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December 24, 2025

J’can pastor accused of killing wife in Canada remanded

Jamaican pastor Alton Farquharson was remanded when he appeared before the London, Ontario court in Canada on Tuesday for a scheduled bail hearing related to a second-degree murder charge. The…
JTA president, Mark Malabver. - File photo.
December 23, 2025 by Sashana Small

January jitters

The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) is denouncing what it says is the lack of consultation from the Ministry of Education regarding the January reopening of schools, arguing that the absence of…
Alliah Moore (left) poses for a photo with her sister Amber Moore and nephew Aiden after the trio arrived on Monday.
December 23, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

No place like home for the holidays

“Don’t let anything dim yuh spirit.” That was the message echoed by returning Jamaicans at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Monday, as travellers arriving for the Christmas…
Cherre Crawford, her husband Rick and daughter Kyra-Leigh.
December 23, 2025 by Karen Madden

Bringing a Jamaican flavour to Christmas in Canada

Food, friends and family take on a whole new meaning when Jamaicans have to spend Christmas outside of their island home. Although the airports will be busy with hundreds of Jamaicans travelling back…
Janet Silvera (right), the chairman of the Sarah’s Children charity, presents a donation of 1,440 medical scrubs to Dr Dwayne Hall (centre), head of surgery at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in St James, and Cassandra Laing, CRH’s operations mana
December 23, 2025 by Christopher Thomas

CRH doctors get 1,440 scrubs as early Christmas gift

WESTERN BUREAU: Doctors and nurses at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, can now conduct operations in greater comfort and safety, after receiving an early Christmas gift…
Little Khaylya Harvey, after receiving her bowling set, poses with her father, Dane Harvey, during the Montego Bay Free Zone and Global Services Association Jamaica post-Hurricane Melissa Christmas treat for Catherine Hall and Westgreen residents in St Jam
December 23, 2025 by Ashley Anguin

Christmas treat for hurricane-battered Catherine Hall, Westgreen

Western Bureau: The neighbouring communities of Westgreen and Catherine Hall in Montego Bay, St James, which experienced major flooding during the passage of Hurricane Melissa in October, got a…
Coffee beans that got damaged during the passage of Hurricane Melissa in Spring Hill, Portland.
December 22, 2025 by Edmond Campbell

Battered beans

Making a case for more meaningful support from the Government toward one of the country’s long-standing industries, Donald Salmon, president of the Jamaica Coffee Growers Association, says coffee…
Donald Berry, coffee farmer in Spring Hill, Portland, checks for disease on coffee beans on his farm.
December 22, 2025 by Edmond Campbell

‘Coffee and Jamaica are close to my heart’

For nearly three decades, Donald Berry has put his energy and passion into producing Blue Mountain Coffee, and has had setbacks in the past. However, with the passage of Hurricane Melissa, he thought…
Dr Maria Myers-Hamilton, managing director of the Spectrum Management Authority.
December 22, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Supreme Court puts pause on SMA probe

The Supreme Court has granted the Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) and its managing director, Dr Maria Myers-Hamilton, permission to seek judicial review of two notices linked to an ongoing…