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December 21, 2025
Update | Driver whose vehicle plunged into river in St Elizabeth identified
The driver who ran off the road into a river in St Elizabeth has been identified by the police as 76-year-old businessman Norman Vikers of Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland. According to the police,…
December 21, 2025
Minnesota jury says Johnson & Johnson owes US$65.5 million to woman with cancer who used talcum powder
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota jury has awarded US$65.5 million to a mother of three who claimed talcum products made by Johnson & Johnson exposed her to asbestos and contributed to her…
December 21, 2025
17-year-old charged for stabbing of teen during argument
A 17-year-old boy of the Temple Heights district in Stony Hill, St Andrew was charged by the police on Saturday in connection with the stabbing of another teenage boy during an argument in their…
December 21, 2025
Woman robbed by men posing as taxi driver and passenger in St Catherine
The police in St Catherine are investigating an incident in which a woman was robbed on Saturday by men posing as a taxi driver and a passenger. According to a police report, the 63-year-old woman…
December 21, 2025
130 schoolchildren and staff abducted in Nigeria last month have been released, police say
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Some 130 schoolchildren and staff abducted from a Nigerian Catholic school last month by gunmen have been released, police said Sunday. Gunmen seized at least 303 schoolchildren…
December 21, 2025
Gabriel Agbo | It is Christmas!
It is Christmas! We are about celebrating the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Christmas is the most celebrated day in the world today. In fact, some people begin to plan for it as soon as…
December 21, 2025
Dwight Fletcher | The forgotten lesson in the Christmas story
What if I told you that the story of Jesus’ birth has one of the most powerful lessons on resilience? It is a true story of hope, God’s unfailing love, joy and so much more, but it’s also filled with…
December 21, 2025
by Paul H. Williams
Of St John’s Anglican Church and Allison Morris – Part III Urges, hope, and anguish
Allison Morris, nee Francis, has a long familial connection to Black River, where St John’s Anglican Parish Church is situated, in St Elizabeth. She was christened and grew up in St. John’s, which she…
December 21, 2025
Sean Major-Campbell | Jamaica is here for Christmas and beyond
Recently, a clergy colleague sent a meme to me depicting a manger scene. The image of the Holy Family was missing. In its place stood a sign which read. “ICE was here.” The message was palpable. The…