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December 9, 2025
Update | Alleged gunmen fatally shot by police in St Catherine identified
The police have identified the four men who were fatally shot during an alleged armed confrontation with cops last Wednesday along the Linstead Bypass in St Catherine. They are 19-year-old Kemar…
December 9, 2025
Jamaica calls for global support following Hurricane Melissa to "extend beyond sympathy'
Jamaica’s Minister of Climate Change, Matthew Samuda, has welcomed the global outpouring of support after Hurricane Melissa but called for "solidarity to extend beyond sympathy”. Speaking at…
December 9, 2025
NY Attorney General urges Trump administration to grant TPS to Jamaicans after Hurricane Melissa
New York Attorney General Letitia James has called on the Trump Administration to extend its Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Jamaicans in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. …
December 9, 2025
Four people charged in relation to theft of meat valued over $250,000
Four individuals have been charged in connection with the theft of 18 bags of meat from a restaurant on Lakes Pen Road, Portmore, St Catherine between October 20 and November 16.
December 9, 2025
Grange confident Reggae Boyz will defeat Curaçao and qualify for World Cup
Sport Minister Olivia Grange is expressing confidence that the Reggae Boyz will be victorious over Curaçao at the National Stadium tomorrow and qualify for the World Cup. Nearly three decades after…
December 9, 2025
Opposition continues to press for broad-based oversight mechanism for Hurricane Melissa recovery
Leader of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives, Phillip Paulwell, is intensifying his call for the Government to establish a broad-based national oversight mechanism to guide the…
December 9, 2025
Gunmen abduct 25 girls from high school in Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a high school in northwestern Nigeria before dawn on Monday, taking 25 schoolgirls and killing at least one staffer, authorities said of the latest abduction of…
December 9, 2025
Emergency repairs to be undertaken at St Elizabeth infirmary
Emergency repairs, including roof replacement, are to be undertaken at the St Elizabeth Infirmary following severe damage to the facility from Hurricane Melissa. Minister of Local Government and…
December 9, 2025
Corrections officer in Bahamas charged in plot to murder her boss
NASSAU, CMC – A 22-year-old corrections officer in the Bahamas is due to return to court on November 27 after she denied allegations that she had been plotting to murder her boss. The prosecution…