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Winsome Earle-Sears
December 9, 2025 by Lester Hinds

Jamaica-born Winsome Earle-Sears hoping to continue making history in Virginia

With less than two weeks to go before voters cast ballots in the Virginia governor’s race in the United States (US), Jamaica-born Winsome Earle-Sears, who is running on the Republican Party’s ticket,…
Yvonne Clarke, director general of the Jamaica Red Cross.
December 9, 2025

Jamaica Red Cross celebrates 61 years of service

The Jamaica Red Cross (JRC) is observing Red Cross Month 2025, under the theme ‘On the Side of Humanity’, as it celebrates 61 years of dedicated humanitarian service to the people of Jamaica. Speaking…
Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar and Chairman of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation, Councillor Danree Delancy, delivers remarks during the Entertainment Venues of Negril Press Conference held recently at Wavz Beach Club.
December 9, 2025

Westmoreland Municipal Corporation pledges full support for Negril’s cultural revival

Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Danree Delancy, has pledged the full support of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation to help strengthen Negril’s entertainment sector. Speaking during the…
he police are advising members of the public to use alternative routes where possible.
December 9, 2025

Police advise motorists to avoid section of the Junction main road

The police are advising the public that the Junction main road in the vicinity of Brandon Hill, St Andrew, has become hazardous as trees and other debris are blocking the roadway. In addition,…
Donna-Gaye Brady, inspector of poor at The Marie Atkins Night Shelter, says the group that organised Saturday’s feeding of persons at the shelter adhered to the call for cooperation and, as a result, the activity went smoothly.
December 9, 2025

Charities heeding the call to direct homeless feeding programmes through shelters

Acting Inspector of Poor at the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation, Donna-Gaye Brady, says the Poor Relief Department has been receiving numerous calls from individuals and organisations…
The epicentre was located 8 km south of Buff Bay, Portland.
December 9, 2025

Minor earthquake rocks Jamaica

The Earthquake Unit at the University of the West Indies, Mona, has confirmed that a minor earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 was felt across several parishes of Jamaica on Sunday. The epicentre was…
Kamla Persad Bissessar
December 9, 2025

Trinidad doubles down on position regarding US military presence in the region

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday reiterated its reason for standing apart from its CARICOM neighbours in declining to back a regional position on key security and regional…
Shani Duncan-Falconer (left), senior corporate manager at JMMB Group SME Resource Centre, with Primrose Oliver of Called Out Gospel Radio, during the PowHerful Women in Business Meet & Greet at AC Hotel, Kingston.
December 9, 2025

JMMB welcomes third cohort of PowHerful Women in Business

The JMMB Group, through its SME Resource Centre, welcomed 23 Jamaican women entrepreneurs – part of a total 33 participants from Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago – to the third cohort of its PowHERful…
Robert Scott, CEO Lifespan Distribution, delivers his address at the recent Black Congressional Caucus Foundation’s 54th Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, DC.
December 9, 2025

Robert Scott shines at Black Congressional Caucus Foundation’s legislative conference

Robert Scott, CEO of Lifespan Distribution Ltd and distinguished TEDx Clarkstown alumni, recently participated in a high-profile panel at the Black Congressional Caucus Foundation’s 54th Annual…