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December 9, 2025
Portland health official cautions public on unsafe coconut water bottling practises
Chief Public Health Inspector for Portland, Lorenzo Hume, is urging the public to exercise caution when bottling coconut water, warning that improper sanitation poses serious health risks due to the…
December 9, 2025
15-y-o boy charged for break-in and robbery at school in Hanover
A 15-year-old boy of Bull Bay district in Lucea, Hanover has been charged for breaking into a school and stealing money and a cell phone. The teen, who was already in custody in relation to a…
December 9, 2025
Mental health is a lifeline, not a luxury
THE EDITOR, Madam: The 2025 World Mental Health Day theme, “Mental Health is Not a Luxury – It is a Lifeline” is a powerful message that demands urgent attention, particularly across the Caribbean…
December 9, 2025
Peter Espeut | Exoneration? Not at all!
According to the Oxford Dictionary, the word “exonerate” means “to absolve from blame for fault or wrongdoing”. The Merriam-Webster dictionary from the other side of the pond defines it as “to clear…
December 9, 2025
Kristen Gyles | Public sector politics
What exactly constitutes political activities? Dr Aujae Dixon, a Jamaican junior doctor, who participated in the September 3 general election as the People’s National Party (PNP) candidate for the…
December 9, 2025
Man dead after New Kingston apartment fire
A fire at the Gallery Apartment in New Kingston reportedly claimed the life of a 74-year-old man on Thursday morning. Several apartments were damaged by the early morning inferno. Firefighters were…
December 9, 2025
Editorial | Embrace INDECOM’s report
This week’s special report by the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) on fatal shootings by the police during planned police operations (PPO) is probably discomfiting reading for the…
December 9, 2025
The battle of restricting kids’ screen time
THE EDITOR, Madam:
December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | More must be done to address pregnancy and infant loss
THE EDITOR, Madam: October is observed as Breast Cancer Awareness, but this month is also the Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. In 2019, Jamaica became the first country in the Caribbean to…