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December 9, 2025

Sean Major-Campbell | Media for the protection of human rights, justice, and truth

THE PLANNING of the annual human rights service held at Christ Church Vineyard Town met with challenges in the aftermath of the extreme monster Hurricane Melissa. We realised very soon that the usual…
United States Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, head of the Congressional Black Caucus and whose parents are Jamaicans.
December 9, 2025 by Lester Hinds

Clarke calls US boat strikes unlawful and un-American

NEW YORK: United States Congresswoman Yvette Clarke has slammed military strikes against alleged drug boats off the coast of Venezuela and in the Pacific by the Trump Administration as unlawful and…
The recently built male ward, which usually houses up to 50 men at the Savanna-la-Mar Infirmary, is now unoccupied because of roof damage sustained during the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Mickalia Kington

WRECKED TOO SOON

WESTERN BUREAU: Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie says he is “deeply disappointed” with the construction quality of the relatively new male ward Savanna-la-Mar Infirmary in Westmoreland,…
Dr David Lowe, managing director of the Development Bank of Jamaica.
December 9, 2025

$1b already released to banks to kickstart business recovery, says DBJ

Managing director of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) Dr David Lowe says the first phase of the institution’s M5 Business Recovery Programme will be launched in the fourth quarter of the current…
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December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Defence raises trafficking question in cross-examination

Defence attorney King’s Counsel Larry Smith on Thursday raised the possibility that Donna-Lee Donaldson was trafficked, during cross-examination of the Crown’s final witness in the Noel Maitland…
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December 9, 2025 by Andre Williams

Bank systems take spotlight in Sagicor fraud case

There were several tense moments during Thursday’s sitting of the Sagicor fraud trial as defence attorneys aggressively questioned a former banker who returned to the stand for cross-examination. The…
Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, Wang Jinfeng (second right), greets crew members of the ‘Ark Silk Road; medical ship at the Montego Bay Cruise Ship Terminal on Thursday.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Chinese medical ship a lifeline, says Fray

WESTERN BUREAU: Western Jamaica’s health sector has received a critical boost with the arrival of China’s Navy hospital ship Ark Silk Road, which began a three-day medical mission in Montego Bay, St…
Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon (right) and vice-president of the Fujian Association of Jamaica, Yansen Li, at the handing over of Hurricane Melissa relief supplies by Chinese business communities in Montego Bay and Trinidad on Thursday.
December 9, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

J’can, Trindidadian Chinese communities partner to step up relief

WESTERN BUREAU: The Chinese community in Montego Bay, St James, has joined forces with the Trinidad and Tobago Chinese Chamber of Commerce to deliver humanitarian aid to residents still reeling from…
A man rides his bicycle past police station in Pont-Sonde, Haiti, October 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
December 9, 2025

Alleged gang leader sentenced to life in prison in US for kidnapping of 17 missionaries in Haiti

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man alleged to be the founder and leader of a Haitian gang was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison in the United States for orchestrating the kidnapping of 17 people,…