News
December 9, 2025
by Janet Silvera
Oct 4 belatedly proclaimed ‘Mount Alvernia Chetwood Day’ in MoBay
WESTERN BUREAU: Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay was the backdrop for a poignant moment on Wednesday as Mayor Richard Vernon proclaimed October 4 as Mount Alvernia Chetwood Day. The occasion, part of…
December 9, 2025
by Paul H. Williams
Marcus Garvey ‘the greatest black man ever’
THE CAMPAIGN against Marcus Garvey in the US came from the wider community and people within his own organisation. Chief among his detractors were W.E.B. DuBois, Wilfred Adolphus Domingo, and A.…
December 9, 2025
Trump threatens to yank World Cup games from Boston though it's up to FIFA to choose sites
WASHINGTON (AP) — US President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to relocate World Cup matches set to be played next year in suburban Boston, after suggesting that parts of the city had been…
December 9, 2025
Swaby raps NSWMA for uncollected garbage, dirty Corporate Area streets
Kingston's mayor Andrew Swaby has urged the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) to get its act together, citing complaints from several communities that their garbage has not been…
December 9, 2025
64-y-o man shot and injured by masked attacker in St Catherine
A 64-year-old man was shot and injured in Colbeck district, Old Harbour, St Catherine, on Tuesday night after being attacked by a masked man. Reports are that about 6:45 p.m., the complainant…
December 9, 2025
Mother accused of killing infant daughter declared unfit to stand trial, suffers seizure in court
The St James Circuit Court today ordered that Shamoya Green, the St James woman who reportedly threw her infant daughter off the roof of their home in 2023, should be taken for medical evaluation…
December 9, 2025
J'can population at 2.774 million as growth rate slows, long-awaited census data reveal
The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) has released the results of the national census, revealing a population of 2,774,538, an increase of 2.8 per cent over the 2011 count.
December 9, 2025
Egg farmers assure of adequate supplies for Christmas
President of the Jamaica Egg Farmers Association, Mark Campbell, is seeking to assure that there will be an adequate supply of eggs for the upcoming Christmas season. "We have had no Covid-19,…
December 9, 2025
Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from firing workers during government shutdown
President Donald Trump’s administration for now must stop firing workers during the government shutdown, a federal judge in San Francisco ordered on Wednesday. US District Judge Susan Illston issued…