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December 9, 2025
Clarendon man charged with fraud in overseas employment scam
The Manchester police have charged a man who purported to be employed to the Labour Ministry for allegedly defrauding a woman through an overseas employment scam. Martin Moxey, 32, otherwise called…
December 9, 2025
PIOJ to generate poverty maps using 2025 Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions data
The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has announced that data from the 2025 Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions (JSLC) will be used to generate poverty maps. These are intended to provide deeper…
December 9, 2025
Grenada agrees to adjust its Cuban health programme amid US concerns
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government has announced what it termed “important changes” to the Cuban Workers Programme following a request made by the United States to review the…
December 9, 2025
55-y-o man gunned down at home in St Catherine
A man was gunned down inside his home in Harewood district in Riversdale, St Catherine last night. He has been identified as 55-year-old fruit vendor Wayne Mondle, otherwise called 'Coco'…
December 9, 2025
Suspected stowaway found dead in plane’s landing gear at North Carolina airport
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Airplane maintenance workers at a North Carolina airport found the body of a suspected stowaway in the landing gear compartment of an American Airlines flight that had recently…
December 9, 2025
Parents must pay close attention to changes in children’s behaviour, says NPSC amid suicides
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Kaysia Kerr, is appealing to parents to pay close attention to changes in their children’s behaviour and never ignore…
December 9, 2025
St Ann man charged with murder following fatal stabbing in Alexandria
The police in St Ann have charged a man for fatally stabbing another during an argument after he found him in the company of his girlfriend. Twenty-six-year-old maintenance worker Chanardo Wilmot, of…
December 9, 2025
Linguistics scholar welcomes addition of 'bulla', 'broughtupsy' and other Caribbean words to Oxford Dictionary
Anglican priest and linguistics scholar, the Reverend Bertram Gayle has welcomed the inclusion of Jamaican and other Caribbean words in the Oxford English Dictionary, describing it as a historic…
December 9, 2025
NEPA probing stoning of crocodile seen on video
The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is expressing great concern about a video showing a person or persons throwing large stones at a crocodile. NEPA is reminding the public that…