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December 9, 2025
Air travellers face frustration as FAA's further drop in flights takes effect
Air travellers could face more frustration as busy US airports need to meet a higher Federal Aviation Administration target for reducing flights Tuesday after already cancelling thousands to scale…
December 9, 2025
Elizabeth Morgan | Climate Change (COP30) and CARICOM
FROM STUDIES now done, Hurricane Mellissa is being assessed as the third most intense Atlantic/Caribbean hurricane when it made landfall on Jamaica’s southwest coast on Tuesday, October 28. Some…
December 9, 2025
Norris R. McDonald | A storm of crises: Hurricane Melissa and IMF budget woes!
“Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows!” —William Shakespeare, The Tempest SHOULD JAMAICA continue to pay the International Monetary Fund (IMF) while its people starve in the wake of the…
December 9, 2025
by Nyoka Manning
DLE Café serving up diabetic-friendly dining
As World Diabetes Day draws near on Friday, DLE Café has been redefining what dining out means for people living with diabetes. Since introducing its diabetic-friendly menu in 2024, the café’s Montego…
December 9, 2025
Police constable dies following crash in St Ann
The Jamaica Constabulary Force is mourning the death of a police constable who passed away as a result of injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle collision on Anglican Street in Moneague, St Ann…
December 9, 2025
United States pledges additional US$10 million for Jamaica’s hurricane recovery
The United States has pledged an additional US$10 million to support Jamaica’s recovery from the devastating impact of Category Five Hurricane Melissa. This latest commitment brings the total…
December 9, 2025
US Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalising same-sex marriage nationwide
WASHINGTON (AP) — The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. The justices, without comment, turned away an appeal…
December 9, 2025
General election called in St Lucia for December 1, months ahead of when polls were due
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – St Lucians will go to the polls on December 1 to elect a new government, 11 months before the general election is constitutionally due in November 2026. Prime Minister…
December 9, 2025
Portmore man accused of shooting at police freed in Gun Court
Portmore, St Catherine mechanic Oshane Hayles, who was shot during an alleged shoot-out with police and later charged, was today freed in the Gun Court. Hayles, 35, was charged with possession of a…