News
December 29, 2025
by Lester Hinds
Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful’ remittance tax takes hold this week
Effective January 1, Jamaicans in the United States (US) sending money to relatives in their homeland will have to pay a one per cent excise tax on those remittances. The one per cent tax is set out…
December 29, 2025
by Christopher Thomas
St James Health Department renting 15 garbage trucks for clean-up effort
WESTERN BUREAU: Lennox Wallace, parish manager for the St James Health Department, says the department is arranging to rent several garbage trucks to carry out its own waste collection in sections of…
December 29, 2025
by Carl Gilchrist
Discovery Bay Bauxite vows no ease up on assistance to Melissa victims
Discovery Bay Bauxite is committing to continuing its collaborative efforts to assist victims of Hurricane Melissa in St Ann. Since the passage of the hurricane on October 28, the bauxite company has…
December 29, 2025
by Albert Ferguson
StJMC CEO urges compassion for the less-fortunate
WESTERN BUREAU: Chief Executive Officer of the St James Municipal Corporation Naudia Crosskill has issued a powerful reminder that wealth and status offer no immunity from life’s uncertainties, as she…
December 29, 2025
by Neil Armstrong
Massey College Fellowship to allow professor to complete major projects
Dr Hyacinth Simpson, a Jamaican-Canadian associate professor in the Department of English, Faculty of Arts, at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), has been named a 2025-2026 Massey College Visiting…
December 29, 2025
‘Clarity, cohesion, strategic discipline’
CMC: Outgoing Caribbean Community (CARICOM) chairman, Prime Minister Andrew Holness, has reiterated the need for the region to remain a ‘Zone of Peace’ grounded in respect for international law, the…
December 29, 2025
Foods with healthy-sounding buzzwords could be hiding added sugar in plain sight
Many consumers feel pride in avoiding the glazed pastries in the supermarket and instead opting for “all natural” granola that comes packed with extra protein. Same goes for low-fat yoghurt “made with…
December 29, 2025
by Corey Robinson
Study raises alarm over sexual practices of Jamaican women, girls
A recent study has determined that a troubling percentage of Jamaican teenagers, including girls as young as 15, are engaging in sexual activity with multiple partners. At the same time, the research…
December 29, 2025
Checkout cheer
Gratitude, relief and excitement rippled through In Town Supermarket in Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth, on December 18, as JN Money covered grocery bills for several customers still reeling from the…