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Aldczar Aurelio, a weather bureau forecaster, gesturing during a broadcast as typhoon Koppu approached the Philippines a decade ago.
December 17, 2025

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Carlos Alcaraz reacts after winning the first set against Joao Fonseca during the Miami Tennis Invitational tournament on December 8, 2025, in Miami, United States.
December 17, 2025

Tennis star Carlos Alcaraz ends 7-year partnership with coach Ferrero

Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz is parting ways with his longtime coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero, the man who guided him to the pinnacle of men’s tennis during a fruitful seven-year partnership. Alcaraz…
Customers in the affected communities are encouraged to store sufficient water for use during the disruption period.
December 17, 2025

Eight-hour water disruption for Greater Portmore, Naggo Head and surrounding areas, says NWC

Water supply to multiple communities in Portmore, St Catherine will be interrupted for most of today as the National Water Commission (NWC) undertakes major repairs on the Goshen Pen transmission…
Portland Eastern Member of Parliament Isat Buchanan.
December 17, 2025

Buchanan calls on Grange, police to act after alleged rape of CASE student

Member of Parliament for Portland Eastern, Isat Buchanan, has called on Gender Minister Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange to directly engage with students and the administration at the College of Agriculture,…
New York Governor, Kathy Hochul, speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on June 12, 2025, at the US Capitol in Washington.
December 17, 2025

New York governor reaches deal to legalise medically assisted suicide

(AP) — Governor of the US state of New York, Kathy Hochul, said Wednesday that she has reached a deal with state legislative leaders to approve a bill to give terminally ill people the legal ability…
December 17, 2025

Man sentenced to 18 months in prison for theft of Digicel cables

A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, at hard labour, after pleading guilty to the theft of batteries and cables from telecommunications provider Digicel. Erick Robinson…
President of the Jamaica Coffee Growers Association, Donald Salmon (left), shares a handshake with Dr Norman Grant (second right), president of the Jamaica Coffee Exporters Association, while Wayne Hunter (right), acting director general for the Jamaica Ag
December 17, 2025

JACRA hands over $35 million in fertiliser to coffee farmers

The Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA) has delivered 5,000 bags of fertiliser, valued at approximately $35 million, to support recovery in the coffee industry following…
December 17, 2025

St Mary fisherman charged over gun seizure

A 34-year-old fisherman of Paggee district, Port Maria, St Mary, has been charged in connection with the seizure of a gun in his community on Saturday. The accused, Donnadoni McDonald, was charged…
The exercise will be conducted under the National Animal Identification and Traceability System.
December 17, 2025

Agriculture Ministry to conduct animal-tagging blitz in Clarendon on Saturday

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining has announced that an animal-tagging blitz will be carried out in Clarendon on Saturday, beginning at 8 a.m. The exercise will be conducted under the…