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Camperdown High players (blue and red) and their Gaynstead opposition get into a scramble for the ball during an ISSA urban schoolgirl senior netball game at the Leila Robinson Courts last year.
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Camperdown set sights on junior, senior netball titles

Camperdown High School’s junior and senior netball teams are enjoying their best start in years in the ISSA urban schoolgirls competition, with both teams unbeaten after four matches each. The Wayne…
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December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Court blocks JCA’s plan to exclude brokers, importers from goods inspections

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) cannot exclude customs brokers, importers, owners, or their agents from participating in the inspection of imported goods under its…
From left Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, and former Cleveland Cavaliers’ player Damon Jones.
December 9, 2025

NBA head coach, player charged in sports betting schemes

NEW YORK (AP): The head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers and a player for the Miami Heat were arrested yesterday along with more than 30 other people in a takedown of two sprawling gambling…
December 9, 2025

Rabbi Yaakov Raskin | Noah and the ARK

WHAT DO Montego Bay’s Hip Strip, Ziggy Marley and Noah’s ark all have in common? In 2017, Jamaica got its first Kosher not-for-profit restaurant, the ‘Hot Spot’. Located in the heart of the ‘hip…
Heavy equipment and trucks are seen at Sandy Gully clearing debris and garbage ahead of Tropical Storm Melissa.
December 9, 2025

NWA ramps up TS Melissa preparations, drains, gullies and waterways being cleaned

The National Works Agency (NWA) is reporting that it has intensified its preparations for impact of Tropical Storm Melissa on Jamaica. The NWA says the ramped up activities include re-cleaning of…
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December 9, 2025

Airports likely to close if Jamaica moves from hurricane watch to warning - Vaz

Jamaica’s international airports are likely to be closed within 24 hours if a hurricane warning is issued for Jamaica, Transport Minister Daryl Vaz has announced. Norman Manley in Kingston, Sangster…
December 9, 2025

House approves second Supplementary Estimates for 2025/26

The Second Supplementary Estimates for the 2025/26 fiscal year was approved in the House of Representatives on October 21. This followed the deliberations and adoption of the reports of the Public…
Foods to be packaged and distributed by the Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists across the island in observance of World Food Day are placed on display at the Port Maria Seventh-day Adventist Church in St Mary on Tuesday.
December 9, 2025 by Gareth Davis Sr

SDA church targets 40,000 meals to help ease hunger in Jamaica

The Jamaica Union of Seventh-day Adventists is aiming to provide meals for up to 40,000 Jamaicans who go hungry each night as part of efforts to combat food insecurity across the island. Speaking…
Energy Minister Daryl Vaz. - File photo.
December 9, 2025

Toll road operators on storm alert

The operators of highway toll roads are now on alert to respond to any emergency directive that may come from the Minister of Transport as Jamaica braces for Tropical Storm Melissa. Transport…