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December 9, 2025 by Livern Barrett

DPP mulls appeal after ‘lenient’ sentence in endangered animal smuggling case

The country’s prosecutorial authority is contemplating whether to lodge an appeal against what environmental watchers call a “tap on the back” sentence imposed on three men – two of them Honduran…
Kevona Davis running in the semi-finals of the 200 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships at the National Athletics in Pudapest Hungary, on August 24 of that year.
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

‘IT IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME’

HEAD COACH of the Racers Track Club, Glen Mills, said he has been working assiduously with former national junior star Kevona Davis in a bid to have her return to her best form. Mills confirmed that…
Richard Pandohie, CEO and managing director of Seprod, draws close to his wife Nicole, director of the Jamaica Food and Drink Kitchen, for a quick photo.
December 9, 2025

Something Extra | Thursday

With its 11th staging set for November 13 to 16, the Jamaica Food and Drink Festival gave guests an irresistible taste of what’s to come at last Friday’s official launch. Held at The Jamaica Pegasus,…
PWD Co-operative Credit Union Limited hosted its annual scholarship and grant awards ceremony, honouring PEP scholars and tertiary grant recipients for their academic achievements. The programme offers continuing support to students throughout high school
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | PWD Co-operative Credit Union rewards excellence

This photo provided by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts on February 26, 2025. (ICE via AP)
December 9, 2025

Iowa schools leader held by ICE steps down as he fights deportation

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Des Moines public schools superintendent who has been detained by immigration authorities submitted his resignation Tuesday while he focuses on challenging his looming…
Father Richard Ho Lung (fourth left), founder of Father Ho Lung and Friends (FHF) Foundation, flanked by sponsors at the launch of the FHF Foundation’s 25th Jubilee Year of Hope gala production, Jesus 2025, held on September 5. Sagicor Foundation Jamaica
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Sagicor Foundation donates $2.5m to support Father Ho Lung and Friends

Samantha Charles (third right), CEO of the VM Foundation, leads members of the VM team and the Holy Trinity High School faculty in a photo opportunity following the official handover of a legacy mural (in the background) to the school on September 16. It i
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | VM Foundation donates legacy mural to Holy Trinity High School

The Musson Foundation presented a new cohort of returning students scholarship awards at the NuPak Scholarship Awards Ceremony on September 23 in the General Accident Training Room. This second cohort of 13 students join the returning cohort, bringing the
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Musson Foundation awards 13 NuPak Scholarships at 2025 ceremony

Prime Minister of Dominica Roosevelt Skerrit.
December 9, 2025

Skerrit urges region against sowing seeds of discord among themselves

ROSEAU (CMC): Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit on Monday urged Caribbean countries against sowing “seeds of discord among ourselves”, maintaining his adopted position of many years that he would not…