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Justice Minister Delroy Chuck.
December 20, 2025 by Bryan Miller

Justice ministry to launch Social Harmony Programme next year

Western Bureau: Buoyed by the significant decline in major crimes this year, currently the lowest in 25 years, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck says he will be launching a Social Harmony Programme in…
Delano Seiveright, minister of state in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce.
December 20, 2025 by Lester Hinds

Seiveright: Melissa offers Jamaicans in diaspora opportunity to invest in Jamaica

Delano Seiveright, minister of state in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, has indicated that the impact of Hurricane Melissa offers Jamaicans in the diaspora a unique opportunity to…
Organiser of Winternational international embassy showcase, Jan Du Plain (second from left), shares a photo opportunity at Jamaica’s booth with (from left) Counsellor Brittany McCera, Community Relations Officer Emile Wallace Waddell, and Minister Counse
December 20, 2025

Jamaica wows guests at embassy showcase in Washington, DC

Jamaica emerged as a standout presence at Winternational, Washington, DC’s largest international embassy showcase, captivating thousands of attendees with an immersive presentation of Jamaican…
Award winners Thea Melton (left), Harry Mould (centre) and Amahra Spence hold their individual awards presented at the 29th Alfred Fagan Awards ceremony at the Dorfman Theatre, London.
December 20, 2025 by George Ruddock

UK play lands award named for J’can boxing champ, poet

LONDON: Harry Mould’s play ‘ The Brenda Line’ has been announced as the winner of the 29th Alfred Fagon Award which was handed out at the Dorfman Theatre inside the National Theatre in London’s South…
People walk around the Christmas tree in front of St. Sophia Monastery in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025.
December 20, 2025

leisure pic

From left: Donmayne Gyles, president and CEO of Andrews Memorial Hospital, makes a point as Zuleika Jess, member of parliament for St Elizabeth North Eastern, and Leroy Dallas, CEO of Allkare Wellness Foundation, listen at an outreach clinic on December 7,
December 20, 2025

Adventists partner to deliver psychosocial, health services in St Bess

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa’s devastation, Andrews Memorial Hospital Limited (AMH), the Allkare Wellness Foundation and the Andrews Memorial Seventh-day Adventist Church staged a Hurricane…
Children play amid the rubble on High Street, Black River, St Elizabeth, following the passage of Hurricane Melissa in October.
December 20, 2025

UNICEF urges play for children during the holidays

UNICEF Jamaica is urging families to make play a central part of recovery during the holiday season, noting that games and creative activities are vital for children’s emotional healing in the…
Latoya Burrows-Johns (second right), owner of LD Promise Farms, shares a photo with employees (from left) Kenroy Ricketts, Vivine Haslam and Glen Shirley.
December 23, 2025 by Ruddy Mathison

Unbroken will

The resilience so often used to describe the Jamaican farmer is clearly exemplified in 35-year-old Latoya Barrows-Johns, who, along with her partner, operates a 15-acre crop and livestock farm at Salt…
Beryl Rochester, outgoing custos of St Elizabeth.
December 20, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

St Elizabeth’s first female custos to demit office; expresses pride in service, justice expansion

WESTERN BUREAU: Beryl H. Rochester, the first woman to serve as custos rotulorum for St Elizabeth, is preparing to demit office after nearly 12 years of service, bringing to a close a historic tenure…