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A general view of France’s national postal service, La Poste, in Paris last August.  AP
December 22, 2025

Cyberattack disrupts France’s postal service and banking during Christmas rush

PARIS (AP) — A suspected cyberattack knocked France’s national postal service and its banking arm offline Monday, blocking and delaying package deliveries and online payments at the height of the busy…
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December 22, 2025

Murder toll now 649, major crimes still down

With just nine days remaining in 2025, Jamaica has recorded a significant reduction in murders and other major crimes, according to the latest police crime statistics. The latest numbers were…
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December 22, 2025

Two killed in separate road crashes in Manchester

The Manchester police are probing the deaths of two people who were killed in separate crashes on Sunday. Both victims have been identified as 23-year-old farmer Shacquile Goldbourne of Warwick…
Manger scenes displayed around Christmastime usually feature an ox and an ass beside the infant Jesus.
December 22, 2025

Mary Dzon | The Bible says little about Jesus' childhood

Manger scenes displayed around Christmastime usually feature an ox and an ass beside the infant Jesus. According to the Gospel of Luke, Mary placed her child in a manger – an animal feeding bin –…
A warning sign erected by the Westmoreland Public Health Department at a stream in the parish.
December 22, 2025

Warning signs being erected near rivers and streams in Westmoreland

Warning signs are being erected near rivers and streams across Westmoreland as part of an intensified public education drive by the Westmoreland Health Department to reduce the risk of leptospirosis…
His court date is being finalised.
December 22, 2025

Jamaican man in Canada charged for murder of woman

A Jamaican man has been charged by the London, Ontario police in Canada with second-degree murder in the death of a woman last Friday. Alton Farquharson, 56, originally from Manchester, is expected…
In this photo released by the Semarang Search and Rescue Office, rescuers tend to a victim of a deadly bus crash on a toll road in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia, Monday, December 22, 2025. (Semarang SAR Office via AP)
December 22, 2025

Passenger bus crash in Indonesia kills at least 16 people, official says

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A passenger bus crash killed at least 16 people on Indonesia’s main island of Java just after midnight Monday, officials said. The bus carrying 34 people lost control on a…
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December 22, 2025

Water trucking for sections of western Jamaica this week

The National Water Commission (NWC) will undertake the trucking of water in sections of western Jamaica this week to bridge the gap in piped water supply amid ongoing restoration works following…
The waterlogged Westmoreland Parish Court.
December 22, 2025

Court Administration Division reassures public that court records remain fully intact after Hurricane Melissa

The Court Administration Division (CAD) is reassuring the public that court records remain fully intact following the recent passage of Hurricane Melissa. Director of Client Services, Communications…