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JTA president, Mark Malabver. - File photo.
December 23, 2025 by Sashana Small

January jitters

The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) is denouncing what it says is the lack of consultation from the Ministry of Education regarding the January reopening of schools, arguing that the absence of…
Alliah Moore (left) poses for a photo with her sister Amber Moore and nephew Aiden after the trio arrived on Monday.
December 23, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

No place like home for the holidays

“Don’t let anything dim yuh spirit.” That was the message echoed by returning Jamaicans at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Monday, as travellers arriving for the Christmas…
Cherre Crawford, her husband Rick and daughter Kyra-Leigh.
December 23, 2025 by Karen Madden

Bringing a Jamaican flavour to Christmas in Canada

Food, friends and family take on a whole new meaning when Jamaicans have to spend Christmas outside of their island home. Although the airports will be busy with hundreds of Jamaicans travelling back…
Janet Silvera (right), the chairman of the Sarah’s Children charity, presents a donation of 1,440 medical scrubs to Dr Dwayne Hall (centre), head of surgery at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in St James, and Cassandra Laing, CRH’s operations mana
December 23, 2025 by Christopher Thomas

CRH doctors get 1,440 scrubs as early Christmas gift

WESTERN BUREAU: Doctors and nurses at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, can now conduct operations in greater comfort and safety, after receiving an early Christmas gift…
Little Khaylya Harvey, after receiving her bowling set, poses with her father, Dane Harvey, during the Montego Bay Free Zone and Global Services Association Jamaica post-Hurricane Melissa Christmas treat for Catherine Hall and Westgreen residents in St Jam
December 23, 2025 by Ashley Anguin

Christmas treat for hurricane-battered Catherine Hall, Westgreen

Western Bureau: The neighbouring communities of Westgreen and Catherine Hall in Montego Bay, St James, which experienced major flooding during the passage of Hurricane Melissa in October, got a…
Damage to Best Buy Gold Shop caused by Hurricane Melissa
December 23, 2025

JN helps entrepreneur rise from ruins after Melissa

For more than two decades, Joan Palmer, an entrepreneur, operated Best Buy Gold Shop at 26 High Street in Black River, St Elizabeth, but now she has been forced to rebuild her livelihood literally…
Kamesha Blake, executive director, Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association
December 23, 2025

JMEA launches $10 million Hurricane Melissa recovery grant

With hundreds of manufacturers and small producers still reeling from the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) has launched a $10 million…
Factories Corporation of Jamaica Chairman Lyttleton ‘Tanny’ Shirley (right) presents to Dannette Vickers, a Westmoreland business owner during the handover ceremony on December 17.
December 23, 2025

FCJ backs small business recovery in Westmoreland

Approximately $13 million has been distributed to more than 70 micro and small businesses in Whitehouse, Westmoreland, as part of the Factories Corporation of Jamaica Limited (FCJ)’s relief effort…
John Bassie
December 23, 2025

Who can hold a British passport?

Dear Mr Bassie, Please advise under what circumstances someone is seen as eligible to hold a British Passport. Any assistance would be appreciated. TT Dear TT, With respect to British passport…