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Jamaica College’s Malique Bucknor (right) drives the ball forward while being chased by St Andrew Technical High School’s Shankeno Grant during their ISSA/WATA Manning Cup clash at the Drewsland Stadium on September 27.
December 16, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

OLD RIVALS AND DARK HORSES

The ISSA/WATA Manning Cup semi-finals are expected to bring fireworks as perennial rivals Jamaica College (JC) and St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) will go head-to-head in the curtain closer…
Janet Richards (right), founder of the Janet Richards Foundation, in a group shot with representatives from the Kingston-based law firm DunnCox during a handover of relief items to residents of Farm Heights, St James, last Thursday, following the passage o
December 16, 2025 by Christopher Thomas

Janet Richards Foundation, DunnCox unite to support Farm Heights with much-needed supplies

WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Farm Heights in St James last Thursday got a major boost in their bid to rebound from the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, thanks to the supplies they received…
Trader Jonathan Mueller works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, December 11, 2025.
December 16, 2025

US stocks slip at the start of a week full of economic updates

Wall Street is losing ground on Monday at the start of a week full of economic reports that could drive where interest rates, and thus stock prices, go. The S&P 500 fell 0.3 per cent in afternoon…
Rabbi Yaakov Raskin.
December 16, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

‘Light will overcome darkness’

WESTERN BUREAU: Rabbi Yaakov Raskin, director of Chabad Jamaica Limited, has condemned what he described as a “despicable” and hate-driven attack on the global Jewish community, following a deadly…
A St Elizabeth resident receives an air mattress from diaspora leader Dr Karren Dunkley (left) and a volunteer during Dunkley’s recent relief drive in New Market.
December 16, 2025 by Lester Hinds

Diaspora plans Christmas support for children

A consortium of diaspora leaders is preparing a major Christmas initiative for children in western Jamaica affected by Hurricane Melissa. The effort will include a toy drive for children who lost…
Coreen Smith, founder of Perfecting Savannah’s Craft 
December 16, 2025

Growth & Jobs | Things Jamaican™ urges shoppers to buy local, rebuild with Christmas campaign

‘Yaad’ or ‘Home’ is special to Jamaicans. As a structure, it stores the key memories of their lives. But the country has become a special place to the world, and many want a piece of it – experienced…
From left: Dr Wes Hall, Chancellor of the University of Toronto; Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett; and Dr Donette Chin‑Loy Chang, Chancellor of Toronto Metropolitan University, at the Harmonies of Hope relief concert last month.
December 16, 2025

Over J$340 million raised in Canada for hurricane relief

Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, is praising the Canadian diaspora for what he described as extraordinary leadership and generosity in raising more than CDN$3 million ($348 million) for…
JN Life Insurance agent Shereda Morgan
December 16, 2025

Growth & Jobs | ‘I never thought I’d need it’

Last year, Nerissa Gordon* (not her real name) was diagnosed with Stage three breast cancer. The news was devastating, but she is thankful that the one decision she made months earlier turned out to…
Dancehall artiste Suspense performs at Ghetto Splash held on Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at Waterhouse Mini Stadium, Drewsland.
December 16, 2025

Ghetto Splash to be ‘bigger and better’ for 2026

Ghetto Splash, the annual free show held at the Waterhouse Mini Stadium in Drewsland, would have been held today – the third Tuesday in December – however, the concert has joined the list of events…