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One of the two Wingo Airlines mystery flights from Colombia arriving in Montego Bay on Thursday.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Wingo’s mystery flight from Colombia touches down in MoBay

WESTERN BUREAU: Cheers erupted inside the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, on Thursday morning as more than 370 Colombians disembarked from a “mystery flight” only to discover…
Lady Mariéme Jamme, founder & CEO of the iamtheCODE Foundation.
December 9, 2025 by Erica Virtue

Coding for change

Jamaica has officially become the 89th country to launch iamtheCODE, a global initiative aimed at empowering young girls and women through digital literacy and coding. The programme, which seeks to…
JTA President Mark Malabver.
December 9, 2025 by Christopher Thomas

JTA urges teachers to tap into counselling services to combat stress

WESTERN BUREAU: With several cases of suspected suicides hitting the headlines in recent weeks, Jamaica Teachers’ Association [JTA] President Mark Malabver is urging teachers to make use of the…
A section of the audience at the opening of the ‘One Nation, New Symbols’ exhibition at the National Gallery of Jamaica, located in Kingston Mall, downtown Kingston, on Sunday, September 28.
December 9, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

‘One Nation, New Symbols’ exhibition opened at National Gallery of Jamaica

THE NATIONAL Gallery of Jamaica (NGJ), located in the Kingston Mall in downtown, was swarmed with patrons on the evening of Sunday, September 28, as it opened its newest exhibition, ‘One Nation, New…
Trees blow in the wind on a pier ahead of Hurricane Imelda's expected arrival in Hamilton, Bermuda, Wednesday, October 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Anthony Wade)
December 9, 2025

Hurricane Imelda swirls away from Bermuda after battering tiny island

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The core of Hurricane Imelda was moving past Bermuda early Thursday as weather conditions were expected to improve around the tiny British territory that reported major…
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December 9, 2025

Service of celebration to mark Rev Karl Johnson becoming first Caribbean president of Baptist churches worldwide

Reverend Karl John’s historic appointment to the helm of the Baptist World Alliance is being recognised today at Phillippo Baptist Church, the church he leads in Spanish Town, Jamaica’s first capital,…
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December 9, 2025

School Mental Health Literacy Programme to resume this month

The Ministry of Health and Wellness says its School Mental Health Literacy Programme will resume this month as part of efforts to build awareness and provide support to students and wider communities.…
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dana Morris Dixon, speaking at a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on October 1.
December 9, 2025

JUTC developing security-enabled student card for rural school bus network

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is developing a special student card equipped with a built-in security alert feature, designed for use on rural school buses. Minister of Education, Skills,…
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December 9, 2025

St Catherine driver without licence and insurance who crashed into cars fined $280,000

A St Catherine man who crashed into two vehicles and fled the scene was fined a total of $280,000 or 14 days' imprisonment in the parish court on Wednesday. Donovan Benson, of a Spanish Town…