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Speaker of the House of Representative, Juliet Holness, speaking at the sitting of Parliament on Tuesday, October 21.
December 9, 2025

Full Text|'An affront to proper order'...House Speaker criticises Opposition over walkout

House Speaker Juliet Holness has criticised today’s walkout by the Opposition during the sitting of Parliament. Opposition members and Holness clashed this afternoon over the asking of questions to…
Richard Vernon, chairman of the St James Municipal Corporation.
December 9, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Vernon says Fresh Bread Ministries has enriched MoBay’s heart and spirit

WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon says Fresh Bread Ministries International (FBMI), a non-denominational organisation based in the St James capital, has made the area richer in spirit…
From left: Sylvanus Thompson, Vivienne Nelson-Campbell and Chris Campbell pose with their awards on Monday.
December 9, 2025 by Neil Armstrong

Diaspora pride

TORONTO, Canada: Four Jamaican-Canadians were celebrated with national honours on Monday during the annual Ceremony of Investiture and Presentation of National Honours and Awards on the lawns of…
Dr Ralph Gonsalves, prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, virtually addressing Tuesday’s forum at the UWI Regional Headquarters in St Andrew.
December 9, 2025 by Lester Hinds

Gonsalves criticises T&T’s support for US military strikes in the Caribbean

Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, has labelled the Trinidad and Tobago government’s support for ongoing US military action in the Caribbean as “misguided”.
Damion Crawford, member of parliament for St Catherine North Western, goes through a math equation during one of the math classes at Charlemont High School in Linstead, St Catherine on October 18.
December 9, 2025 by Ruddy Mathison

Damion Crawford keeps free math lessons going strong

Politics may be his calling, but for Damion Crawford, teaching mathematics is his true passion — one that has grown from a classroom at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, to a movement…
From left: Dr Kasan Troupe, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information; principal of The Mico University College, Dr Asburn Pinnock; CEO of the Digicel Foundation, Charmaine Daniels; and Digicel Foundation chair, Joy Cl
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Digicel Foundation opens smart lab at Mico University

Phillip Ramson (second right), managing director of Chas E. Ramson Limited, presents a symbolic cheque valued at $4 million to Project STAR Director, Ian Neita (second left), marking the company’s two-year partnership with Project STAR to support communi
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Chas E. Ramson partners with Project STAR to support community transformation

Staff from university housing provider 138 Student Living (138SL) recently donated clothing and food items to the Mona Baptist Church (MBC) outreach programme, known as Healing and Empowerment through Love and Prayer (H.E.L.P.), as part of its corporate s
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | 138SL provides H.E.L.P. through timely donation

Brittany Thwaites (right), brand manager, WATA portfolio, Wisynco Group, shares a moment with football fans Lavonia (left) and Gerzan Williams (centre) in the stands at the National Stadium on Tuesday, October 14. The interaction formed part of WATA’s Ce
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | WATA brings celebration to the stadium in support of Reggae Boyz