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Professor Elsa Leo-Rhynie (left), former chair of the Dudley Grant Memorial Trust, has the captive attention of (from second left) Professor Zoyah Kinkead-Clark, Early Childhood Care and Education, The University of the West Indies (UWI); Alma Jean Panton,
December 22, 2025

Dudley Grant: Visionary architect of early childhood education

Despite all its ongoing challenges, the current early childhood sector is a far cry from what it was prior to the revolutionary intervention and impact of Dudley Grant. For more than a century, early…
Alisha Distant paused from her work at her desk for a quick photo op.
December 22, 2025

Turning hardship into hope

Some stories show how strength, humility, and joy can exist in the same person. The journey of Alisha Distant, Red Stripe’s 2024 Employee of the Year, does exactly that. Her life is not only a record…
Some of the relief supplies distributed by the Seprod Foundation, in partnership with Brunswick and Facey Commodity.
December 22, 2025

Brunswick partners with Seprod Foundation for ongoing Hurricane Melissa relief

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa, communities across St Elizabeth, Westmoreland, Crawford, Seaford Town, and surrounding parishes continue to face challenges related to food security. In response, the…
The waterlogged Westmoreland Parish Court.
December 22, 2025

Court Administration Division reassures public that court records remain fully intact after Hurricane Melissa

The Court Administration Division (CAD) is reassuring the public that court records remain fully intact following the recent passage of Hurricane Melissa. Director of Client Services, Communications…
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December 22, 2025

Water trucking for sections of western Jamaica this week

The National Water Commission (NWC) will undertake the trucking of water in sections of western Jamaica this week to bridge the gap in piped water supply amid ongoing restoration works following…
In this photo released by the Semarang Search and Rescue Office, rescuers tend to a victim of a deadly bus crash on a toll road in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia, Monday, December 22, 2025. (Semarang SAR Office via AP)
December 22, 2025

Passenger bus crash in Indonesia kills at least 16 people, official says

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A passenger bus crash killed at least 16 people on Indonesia’s main island of Java just after midnight Monday, officials said. The bus carrying 34 people lost control on a…
A court date is being finalised.
December 22, 2025

Jamaican man in Canada charged for murder of woman

A Jamaican man has been charged by the London, Ontario police in Canada with second-degree murder in the death of a woman last Friday. Alton Farquharson, 56, originally from Manchester, is expected…
A warning sign erected by the Westmoreland Public Health Department at a stream in the parish.
December 22, 2025

Warning signs being erected near rivers and streams in Westmoreland

Warning signs are being erected near rivers and streams across Westmoreland as part of an intensified public education drive by the Westmoreland Health Department to reduce the risk of leptospirosis…
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December 22, 2025

Two killed in separate road crashes in Manchester

The Manchester police are probing the deaths of two people who were killed in separate crashes on Sunday. Both victims have been identified as 23-year-old farmer Shacquile Goldbourne of Warwick…