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December 18, 2025 by Livern Barrett

‘worst of the worst’

Eighty-four Jamaicans are among hundreds of “criminal aliens”, described by United States (US) authorities as the “worst of the worst”, who were arrested across several American states last weekend as…

Shantel Powell (left), winner of the 2025 top cop award, is embraced by Corporal Rojehn Holt, first runner-up, during the Lasco Chin Foundation/Jamaica Constabulary Force Saluting Our Heroes Awards ceremony held yesterday at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Ne

December 18, 2025 by Ashanti Lawson

Policing with purpose

Corporal Shantel Powell of Area Five has emerged the overall winner of the LASCO/Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Saluting Our Heroes Awards, topping a field of more than 158 nominees across the…

Some of Jimmy Chambers Cliff’s children, son Romeo Cliff and daughters Kadijah Cliff (left) and Odessa Chambers, take part in the music legend’s official funeral held yesterday at the National Indoors Sports Centre in Kingston.

December 18, 2025 by Yasmine Peru

Jimmy Cliff: A celebration of life

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness and Minister of Culture Olivia Grange led Jamaicans in a fulsome celebration of the life of Jimmy Chambers Cliff, Grammy Award-winning singer, actor, Hall of Fame…

December 18, 2025 by Bryan Miller

Hanover’s garbage disposal woes intensify post-Melissa

Western Bureau: The garbage collection woes, which has been plaguing Hanover over recent times, has intensified since the passage of Hurricane Melissa, leaving business operators and residents…

December 18, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

‘A memory that never leaves’

Seven years after Jean-Pierre Rhone was brutally murdered and buried in a shallow grave, his family remains deeply hurt and haunted by his death, which they describe as a profound betrayal and a…

President of the Jamaica Coffee Growers Association, Donald Salmon (left), shares a handshake with Dr Norman Grant (second right), president of the Jamaica Coffee Exporters Association, while Wayne Hunter (right), acting director general for the Jamaica Ag

December 18, 2025 by Edmond Campbell

Coffee farmers cry for more assistance

Hit with losses estimated at $1 billion from the devastating effects of Hurricane Melissa, the local coffee industry yesterday received 5,000 bags of fertiliser and other key agricultural inputs…

Some of the skateboards which will be used during the weekend's Kingston leg of the Jamaica Skate Tour on Water Lane in downtown Kingston.

December 19, 2025

Mobile skate tour for downtown Kingston this weekend

The Jamaica Skate Culture Foundation (JSC) officially launches the Jamaican Skate Tour with a three-day kickoff event in downtown Kingston, from today until Sunday. The event begins at 10 a.m. on …

Jason Russell, president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

December 18, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

MBCCI’s Russell bats for hurricane-resilient buildings

WESTERN BUREAU: Jason Russell, president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, says that rather than investing in large, stand-alone storage facilities, which may sit idle between…

December 18, 2025 by Bryan Miller

Chester Castle councillor appeals for rebuilding assistance

Western Bureau: Wynter McIntosh, the councillor for the Chester Castle Division in the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC), is appealing to individuals, organisations and the Government to provide…