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 USS Wichita and HMJS Cornwall sail in formation during a live-fire exercise on April 9, 2021.
December 9, 2025

Stephen Vasciannie | Shiprider agreement should safeguard Jamaica’s national self-respect

Some of the main aspects of Jamaica’s relationship with the United States of America within the Caribbean Sea are governed by the Agreement Concerning Cooperation in Suppressing Illicit Maritime Drug…
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December 9, 2025

Orville Taylor | John Crows to the rescue

Sunday is a day of rest for them, because the popular Jamaican folk song reports; our turkey vultures, “John Crow, say him no wuk pon Sunday.” Her logic might sound as if sucked into the eye of…
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December 9, 2025

Garth Rattray | What if Hurricane Melissa landed in Kingston?

Category 5 hurricane Melissa was described as “catastrophic” as it approached our shores, and then rapidly transformed from a tropical storm into a monstrous hurricane packing wind gusts of up to…
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December 9, 2025

Woman killed in St Thomas hit and run

The Bath police in St Thomas are searching for the driver of a motor car who failed to stop after their vehicle killed a 68-year-old woman on Thursday. The victim has been identified as Paulette…
Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham reacts after a La Liga  match between Real Madrid and Barcelona in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, October 26, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Bellingham, Foden back in England squad

LONDON, England (AP): Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden were recalled yesterday by England coach Thomas Tuchel for the team’s upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Serbia and Albania. The attacking…
Manchester City’s head coach Pep Guardiola applauds supporters after the English Premier League match between Manchester City and Bournemouth in Manchester, England, Sunday, November 2, 2025.
December 9, 2025

‘The numbers are insane’

MANCHESTER, England (AP): It all started on September 2, 2007, in a Spanish fourth-tier game against Premia in front of around 2,000 fans. Eighteen years later, Pep Guardiola will reach 1,000 games…
In this image provided Washington Athletics, Washington’s goalkeeper Mia Hamant greets teammates during NCAA college soccer game against Minnesota, October 16, 2025, in Seattle.
December 9, 2025

Washington women’s GK Hamant dies at 21 after kidney cancer battle

SEATTLE (AP): Mia Hamant, a goalkeeper (GK) for Washington’s women’s soccer team who helped the Huskies reach the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament as a junior, has died. She was 21. Hamant died on…
Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St James.
December 9, 2025

JMDA says CRH in 'devastated state' following Hurricane Melissa

The Jamaica Medical Doctors' Association (JMDA) has written to Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton requesting an urgent meeting with his ministry amid what it said are statements by officials…
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December 9, 2025

US airlines cancel 1,000 flights while complying with shutdown order

Anxious travellers across the US felt a bit of relief Friday as airlines mostly stayed on schedule while still cutting more than 1,000 flights largely because of the government shutdown. Plenty of…