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December 21, 2025
US forces stop oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as Trump follows up on promise to seize tankers
WASHINGTON (AP) — US forces on Saturday stopped an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela for the second time in less than two weeks as President Donald Trump continues to ramp up pressure on…
December 21, 2025
Suspected robber drops loaded magazine while fleeing police in Portmore
The police in Portmore, St Catherine are searching for a suspected robber who was confronted in the community of Portsmouth on Saturday afternoon. According to the police, the man ran and dropped a…
December 21, 2025
JUTA appeals for Hurricane Melissa recovery support for drivers
Weeks after Hurricane Melissa battered western Jamaica and disrupted tourism operations, contract carriage drivers say they remain shut out of recovery funding announced for tourism workers. In…
December 21, 2025
Jamaica-born pastor in New York pleads guilty to tax evasion scheme
NEW YORK, CMC – A Jamaica-born pastor at a church in Brooklyn, New York has pleaded guilty in federal court in the United States to a tax evasion scheme. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ)…
December 21, 2025
Update | Driver whose vehicle plunged into river in St Elizabeth identified
The driver who ran off the road into a river in St Elizabeth has been identified by the police as 76-year-old businessman Norman Vikers of Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland. According to the police,…
December 21, 2025
Minnesota jury says Johnson & Johnson owes US$65.5 million to woman with cancer who used talcum powder
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota jury has awarded US$65.5 million to a mother of three who claimed talcum products made by Johnson & Johnson exposed her to asbestos and contributed to her…
December 21, 2025
17-year-old charged for stabbing of teen during argument
A 17-year-old boy of the Temple Heights district in Stony Hill, St Andrew was charged by the police on Saturday in connection with the stabbing of another teenage boy during an argument in their…
December 21, 2025
Woman robbed by men posing as taxi driver and passenger in St Catherine
The police in St Catherine are investigating an incident in which a woman was robbed on Saturday by men posing as a taxi driver and a passenger. According to a police report, the 63-year-old woman…
December 21, 2025
130 schoolchildren and staff abducted in Nigeria last month have been released, police say
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Some 130 schoolchildren and staff abducted from a Nigerian Catholic school last month by gunmen have been released, police said Sunday. Gunmen seized at least 303 schoolchildren…