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December 17, 2025 by Adrian Frater

‘It was not a shoot-out’

WESTERN BUREAU: Some residents of Rose Heights, St James, have rejected the police’s account of an incident in which three men were shot and killed and two firearms allegedly seized in the community…
Jean-Pierre Rhone.
December 17, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Forgiving mom wanted shorter sentence for son’s killer

Despite the brutal killing of her son, Cerita Rhone says she forgave his killer years ago and had hoped the court would impose a lighter sentence even after he was handed 30 years’ imprisonment. “I…
Roshea Masters, public relations manager at Bellevue Hospital, walks through the hospital’s garden, which was decorated for Christmas.
December 17, 2025 by Sashana Small

Home for the holidays

With Christmas lights twinkling and the season of goodwill in full swing, Bellevue Hospital Chief Executive Officer Suzette Buchanan is making a heartfelt appeal to families: take your loved ones home…
State Minister for Health and Wellness, Krystal Lee, greets members of the medical team that recently provided care to St Ann residents.
December 17, 2025

US–Canada medical team aids St Ann residents

A team of volunteer doctors and nurses from the United States and Canada recently delivered much-needed medical care to residents of St Ann still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. Mission is Possible, a…
Aldczar Aurelio, a weather bureau forecaster, gesturing during a broadcast as typhoon Koppu approached the Philippines a decade ago.
December 17, 2025
Nick Wilde (left), voiced by Jason Bateman, and Judy Hopps, voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin, in a scene from ‘Zootopia 2’.
December 17, 2025 by Damian Levy

Zootopia 2: A wildly funny follow-up

The first Zootopia definitely caught me by surprise. A Disney film about anthropomorphised animals can certainly be entertaining, but what I didn’t expect was how resonant it would be. Underneath the…
Spanish-Jamaican Kiran Moleon Lopez
December 17, 2025 by Adrian Frater

Spanish-Jamaican teen raises over $2m for Cornwall Regional Hospital

Western Bureau: Responding to the devastation left behind in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa, 17-year-old Spanish-Jamaican Kiran Moleon Lopez, a student at the American School of Madrid in Spain, has…
Hamish Campbell, outgoing assistant commissioner at the Independent Commission of Investigations.
December 17, 2025 by Livern Barrett

HAMISH’S REGRET

In 2013, the year Hamish Campbell took up the post of assistant commissioner at the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), Jamaica recorded 258 police fatal shootings. Twelve years later,…
 Tamii Brown, general manager of Salada Foods.
December 17, 2025

Salada invests in sorrel and X-ray safety

Salada Foods Jamaica Limited will close out 2025 with record revenues, a new sorrel-flavoured drink, and a US$302,000 (J$50-million) investment in an X-ray machine to improve the quality of its core…