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December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | Awareness without consistency sinks the cause
THE EDITOR, Madam:
December 9, 2025
Tropical Storm Humberto forms in Atlantic as Hurricane Gabrielle takes aim at the Azores
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Humberto formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday at the same time Hurricane Gabrielle was racing across the ocean toward the Azores islands, forecasters said. A…
December 9, 2025
Haitians who landed in Portland sent home, search continues for those in hiding
Thirty Haitians who were among a group that landed on a beach in Kensington in Portland on Sunday have been sent home. They were repatriated today. The group, which comprised children, was…
December 9, 2025
by Ainsley Walters
Lockdown’s finishing speed to bring Ronron Trophy
LOCKDOWN, THE Strikewhileitshot colt who chased BOB THE BUILDER and I DREAM AGAIN into the stretch run of the 2000 Guineas before being wiped out against the rail a half-furlong out by eventual…
December 9, 2025
30 Haitians repatriated
Boundbrook, Portland: Thirty Haitians who were among a group that landed illegally on a beach in Kensington, eastern Portland, on Sunday were repatriated yesterday. The group, comprised of adult…
December 9, 2025
by Karen Madden
Quietly confident Oblique back in the island
Basking in the feeling of being the first Jamaican man to reach the top of a World Athletics Championship podium, since Usain Bolt did in 2015, 100 metre Champion Oblique Seville returned to the…
December 9, 2025
Shock and sadness over former beauty queen’s suspected suicide
Shock and sadness have swept online following the death of 26-year-old Tyra Spaulding, a former contestant in the 2023 Miss Universe Jamaica competition. Spaulding was found at home by relatives on…
December 9, 2025
by Andre Williams
Fallout between relatives leaves community tense from deadly violence
Life-saving blood was yesterday being sought for one of two men who were shot and injured after marauding gunmen opened heavy fire on patrons inside a bar at the Galloway and Mission roads…
December 9, 2025
Public pressure
The public defender has demanded that police make body-worn cameras mandatory in all operations, joining rights groups in calling for urgent reforms after the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Jahmar…