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πŸ“° Update | SSL founder Hugh Croskery seen leaving St Andrew premises with police

Hugh Croskery, founder and former principal of collapsed investment firm Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL), was seen leaving a St Andrew residence with the police following an operation on Saturday. The Gleaner's news team saw Croskery b...

Source: News

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20251227/update-ssl-founder-hugh-croskery-seen-leaving-st-andrew-premises-police

πŸ“° SSL Founder Arrested Saturday Morning in St Andrew During Fraud Probe

Hugh Croskery, founder and former principal of the collapsed investment firm Stocks and Securities Limited, was seen leaving a St Andrew residence with police shortly after 7 a.m. on Saturday as part of a coordinated law enforcement operati...

Source: YARDHYPE

https://yardhype.com/ssl-founder-arrested-saturday-morning-in-st-andrew-during-fraud-probe/

πŸ“° How Jamaica Restored Tourism Operations After Hurricane Melissa

Jamaica’s tourism sector has recorded steady gains following Hurricane Melissa, meeting its target to restore tourism operations by December 15. Just over six weeks after the storm, the island welcomed 300,000 visitors, including stopover and cruise ...

Source: Jamaicans and Jamaica – Jamaicans.com

https://jamaicans.com/how-jamaica-restored-tourism-operations-after-hurricane-melissa/

πŸ“° SSL Founder Arrested Saturday Morning in St Andrew During Fraud Probe

Hugh Croskery, founder and former principal of the collapsed investment firm Stocks and Securities Limited, was seen leaving a St Andrew residence with police shortly after 7 a.m. on Saturday as part of a coordinated law enforcement operation. Report...

Source: YARDHYPE

https://yardhype.com/ssl-founder-arrested-saturday-morning-in-st-andrew-during-fraud-probe/

πŸ“° Security forces raid locations linked to former SSL officials

Members of the security forces are conducting search-and-seizure operations at the homes of senior figures linked to the collapsed investment firm Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL). Police are acting under warrants as part of a renewed p...

Source: News

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20251227/security-forces-raid-locations-linked-former-ssl-officials

πŸ“° Ninjaman Supports Kartel, Dismisses Challenge for the Crown!

In his latest issued letter, Ninjaman addressed the state of clashing in Dancehall and gives his two-cents on who is the King of Dancehall. Ninjaman who is currently 59 years old and will turn 60 on January 24 went as far as to call on the ...

Source: YARDHYPE

https://yardhype.com/ninjaman-supports-kartel-dismisses-challenge-for-the-crown/

πŸ“° Ninjaman Asking for Release from Prison to do This!

Days before the end of 2025, one of Jamaica’s most iconic Dancehall artistes in history, Ninjaman sends out a letter addressing multiple hot topics such as clashing and who should be β€˜considered’ the King of the genre. He also asked for rel...

Source: YARDHYPE

https://yardhype.com/ninjaman-asking-for-release-from-prison-to-do-this/

πŸ“° Pollyanna Project Brings Christmas Cheer to Parottee

Students, parents and residents of the Parottee community in St. Elizabeth, received a welcomed boost on Tuesday (December 23), when the New York based charity organization the Pollyanna Project, hosted […]...

Source: Jamaica Information Service

https://jis.gov.jm/pollyanna-project-brings-christmas-cheer-to-parottee/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pollyanna-project-brings-christmas-cheer-to-parottee

πŸ“° A Lyttle Goes a Far Way Foundation Donates Care Packages

Scores of persons, including individuals attached to the Jamaica Society for the Blind (JSB), have received care packages from charity group, A Lyttle Goes a Far Way Foundation. The entity, […]...

Source: Jamaica Information Service

https://jis.gov.jm/a-lyttle-goes-a-far-way-foundation-donates-care-packages/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-lyttle-goes-a-far-way-foundation-donates-care-packages

πŸ“° Release the weed, or else…

Release the weed, or else......

Source: Jamaica Observer

https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/12/27/release-weed-else/

πŸ“° JPS delivers on Christmas promise

JPS delivers on Christmas promise...

Source: Jamaica Observer

https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/12/27/jps-delivers-christmas-promise/

πŸ“° Students reflect on tourism in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa

A trio of high-school students attended the thanksgiving service for the start of the winter tourist season in Jamaica which was held at Burchell Memorial Baptist Church, and later the media brunch and luncheon with Tourism Minister Edmund ...

Source: News

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20251227/students-reflect-tourism-aftermath-hurricane-melissa

πŸ“° Leicester beauty Kira McKenzie is Miss Jamaica UK 2025

LONDON: Thirty-one-year-old singer Kira McKenzie, representing the parish of St Elizabeth, was crowned Miss Jamaica UK 2025 before an appreciative audience inside the Cavendish Banqueting Suite, Edgware Road, London NW9 on Saturday, Novemb...

Source: News

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20251227/leicester-beauty-kira-mckenzie-miss-jamaica-uk-2025

πŸ“° WHEN KIDS GET CAUGHT

A 62-year-old grandmother is wishing for a better 2026, and hopefully an end to the troubles she has been enduring since her 16-year-old grandson, an honour roll student and prefect at a St Andrew-located high school, was charged with sexua...

Source: Lead Stories

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20251227/when-kids-get-caught

πŸ“° NRSC wary of road fatality U-turn

With road fatalities poised to break a three-year downward trend, Dr Lucien Jones, vice chairman of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC), is urging the introduction of protocols to test the blood of drivers suspected of drinking and driv...

Source: Lead Stories

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20251227/nrsc-wary-road-fatality-u-turn

πŸ“° Kings of Christmas concert delivers music and heart

’Twas 8:42 p.m. on Sunday at the Sunken Garden in Hope Botanical Gardens, St Andrew, when Justin β€˜Just King’ Walker, one of the three Island Kings, rang out the first note of This Christmas by Chris Brown. The sound signalled not only the s...

Source: Entertainment

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/entertainment/20251227/kings-christmas-concert-delivers-music-and-heart

πŸ“° Charly Black, Coppershot Music, Mad Michelle to get Strictly 2K honour

Dancehall hitmaker Charly Black, legendary sound system Coppershot Music Sound, and well-known dancer Mad Michelle will be honoured at the ninth anniversary of the Strictly 2K Throwback Music Festival at Mas Camp tonight for their contribut...

Source: Entertainment

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/entertainment/20251227/charly-black-coppershot-music-mad-michelle-get-strictly-2k-honour

πŸ“° Students reflect on tourism in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa

A trio of high-school students attended the thanksgiving service for the start of the winter tourist season in Jamaica which was held at Burchell Memorial Baptist Church, and later the media brunch and luncheon with Tourism Minister Edmund ...

Source: News

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20251227/students-reflect-tourism-aftermath-hurricane-melissa

πŸ“° Leicester beauty Kira McKenzie is Miss Jamaica UK 2025

LONDON: Thirty-one-year-old singer Kira McKenzie, representing the parish of St Elizabeth, was crowned Miss Jamaica UK 2025 before an appreciative audience inside the Cavendish Banqueting Suite, Edgware Road, London NW9 on Saturday, Novemb...

Source: News

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20251227/leicester-beauty-kira-mckenzie-miss-jamaica-uk-2025

πŸ“° Release the weed, or else…

Release the weed, or else......

Source: Jamaica Observer

https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/12/27/release-weed-else/

πŸ“° JPS delivers on Christmas promise

JPS delivers on Christmas promise...

Source: Jamaica Observer

https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/12/27/jps-delivers-christmas-promise/

πŸ“° Milk and Honey takes over Sabina Park on Sunday

Milk and Honey takes over Sabina Park on Sunday...

Source: Jamaica Observer

https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/12/27/milk-honey-takes-sabina-park-sunday/

πŸ“° JN helps small business operators rise from Melissa’s ruins

JN helps small business operators rise from Melissa’s ruins...

Source: Jamaica Observer

https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/12/27/jn-helps-small-business-operators-rise-melissas-ruins/

πŸ“° WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY

Antonio’s potential Leicester move could strengthen case for Reggae Boyz recall...

Source: Jamaica Observer

https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/12/27/window-of-opportunity-20251227-0202-227053/

πŸ“° West Indies players fall in ICC Test rankings

West Indies players fall in ICC Test rankings...

Source: Jamaica Observer

https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/12/27/west-indies-players-fall-icc-test-rankings/

πŸ“° Ninjaman Supports Kartel, Dismisses Challenge for the Crown!

In his latest issued letter, Ninjaman addressed the state of clashing in Dancehall and gives his two-cents on who is the King of Dancehall. Ninjaman who is currently 59 years old and will turn 60 on January 24 went as far as to call on the government...

Source: YARDHYPE

https://yardhype.com/ninjaman-supports-kartel-dismisses-challenge-for-the-crown/

πŸ“° Ninjaman Asking for Release from Prison to do This!

Days before the end of 2025, one of Jamaica’s most iconic Dancehall artistes in history, Ninjaman sends out a letter addressing multiple hot topics such as clashing and who should be β€˜considered’ the King of the genre. He also asked for release from ...

Source: YARDHYPE

https://yardhype.com/ninjaman-asking-for-release-from-prison-to-do-this/

πŸ“° β€˜My mission is done’: Popular crime vlogger Sir P says he’s signing off

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Source: Jamaica Observer

https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/12/26/mission-done-popular-crime-vlogger-sir-p-says-hes-signing-off/

πŸ“° β€˜My mission is done’: Popular crime vlogger Sir P says he’s signing off

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Source: Jamaica Observer

https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/12/26/mission-done-popular-crime-vlogger-sir-p-says-hes-signing-off/

πŸ“° Pollyanna Project Brings Christmas Cheer to Parottee

Students, parents and residents of the Parottee community in St. Elizabeth, received a welcomed boost on Tuesday (December 23), when the New York based charity organization the Pollyanna Project, hosted […]...

Source: Jamaica Information Service

https://jis.gov.jm/pollyanna-project-brings-christmas-cheer-to-parottee/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pollyanna-project-brings-christmas-cheer-to-parottee

πŸ“° A Lyttle Goes a Far Way Foundation Donates Care Packages

Scores of persons, including individuals attached to the Jamaica Society for the Blind (JSB), have received care packages from charity group, A Lyttle Goes a Far Way Foundation. The entity, […]...

Source: Jamaica Information Service

https://jis.gov.jm/a-lyttle-goes-a-far-way-foundation-donates-care-packages/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-lyttle-goes-a-far-way-foundation-donates-care-packages

πŸ“° No stopping Money Market in Boxing Day Sprint

No stopping...

Source: Jamaica Observer

https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/12/26/no-stopping-money-market-boxing-day-sprint/

πŸ“° NORBROOK’S PANAMANIAN PLAY

Platinum Brands investing US$15 million in new Panamanian KFCs...

Source: Jamaica Observer

https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/12/26/platinum-brands-investing-us15-million-new-panamanian-kfcs/

πŸ“° Audi Q2: Still the fun one

Audi Q2: Still the fun one...

Source: Jamaica Observer

https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/12/26/audi-q2-still-fun-one/