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Public Education Officer, Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Superintendent Emeleo Ebanks, outlines a series of safety measures to be practised while decorating for the Christmas season, during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ held on December 9.
Public Education Officer, Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Superintendent Emeleo Ebanks, outlines a series of safety measures to be practised while decorating for the Christmas season, during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ held on December 9.
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Jamaica Fire Brigade Urges Safe Use of Christmas Lights

By: Shanna K. Salmon, December 12, 2025
The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is reminding citizens to exercise caution when installing and using Christmas lights, in order to reduce the risk of fires during the festive season. Speaking during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ on December 9, Public Education Officer at the JFB, Superintendent Emeleo Ebanks, outlined several precautions that citizens should practise to ensure the safe usage of Christmas lights. “The situation with Christmas lights is that they have a plug-in…; what that does is, if you’re not careful, it...
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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (right), shares in the symbolic handover of fertiliser by Newport-Fersan (Jamaica) Limited with the company’s Managing Director, Dennis Valdez (centre), and Chairman of the Agriculture Ministry’s Hurricane Melissa Recovery Task Force, Michael Pryce. The occasion was Newport-Fersan’s Hurricane Melissa Support Handover Ceremony, held on Thursday (December 11) at the fertiliser company’s headquarters in Kingston. Newport-Fersan donated $25 million worth of fertiliser (over 7,000 bags), to be distributed to farmers who were severely impacted by the major category-five storm.
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Newport-Fersan Donates $25 Million Worth of Fertiliser to Farmers

By: Vanessa James, December 12, 2025
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Gov’t Senator Proposes Museum and Statue to Honour Jimmy Cliff’s Legacy

By: Chris Patterson, December 12, 2025
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Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Andrew Swaby (second left), shares a photo opportunity with (from left) Custos of St. Andrew, Ian Forbes; Miss Kingston & St Andrew 2025 Festival Queen first runner-up, Johnique Francis; Little Miss Kingston & St. Andrew, Adaya Hudson; and Member of Parliament for Manchester North Western, Mikael Phillips, representing Opposition Leader, Mark Golding. Occasion was the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) Christmas Tree-Lighting Ceremony, held on Wednesday (December 9) at St. William Grant Park in downtown Kingston.
Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Andrew Swaby (second left), shares a photo opportunity with (from left) Custos of St. Andrew, Ian Forbes; Miss Kingston & St Andrew 2025 Festival Queen first runner-up, Johnique Francis; Little Miss Kingston & St. Andrew, Adaya Hudson; and Member of Parliament for Manchester North Western, Mikael Phillips, representing Opposition Leader, Mark Golding. Occasion was the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) Christmas Tree-Lighting Ceremony, held on Wednesday (December 9) at St. William Grant Park in downtown Kingston.

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Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), in discussion with Vice President and Head of Real Estate and Project Finance, Sygnus Capital, David Cummings, during the official ground-breaking ceremony for the US$20-million Lakes Pen Industrial Park in St. Catherine on Tuesday (December 9).
December 10, 2025
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), shares a photo with stakeholders who came out to welcome China’s Silk Road Ark hospital ship as it arrived in Port Royal on Monday (December 8). To the Minister’s right are Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith and Opposition Spokesman on Health and Wellness, Dr. Alfred Dawes; and to his left are China’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Jinfeng Wang; Opposition Leader, Mark Golding and Mayor of Kingston, Andrew Swaby.
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Custos of Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller (right) presents new Justice of the Peace (JP) for the parish, Errol Gardner with his instrument of appointment during a commissioning ceremony held on Thursday (Dec. 4), at Kingston Bookshop, downtown Kingston.
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Principal of the Frankfield, Clarendon-based Edwin Allen High School, Jermaine Harris (centre), shares a photo opportunity with members of staff at the school.

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By: Garfield L. Angus December 8, 2025

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