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December 9, 2025

Growth & Jobs | Partnership to offer ISO certification in AI

We Manage Trust Ltd, a data privacy and cybersecurity consulting firm, has announced a landmark partnership with PECB (Professional Evaluation and Certification Board), a global education and…
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December 9, 2025

Growth & Jobs | Young entrepreneur builds future through upholstery in Rose Gardens

At just 24 years old, Gavon Brooks has already spent nearly a decade mastering the craft of upholstery, turning what began as a teenage job into a growing business of his own. Brooks, who hails from…
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December 9, 2025 by Christopher Thomas

Stand up for God, pastor urges Christians

WESTERN BUREAU: Reverend Carlton Wilson, the pastor of the Savanna-la-Mar Circuit of Baptist Churches in Westmoreland, is urging Christians to stand up for God at a time when chaos is reigning over…
Business
December 9, 2025

New marijuana drug effective at reducing back pain, study finds

An experimental medication made from marijuana successfully reduced back pain in a new study, offering further support for the drug’s potential in treating one of the most common forms of chronic…
December 9, 2025

55-y-o man gunned down at home in St Catherine

A man was gunned down inside his home in Harewood district in Riversdale, St Catherine last night. He has been identified as 55-year-old fruit vendor Wayne Mondle, otherwise called 'Coco'…
A team from the Cuban Medical Brigade arriving in the Caribbean
December 9, 2025

Grenada agrees to adjust its Cuban health programme amid US concerns

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government has announced what it termed “important changes” to the Cuban Workers Programme following a request made by the United States to review the…
Proud parents Terry Roman (left) and Simone Ormsby hug their daughter, Kalea Roman (centre), the newly crowned Miss Jamaica World Eastern.
December 9, 2025

Something Extra | Wednesday

Heavy rainfall couldn’t dampen the excitement at the Miss Jamaica Eastern Region grand coronation last Saturday night at the Alfred Sangster Auditorium, University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech).…
Director of Policy Research in the Planning Institute of Jamaica’s (PIOJ) Social Policy Planning and Research Division, Suzette Johnson, discusses the forthcoming poverty maps to be generated using data from the 2025 Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions.
December 9, 2025

PIOJ to generate poverty maps using 2025 Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions data

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has announced that data from the 2025 Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions (JSLC) will be used to generate poverty maps. These are intended to provide deeper…
December 9, 2025

Clarendon man charged with fraud in overseas employment scam

The Manchester police have charged a man who purported to be employed to the Labour Ministry for allegedly defrauding a woman through an overseas employment scam. Martin Moxey, 32, otherwise called…