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Travel agents, influencers and journalists share lens time aboard a Jamwest catamaran in Negril. Seated at right is Alltours’ contracting manager, Marius Michaelis, while Paula Powell of the Jamaica Tourist Board, Europe, is standing at centre, back.
December 19, 2025 by Janet Silvera

New German tour operator sees opportunity in Jamaica’s recovery

WESTERN BUREAU: Just days after Hurricane Melissa battered Jamaica’s tourism sector, German tour operator Alltours made an unexpected decision: to launch Jamaica anyway, insisting that pulling back…
Dr Jhordanne Jones is the first recipient of the new postdoctoral fellowship established by the University of the West Indies and CCRIF SPC.
December 19, 2025

UWI, CCRIF back first climate‑attribution postdoctoral fellowship

Dr Jhordanne Jones has become the first recipient of a new postdoctoral fellowship created by The University of the West Indies (UWI) through its Climate Studies Group Mona (CSGM), in partnership with…
The mobile clinic donated by Direct Relief.
December 19, 2025

Mobile clinic gifted by California charity rolls out in W’land

A mobile clinic donated by California-based international humanitarian charity organisation, Direct Relief, has been deployed by Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton in Westmoreland to aid Darliston…
Members of the Kiwanis Club of West St Andrew, other Kiwanis club members, representatives from the Indian High Commission and volunteers, during the recent staging of the organisation’s health and wellness fair at Laura’s Basic School in Duhaney Park
December 19, 2025 by Keisha Hill

Kiwanis Club of West St Andrew brings cheer to Laura’s Basic School

In the true spirit of giving and community upliftment, the Kiwanis Club of West St Andrew hosted a Christmas Health and Wellness Fair at Laura’s Basic School, providing much-needed health services,…
Simone Sobers (centre), founder and president of Winsome Wishes for KIDS, presents grocery items to a parent during a Christmas treat at Morgan’s Pass Primary in Clarendon. At right are the parent’s children, whose faces have been concealed.
December 19, 2025

Non-profit steps in to help Clarendon children, teachers rebuild

As communities across Clarendon continue to recover from Hurricane Melissa, Winsome Wishes for KIDS (WWKIDS) is helping children, families and teachers rebuild their daily lives, and their sense of…
Left to right- front row: Jeanette Calder, executive director, JAMP; Africka Stephens, founder of Fi We Children Foundation; Oshane Creary, director, The Lesma Ellis Foundation; and Icka Bailey, research and programme Officer, JAMP and other representative
December 19, 2025

Citizen oversight boost

The Jamaica Accountability Meter Portal (JAMP) has awarded €37,908 ($7 million) in European Union-funded grants to two civil-society organisations to strengthen citizen engagement in public financial…
Jason Henzell
December 19, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Creative industry stunned by artist’s murder

The creative community in Jamaica has been shaken by the violent murder of Kenya-born Jamaican fusion sculptor Mazola wa Mwashighadi, a death wholly at odds with the man they knew. He had made Jamaica…
Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Kamina Johnson Smith (left) shakes hands with Kim Jin‑wook, Chargé d’Affaires at the Korean Embassy in Kingston.
December 19, 2025

Republic of Korea provides $48 million humanitarian donation

The Government of the Republic of Korea has provided US$300,000 (J$48 million) in humanitarian assistance to Jamaica as the island rebuilds after the catastrophic passage of Hurricane Melissa. In…
Police investigators are currently at the crime scene with the suspect, searching for items of evidential value. 
December 19, 2025

Man held after mother, brother and cousin chopped to death in Clarendon

A man has been taken into police custody after allegedly chopping his mother, brother and cousin to death in Rocky Point, Clarendon, on Thursday night. The incident occurred in a section of the…