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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 by Andre Williams

Managed meals over mayhem

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…
Dalton Fowles, country manager, Mastercard Jamaica, presents Mastercard’s new SME Digital Payment Study during a media roundtable discussion in the Blue Mountain Room of the AC Hotel in St Andrew yesterday.
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

SMEs see spike in business with adoption of digital payment systems

Jamaican small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that have embraced digital payments have seen significant growth in their businesses, a recent Mastercard study has revealed. The study, conducted…
A Cornwall College cadet participating in the flag ceremony during the proclamation event.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Oct 4 belatedly proclaimed ‘Mount Alvernia Chetwood Day’ in MoBay

WESTERN BUREAU: Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay was the backdrop for a poignant moment on Wednesday as Mayor Richard Vernon proclaimed October 4 as Mount Alvernia Chetwood Day. The occasion, part of…
Governor General Sir Patrick Allen laying a wreath at the monument of National Hero Marcus Garvey in National Heroes Park on the occasion of Garvey’s 130th birthday in August 2017.
December 9, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Marcus Garvey ‘the greatest black man ever’

THE CAMPAIGN against Marcus Garvey in the US came from the wider community and people within his own organisation. Chief among his detractors were W.E.B. DuBois, Wilfred Adolphus Domingo, and A.…
President Donald Trump holds the FIFA World Cup Winners Trophy as FIFA President Gianni Infantino looks on during an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House, August 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
December 9, 2025

Trump threatens to yank World Cup games from Boston though it's up to FIFA to choose sites

WASHINGTON (AP) — US President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to relocate World Cup matches set to be played next year in suburban Boston, after suggesting that parts of the city had been…
Mayor of Kingston Andrew Swaby.
December 9, 2025

Swaby raps NSWMA for uncollected garbage, dirty Corporate Area streets

Kingston's mayor Andrew Swaby has urged the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) to get its act together, citing complaints from several communities that their garbage has not been…
The St Ann’s Bay Criminal Investigation Branch is probing the incident. - File Photo
December 9, 2025

64-y-o man shot and injured by masked attacker in St Catherine

A 64-year-old man was shot and injured in Colbeck district, Old Harbour, St Catherine, on Tuesday night after being attacked by a masked man. Reports are that about 6:45 p.m., the complainant…
December 9, 2025

Mother accused of killing infant daughter declared unfit to stand trial, suffers seizure in court

The St James Circuit Court today ordered that Shamoya Green, the St James woman who reportedly threw her infant daughter off the roof of their home in 2023, should be taken for medical evaluation…
STATIN attributed population changes to three key demographic processes: births, deaths, and migration.
December 9, 2025

J'can population at 2.774 million as growth rate slows, long-awaited census data reveal

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) has released the results of the national census, revealing a population of 2,774,538, an increase of 2.8 per cent over the 2011 count.