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A single rod used to ground the establishment is all that is left of Eggy’s on the Beach in Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth.
December 9, 2025 by Andre Williams

‘Mi seven youth broke mi heart’

Two seniors who once had thriving culinary establishments at separate locations in the Hurricane Melissa-ravaged parish of St Elizabeth ponder their next move, living a reality that is as…
Former Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson.
December 9, 2025 by Erica Virtue

Patterson: Vulnerable countries must demand climate justice

Former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson says small island states like Jamaica, which are highly vulnerable to climate change despite contributing little to global emissions, must use every international…
Gerald Miller  (right), health promotion and education officer for Westmoreland, educating residents on the risks of contracting leptospirosis and other diseases from the nearby Ancho River.
December 9, 2025 by Mickalia Kington

DEADLY RISK

WESTERN BUREAU: Days before a leptospirosis outbreak was officially declared across several Jamaican parishes, including Westmoreland, public health officials were already warning residents in…
This photo released by the Christian Association of Nigeria shows the dormitories of St. Mary's Catholic Primary and Secondary School after gunmen abducted children and staff in Papiri community in Nigeria, Friday, November 21, 2025. (Christian Association
December 9, 2025

Number of children abducted in Nigerian school attack raised to more than 300

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state, the…
Sewage overflow in a section of downtown Kingston on November 21, 2025.
December 9, 2025

NWC distances itself from sewage overflow in downtown Kingston

The National Water Commission (NWC) is distancing itself from the presence of raw sewage in a section of downtown Kingston. The NWC says the affected blocked drains are not a part of its network…
Firefighters at Usain Bolt’s Tracks & Records restaurant in Montego Bay, St James, following a blaze at the eatery on Saturday.
December 9, 2025

Usain Bolt’s Tracks and Records restaurant in St James extensively damaged by early-morning fire

A pre-dawn fire caused extensive damage to Usain Bolt’s Tracks and Records Restaurant and Bar on Jimmy Cliff Boulevard early Saturday, with fire investigators probing the cause after flames tore…
File photo.
December 9, 2025

Fatal police shooting in Old Harbour

A man was fatally shot by the police during an alleged confrontation in Old Harbour, St Catherine on Friday. The deceased has been identified as 37-year-old shopkeeper Domar Lee of Marlie Acres in…
Clarke is charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, assault at common law, and using a firearm to commit a felony.
December 9, 2025

Gun Court for municipal cop charged for allegedly hitting taxi operator with firearm during dispute

The Portmore, St Catherine municipal police officer who is charged with allegedly using his weapon to hit a taxi operator during an argument that developed into a fight is to go before the Gun Court…
Laverna Thomas.
December 9, 2025

Police seeking help to reunite woman in hospital with family

The police are seeking the public’s assistance in reuniting a woman who is in hospital with her family. She gave her name as Laverna Thomas; however, the police say she is unable to provide any…