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December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Contractor not guilty of dangerous driving in fatal Coral Gardens crash

A St James contractor accused of causing the death of a motorcyclist in a 2022 crash along the Coral Gardens main road in St James, was on Tuesday found not guilty of dangerous driving. Derrick…
Lloyd Barnett
December 9, 2025 by Edmond Campbell

Barnett urges speedy appointments to vacant IC posts

Constitutional expert Dr Lloyd Barnett says the appointments to fill two vacant posts for directors at the Integrity Commission (IC) should be done promptly, owing to the critical importance of their…
Some of the more than 300 young people who participated in the MultiCare Youth Foundation series of empowerment and development activities under the European Union-sponsored BRIDGE Project, at the graduation and close out ceremony, held at The Jamaica Pega
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands| Hundreds of youth benefit from BRIDGE Project

Close to 60 young people attended the graduation and close-out ceremony for the European Union (EU)-sponsored BRIDGE Project, on October 9 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. These graduates…
Some of the team members from Jamaica Broilers Group and its Best Dressed Chicken and Hi-Pro divisions, alongside NEPA’s Leonard Francis (second right), chief executive officer, and Monique Curtis (right), manager of Ecosystems Management Branch, after t
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | JBG removes over 400 pounds of waste from Hellshire Bay Beach

More than 30 volunteers from Jamaica Broilers Group (JBG) joined forces with the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) to remove over 400 pounds of waste from Hellshire Bay Beach in St…
Radley Reid (left) and Donald Patterson (right), directors of the Rotary Club of St Andrew North Education Foundation, present education grants to Lilly Anne Douglas and Victor Stewart of The University of the West Indies. The recipients were two of four s
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Rotary Club of St Andrew North Education Foundation awards $280,000 in grants to needy students

Immediate Past President of the Rotary Club of Kingston East & Port Royal Melissa Anderson (second left, front row) and Andrea Livingstone-Prince (second right), cohort chair and member of the club with trainers from TPDCo and TeenHub.
December 9, 2025

Growth & Jobs | Rotary Club of Kingston East & Port Royal prepares St Thomas youth for jobs

IN RESPONSE to the urgent need for more skilled workers to fill jobs that have and will be created by the rapid economic and community development, the Rotary Club of Kingston East & Port Royal is…
Christopher Corbin, coordinator for the UNEP Cartagena Convention Secretariat and Caribbean Environment Programme, addressing delegates at COP18 earlier this week.
December 9, 2025

Earth Today | Marine environment takes spotlight at critical UNEP summit

THE UNITED Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is hosting the 18th meeting of the contracting parties to the Cartagena Convention (COP18), intended to inform Caribbean-wide best efforts to address…
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December 9, 2025

Earth Today | St Ann students compete for a greener future

MORE THAN 20 St Ann primary schools are facing off in the inaugural quiz competition of the Cause for Change Foundation, towards awareness raising about climate change and environmental preservation…
St Croix view from a hilltop.
December 9, 2025

Earth Today | TNC, partners launch conservation dashboard tool

THE NATURE Conservancy (TNC), in collaboration with regional partners, has officially launched the 30x30 Regional Geospatial Analysis, Mapping Results and Dashboard tool during a virtual event held…