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Biden extends time in US for 800,000 Venezuelans, Salvadorans as Trump readies immigration crackdown
MIAMI (AP) — About 600,000 Venezuelans and more than 230,000 Salvadorans already living in the United States can legally remain another 18 months, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday, barely a week before President-elect Donald...
CommentsAlleged serial burglar ‘Piggy’ arrested following crash
Kerron 'Piggy' Mason, who was wanted in connection with a series of larcenies and burglaries in St Andrew, was taken into custody today by the police after the motor car he was driving crashed and overturned along Slipe Pen Road. The police...
Comments- SERHA enhances security at Bustamante, other health facilities amid abuse and threats against workers
- New York medical doctor among four charged over gun seized during traffic stop
- Several roads in Corporate Area, Portmore and Clarendon to be patched this weekend – NWA
- PM urges St Mary residents to take personal responsibility in resolving domestic disputes
- TransJamaican Highway warns motorists about scam
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Farmers urged to get back into sugar
MINISTER OF Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green, is encouraging local farmers to return to sugarcane production amid positive growth signals in the sector. The developments include a US$1-million investment by Pan Caribbean Sugar Company...
CommentsM. Audrey Stewart-Hinchcliffe celebrates 85 years
As she celebrated her 85th birthday on Wednesday, stalwart entrepreneur M. Audrey Stewart-Hinchcliffe credited her good eating habits for sustaining her life to this moonstone year. While in her 50s and before returning to her homeland Jamaica,...
CommentsNew manager will focus on improving JFF’s marketability
New Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) marketing manager, Avery Campbell, said with the experience gained at the Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PJFL) and the confidence the federation has shown in her, she believes she can help improve the...
CommentsTrack and field season heats up with three big meets
The 2025 local track and field season continues today with three big meets. In Kingston, the Douglas Forrest Invitational meet will take place inside the National Stadium. GC Foster College in Spanish Town will host the JAAA/PUMA Charlie Fuller...
CommentsTravel on commercial flights to Jamaica dips in 2024, but skies busy with private jets
Passenger movements through the Kingston international airport was up, but traffic was down for Montego Bay in 2024. Overall, the country’s two largest airports recorded a decline in passenger traffic by about two per cent. New airlift, hype...
CommentsUWI Mona bond snapped up by eager market
Pension funds and other institutional investors snapped up a long-term bond placed on the Jamaican market by the University of the West Indies, Mona, to raise $3 billion. UWI Mona Principal, Professor Densil Williams, said the private placement of...
CommentsBusha Mark and Etana collaborate on ‘So Beautiful’
Love is a universal language, and artistes who can balance vulnerability with machismo are destined to create songs that can capture the imagination of the masses. That’s why emerging reggae artiste Busha Mark has teamed up with reggae superstar...
CommentsMegan Thee Stallion granted protection order against Tory Lanez until 2030
LOS ANGELES (AP): Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Richard Bloom on Thursday granted Megan Thee Stallion’s request for a protective order after the hip-hop star alleged that Lanez is harassing her from prison through surrogates as he serves a 10-...
CommentsLetter of the Day | EVs in Jamaica: green dreams or costly reality?
THE EDITOR, Madam: The adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) has been widely heralded as a means of reducing transportation costs and advancing environmental goals. However, within the Jamaican context, the operational and infrastructural realities...
CommentsRemembering Rev Bernella McKenzie
THE EDITOR, Madam: Reverend Bernella McKenzie died on December 7, 2024. She worked at the Jamaica Library Service for over 25 years before she retired as a senior administrator, and, during all of that, was a faithful missionary all over the...
CommentsTrump gets no-penalty sentence in his hush-money case
NEW YORK (AP): President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday to no punishment at all in his hush-money case, an outcome that cements his historic conviction while letting him return to the White House unencumbered by the threat of a jail term...
CommentsMaduro takes new oath amid protests and international rebuke
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP): Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in Friday for a new term, extending his increasingly repressive rule in the face of renewed protests and rebukes from the United States and others who believe he stole last year...
CommentsSomething Extra | Saturday
Entrepreneur M. Audrey Stewart-Hinchcliffe, chairman of Manpower Maintenance Services Limited Group, celebrated her 85th birthday on Wednesday at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St Andrew. Family, friends and associates, including former Prime...
A step-by-step guide to renovating a neglected garden
Some homeowners gaze out their windows and see lush and beautiful gardens. Others would like to see lush and beautiful gardens but instead are greeted by overgrown, dead or otherwise messy landscapes. Whether you’ve inherited a neglected garden...
Editorial | John Byles, tourism and linkages
Ronald Sanders | Clarifying misconceptions about the Panama Canal