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December 9, 2025
Man shot dead by police after knife attack at Spanish Town Hospital
The Independent Commission of Investigations is probing the fatal shooting by the police of a man who reportedly attacked another with a knife on the grounds of the Spanish Town Hospital in St…
December 9, 2025
Rose Hall Developments leads major beach cleanup, boosts community action
In a robust display of environmental stewardship, Rose Hall Developments spearheaded a major coastal cleanup Saturday morning, galvanising community participation in collaboration with the St James…
December 9, 2025
Educator advocates for persons with exceptionalities
On August 31, Joan Phillips-Bennett, also known as Ade Nima, launched the first episode of her newly rebranded the Empower Exceptionalities Jamaica (EEJ) Podcast. The journey to this point has been…
December 9, 2025
Ode to Portia
Pamela Redwood has worked closely with Portia for more than 30 years. Following the disclosure by Simpson Miller’s husband that his wife is suffering from dementia, Redwood paid the following tribute…
December 9, 2025
Trafalgar Park resident blames construction of apartment complex after floodwaters ravage home
A resident of Trafalgar Park in New Kingston is counting her losses from Friday's heavy rains after water from the nearby gully flooded her home, damaging furniture and appliances and leaving…
December 9, 2025
Urgent call for greater national access to cancer testing
The 14th annual CIBC Caribbean Walk for the Cure was officially launched last week at the Terra Nova All Suite Hotel in St Andrew under the theme, ‘Commitment – Community – Courage’, as survivors,…
December 9, 2025
Two men killed in separate road crashes
Forty-five-year-old Marlon Bell has succumbed to injuries he sustained in a vehicular crash along Highway 2000 in St Catherine on Friday. Bell, who hailed from Greater Portmore, St Catherine, was…
December 9, 2025
Update | American woman returns home after being reported missing
The police say 21-one-year-old American Orah Teller-Miszrahi who was reported missing on Friday has returned home. The police say she is said to be in good health. The May Pen police had stated…
December 9, 2025
by Christopher Thomas
China-trained doctors in limbo
WESTERN BUREAU: Several Jamaican doctors, who got their training in China, are alleging that they cannot secure placements here in Jamaica for their internships despite making multiple applications.…