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A section of the crowd at yesterday funeral for Alsion Roach-Wilson, Jamaica’s late consul general for New York, held at the Community Baptist Church of Englewood, New Jersey in the United States.
December 9, 2025 by Lester Hinds

‘She gave more than she took’

An overflowing Community Baptist Church of Englewood, New Jersey, heard glowing tributes paid to Jamaica’s late Consul General to New York, Alsion Roach-Wilson, who died on November 8 after battling…
Cornwall College’s Ameche Robinson (left) tries to outrun William Knibb Memorial High’s Shavon Lewis during their round of 16 ISSA daCosta Cup match at Drax Hall Sports Complex on Saturday, November 29, 2025. Cornwall won 4-0.
December 9, 2025 by Ashley Anguin

Race for daCosta Cup title heats up

The race for this year’s daCosta Cup title intensifies today when the quarterfinals kick off at 3 p.m. at four venues. Football lovers will have their eyes locked in on a tough matchup with Group…
Jamaica’s Jermaine Bowen
December 9, 2025

Guerrero vs Bowen: Showdown set to ignite Wray & Nephew Fight Nights

KINGSTON: A clash of grit and pride is set to unfold next Saturday, December 13, as two rising light heavyweight talents step into the ring for the next instalment of the Wray & Nephew Fight…
Keisha Sutherland (right), waves to her daughter Shakeira Morris (left) as she rides on the train at the Funland at Hope Gardens in St Andrew during the Digicel Foundation Christmas Treat for special needs children yesterday.
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

Digicel delights children with special needs during Christmas treat at Hope Gardens

Christmas carols rang through speakers at Funland in Hope Gardens, Kingston, yesterday as excited children with special needs enjoyed games and competition organised especially for them by the Digicel…
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December 9, 2025

Section of Graham Street and Main Street in Ocho Rios temporarily closed for drainage works

The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising that the intersection of Graham Street and Main Street in Ocho Rios, St Ann, has been temporarily closed to facilitate repairs to a damaged drain. The…
Venezuela-born, United States-based jockey Javier Castellano (left) celebrates after riding Mage to win the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 6, 2023. Castellano, 48, will be in action in the Mouttet Mile at C
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

It’s Mouttet Mile day: SVREL boss ‘nervous, excited’

Chairman of Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL), Solomon Sharpe, says he is feeling both “nervous and excited” as Caymanas Park prepares to stage today’s fourth running of the…
Travel advisers and tourism stakeholders at the Sandals Back to Jamaica held at Sandal’s Dunn’s River in Ocho Rios, St Ann, yesterday.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Room inventory surges back

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s Director of Tourism Donovan White has assured more than 250 visiting travel advisers that the country’s tourism recovery is accelerating faster than anticipated, revealing…
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green, giving an update on the Ministry’s Hurricane Melissa recovery efforts at a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in St Andrew on December 3.
December 9, 2025

Agriculture Minister assures that sufficient food will be available for Christmas

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green, has assured that there will be sufficient food available for Christmas, as items such as fruits, vegetables and table eggs will be imported…
Mount Pleasant Football Academy head coach, former national player Theodore Whitmore (left), receives the Abe Alexander Award for Excellence from assistant general secretary Karen Bogle at the Kingston and St Andrew Business House Football Association’s
December 9, 2025 by Livingston Scott

Whitmore gets award for excellence at Business House ceremony

Coach of Mount Pleasant Football Academy and national football icon Theodore Whitmore was the recipient of the Kingston and St Andrew Business House Football Association’s Abe Alexander award for…