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December 12, 2025

Bondholders give more time to Lee-Chin, eye year-end payment

Bondholders have approved resolutions granting Jamaican-Canadian businessman Michael Lee-Chin more time to service bonds, provided they receive a payment tranche by year’s end. JCSD Trustee Services…
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks during a news conference at the Department of Transportation in Washington, Friday, December 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
December 12, 2025

New York is the 8th state found to have improperly issued commercial driver’s licences to immigrants

New York is the eighth state found to routinely issue commercial driver’s licences to immigrants that are valid long after they are no longer legally authorized to be in the country, US Transportation…
Residents attend the funeral of people killed in a landslide triggered by Hurricane Melissa in Petit-Goave, Haiti, Saturday, November 15.
December 12, 2025

Hunger and makeshift shelters persist in north Caribbean nearly two months after Hurricane Melissa

PETIT GOÂVE, Haiti (AP) — Amizia Renotte sat on a broken piece of concrete and pointed to a large pile of dirt where her house once stood before the outer bands of Hurricane Melissa crumpled it as the…
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December 12, 2025

Jamaicans warned against removing, selling or buying sand, gravel or other quarry materials displaced by Hurricane Melissa

The Mines and Geology Division is warning Jamaicans against removing quarry material such as sand, gravel, marl, silt, and stone that have been deposited in areas arising from Hurricane Melissa,…
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December 12, 2025

Select St Andrew communities under curfew as police seek to maintain order and go after criminals

The communities of Park Lane and 100 Lane located off Red Hills Road, Arthur Leon Drive in Golden Spring and Iron River district in Stony Hill, St Andrew are now under a curfew, as the St Andrew North…
The matter is going back to court on December 3.
December 12, 2025

Two St Mary policemen charged for allegedly assaulting handcuffed man at station, granted $200,000 bail

Two St Mary policemen have been charged for allegedly assaulting a man while he was handcuffed at the Highgate Police Station. The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is reporting that…
Allen Patrick Constable was fined $2 million or 24 months in prison for trafficking cocaine; $1 million or 12 months in prison for possession of cocaine; and $290,644 for the offence of using premises for the storage of drugs
December 12, 2025

No bail for St Catherine man accused of stabbing girlfriend 16 times while dreaming

A St Catherine judge has refused bail to a 21-year-old man who is charged with stabbing his then girlfriend 16 times while they were both asleep in bed, with the accused saying he was having a bad…
Public Education Officer at the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Superintendent Emeleo Ebanks speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’
December 12, 2025

Jamaica Fire Brigade urges safe use of Christmas lights

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…
The matter is going back to court on December 3.
December 12, 2025

Assault case against Portland policemen dropped after mediation and $200,000 in compensation

Two policemen who were charged with assault for using excessive force against a man during a spot check in Portland have had the case against them dropped and were formally found not guilty after…