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December 9, 2025
Immigration Corner | What are the mistakes that get people’s applications refused?
Dear Ms. Powell, What are the common mistakes that cause immigration applications to be refused? I’m preparing to apply, and I want to make sure I don’t make any mistakes and get rejected. K.B. …
December 9, 2025
Immigration Corner | How to share your eVisa with a prospective employer
Dear Mr. Bassie, I have been asked to share my United Kingdom eVisa with a prospective employer over there and I would like to know how I should go about doing this. Any assistance would be…
December 9, 2025
Immigration Corner | How do I overcome a five-year ban?
Dear Mrs. Walker-Huntington On May 25, 2023 my visa B1/B2 visa was cancelled for visa violation and I was also given a five-year ban. Now my boyfriend lives in Philadelphia and we planned on getting…
December 9, 2025
by Tanesha Mundle
‘Please send him home’
The distraught guardians of missing Manchester High student Jayden Thompson were up to late yesterday pleading for his safe return, clinging to hope as the days pass with no sign of the 12-year-old.…
December 9, 2025
by Erica Virtue
Eldemire Shearer: Dementia is nothing to be ashamed of
After last week’s public acknowledgement that former Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has been suffering from dementia, Professor of Public Health and Ageing Denise Eldemire Shearer says there…
December 9, 2025
by Janet Silvera
JTB eyes Netflix, digital campaigns to market Jamaica’s communities
Western Bureau: Jamaica’s Director of Tourism Donovan White has announced plans to market the island’s communities on platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime, part of a bold strategy to turn local…
December 9, 2025
by Janet Silvera
Lynne Mitchell Foundation awards $21m in scholarships this year
WESTERN BUREAU: Forty-two Jamaican students are celebrating a life-changing boost to their education, after being named recipients of the Lynne Mitchell Foundation (LMF) 2025 scholarships. The…
December 9, 2025
by Lester Hinds
Holness: No honeymoon period for Gov’t post-election
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has told Jamaicans in the diaspora that there will be no honeymoon period for the Government following the September 3 general election that gave his administration a…
December 9, 2025
From cancer-stricken to computer scientist
In 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, 16-year-old Ardenne High School student Katelyn Tait was diagnosed with cancer - stage two Hodgkin lymphoma. Come November 2026, a mere five years later, she…