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December 9, 2025 by Adrian Frater

St James High celebrates stellar CSEC pass rates

WESTERN BUREAU: Despite several distractions over the past year, including the highly publicised clash between the school’s principal and its chairman, St James High continues to shine as a beacon of…
The damaged Negril ambulance after it crashed in March 2023.
December 9, 2025 by Mickalia Kington

Negril Chamber to repair out-of-service ambulance

Western Bureau: Negril’s already-fragile emergency response system has been thrown into a deeper crisis as residents and visitors to the tourism hub face weeks without a fully functioning ambulance.…
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December 9, 2025 by Christopher Thomas

10 per cent of St James schools falling short on health standards

WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Health Services is reporting that 10 per cent of the parish’s 279 schools are not in full compliance as it relates to maintaining proper public health standards, based on…
Oblique Seville of Jamaica, world champion in the men’s 100m.
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

‘Respect my name’

“Put some respect pon mi name!” shouted Jamaica’s newest 100m world champion Oblique Seville as he led the way with gold on day two at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships at the Japan National…
Ruel Reid
December 9, 2025

15% of witnesses missing in Ruel Reid trial

Approximately 15 per cent of witnesses in the multimillion-dollar fraud case involving former Education Minister and Senator Ruel Reid cannot be located, but the trial will commence in three weeks as…
December 9, 2025 by Gareth Davis Sr

British national’s death triggers ATV probe

Cascade, St Mary: Investigations are continuing into the circumstances that led to a fatal all-terrain vehicle (ATV) accident in Cascade, St Mary, a few weeks ago, which claimed the life of a male…
The reading corner at Windsor Forest Basic School.
December 9, 2025

Portland school in limbo

Windsor Forest, East Portland: After successfully completing the rehabilitation of the Windsor Forest Basic School in east Portland, which fell into disrepair during the COVID-19 pandemic, the absence…
Dorey McPherson awaiting the arrival of firefighters to free her trapped leg after several failed efforts by passers-by who rushed to her aid.
December 9, 2025 by Corey Robinson

ONE STEP FROM DISASTER

For over 30 years, Dorey McPherson sold goods at the Morant Bay Market in St Thomas, stepping countless times on the deteriorating manhole cover beside her stall – always without incident. But last…
Orette Fisher, former director of elections... ‘Notwithstanding cost, conduct enumeration exercise every 15 years.’
December 9, 2025 by Erica Virtue

‘A clean voters’ list is a moral safeguard’

Failure by successive administrations to declare an enumeration period in Jamaica, for a complete reverification and purging of the voters’ list has fuelled concerns about the low percentage of the…