helping hand to Brown’s Town Community College
Fourteen students at Brown’s Town Community College (BTCC) will benefit from a $1 million JPS Foundation partnership to support its electrical installation programme. Sophia Lewis, head of the…
December 24, 2025
Residents in hurricane-impacted communities receiving cash vouchers
Hundreds of residents in parishes severely impacted by Hurricane Melissa are receiving cash vouchers just in time for Christmas. The disbursement, which started on December 17, is being undertaken by…
December 24, 2025
Police pledge full security support for St Elizabeth New Year’s Eve fireworks
Superintendent Coleridge Minto, head of the St Elizabeth Police Division, has assured residents and visitors that the parish is safe and ready to host major public events, as he threw his full support…
December 24, 2025
No Rebel Salute in Jamaica for 2026 due to impact of Hurricane Melissa
The organisers of Rebel Salute have announced that the event will not be staged in Jamaica in 2026, citing challenges brought about by Hurricane Melissa. In a statement posted on its Instagram page,…
December 24, 2025
Upset residents of Rose Heights, St James mount roadblocks over lack of water
Upset residents of 41 Boulevard in the community of Rose Heights, St James, blocked the main road leading into their community this morning to protest a lack of water in the area. They used trash,…
December 24, 2025
NSWMA receives 10 new trucks valued $200m to boost National Hurricane Melissa Clean-Up Programme
The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has received 10 new tipper trucks, valued approximately $200 million, to strengthen the National Clean-up Programme in parishes impacted by…
December 24, 2025
St Andrew South police aiming to make Maxfield Avenue communities ‘no-shooting, no-murder zone’ in 2026
Residents of Fitzgerald Avenue in the Maxfield area of St Andrew have been urged by lawmen to partner with the police in the coming year to help reduce violent crime. Divisional Commander for St…
December 24, 2025
Christmas joy…JPS mobile power unit to bring electricity to Black River on Thursday
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), Hugh Grant, has announced that electricity will be restored to key facilities and major sections of Black River, St…
December 24, 2025
Tears of joy as Nigerian families reunite with kidnapped schoolchildren
PAPIRI, Nigeria (AP) — In a Christmas reunion, families and villagers in north-central Nigeria cried and hugged schoolchildren who were held for a month after being seized in one of the largest mass…