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 Andrea Preti (left) and Venus Williams attend the CFDA Fashion Awards, hosted by The Council of Fashion Designers of America, at The American Museum of Natural History on November 3, 2025, in New York.
December 23, 2025

Tennis star Venus Williams weds in Florida

(AP) — Venus Williams and Andrea Preti are married, the tennis great announced Tuesday on social media. Williams and Preti became wife and husband over the weekend in Palm Beach, Florida, as part of…
His court date is being finalised.
December 23, 2025

Update |Third man now charged for murder of St Catherine contractor Humphrey Brown

The police have now charged a third man who was taken into custody in connection with the death of St Catherine contractor Humphrey Brown, who was killed and whose body was subsequently found in a…
Mayor of Kingston, Andrew Swaby, condemned the actions, noting that there is a wider economic impact.
December 23, 2025

'Stop it!' - KSAMC condemns destruction of entertainment billboards

The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has condemned what it says is the deliberate destruction of billboards advertising entertainment events, warning that the practice will not be…
The Department of Homeland Security logo is seen during a news conference in Washington, February 25, 2015.
December 23, 2025

Trump administration moves to overhaul how H-1B visas are granted, ending lottery system

(AP) — The United States Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday it was replacing its longstanding lottery system for H-1B work visas with a new approach that prioritises skilled, higher-paid…
December 23, 2025

Canada court remands Jamaican pastor accused of killing his wife

Jamaican pastor Alton Farquharson, who is charged with murder in the death of his wife, was remanded when he appeared in a court in Canada on Tuesday. The 56-year-old, who is reportedly from Mile…
Motorists travelling to Kingston via Annotto Bay are being urged to use an alternative route through Richmond, into Rock River, then Scott’s Hall, exiting at Grandy Hole.
December 23, 2025

Broken-down truck blocks Junction main road in St Mary

The St Mary police are advising that the Junction main road is blocked between Friendship Gap and Devon Pen due to a truck that has broken down. As a result, motorists travelling to Kingston via…
Parris Lyew-Ayee (second left), chairman, JN Foundation exchanges pleasantries with Dr. Tiou Clarke (left), lecturer at the University of Technology, Jamaica; Dr Ricardo Anderson (centre), lecturer in the Department of Computing, The University of the West
December 23, 2025

Growth & Jobs | Embrace AI in Early Childhood Education with caution – tech experts

Educators with knowledge of artificial intelligence (AI) are urging their colleagues at the early childhood level to move past scepticism and embrace the technology as part of modern teaching methods.…
Coffee beans that got damaged during the passage of Hurricane Melissa in Spring Hill, Portland.
December 22, 2025 by Edmond Campbell

Battered beans

Making a case for more meaningful support from the Government toward one of the country’s long-standing industries, Donald Salmon, president of the Jamaica Coffee Growers Association, says coffee…
Donald Berry, coffee farmer in Spring Hill, Portland, checks for disease on coffee beans on his farm.
December 22, 2025 by Edmond Campbell

‘Coffee and Jamaica are close to my heart’

For nearly three decades, Donald Berry has put his energy and passion into producing Blue Mountain Coffee, and has had setbacks in the past. However, with the passage of Hurricane Melissa, he thought…