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December 9, 2025
CPFSA appoints director of therapeutic services
The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) has appointed neuropsychologist Dr Marlon Simpson as its new director of therapeutic services and psychosocial support. CPFSA CEO Laurette…
December 9, 2025
Reggaeton singer Bad Bunny to headline Super Bowl halftime show
LOS ANGELES (AP): Bad Bunny will bring his Latin trap and reggaeton swagger to the NFL’s biggest stage next year: The Grammy winner will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl halftime show in Northern…
December 9, 2025
Jamaica’s Credit Unions to celebrate National Credit Union Week under theme of Global Prosperity
The Credit Unions of Jamaica are set to celebrate National Credit Union Week from October 12 to 18, 2025, under the unifying theme, ‘Co-operation for a Prosperous World.’ The week of islandwide…
December 9, 2025
Linguistics scholar welcomes addition of 'bulla', 'broughtupsy' and other Caribbean words to Oxford Dictionary
Anglican priest and linguistics scholar, the Reverend Bertram Gayle has welcomed the inclusion of Jamaican and other Caribbean words in the Oxford English Dictionary, describing it as a historic…
December 9, 2025
Men urged to keep prostate checks going after awareness month ends
As Prostate Cancer Awareness Month comes to a close in September, one life insurance provider is urging Jamaican men not to set aside screening for the rest of the year. Prostate cancer remains the…
December 9, 2025
Credit Unions of Jamaica take on JETS Beach Cleanup at the Palisadoes Strip
Sixty volunteers from the Credit Union Movement took to the Palisadoes Go-Kart Track on Saturday, September 20, demonstrating a powerful commitment to environmental preservation on the 40th…
December 9, 2025
St Ann man charged with murder following fatal stabbing in Alexandria
The police in St Ann have charged a man for fatally stabbing another during an argument after he found him in the company of his girlfriend. Twenty-six-year-old maintenance worker Chanardo Wilmot, of…
December 9, 2025
Empowering Futures:
Infiniti Co-operative Credit Union Jamaica Ltd has awarded a total of 128 scholarships valued at $7 million to students at the primary, high and tertiary levels islandwide.
December 9, 2025
by Albert Ferguson
Hitchman to lead St James lay magistrates
WESTERN BUREAU: Floyd Hitchman, a guidance councillor at the Maldon High School in St James, was elected unopposed as the new president of the St James Lay Magistrates’ Association over last weekend…