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December 9, 2025
ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely over his remarks about Charlie Kirk’s death
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC has suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely following comments he made about Charlie Kirk’s killing. The network’s decision Wednesday came after Nexstar announced…
December 9, 2025
Man fatally struck by car while riding bicycle in Old Harbour
The police in Old Harbour, St Catherine are investigating the death of a man on a bicycle who was hit by a car along the Gutters main road on Tuesday. Dead is 24-year-old labourer Shellyidon Carta of…
December 9, 2025
by Gregory Bryce
‘I tried my best’
A SORE hamstring could not prevent Jamaica’s Tajay Gayle from a strong performance in the final of the men’s long jump, as he took the silver medal at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships on day…
December 9, 2025
by Erica Virtue
Cuba awards Medal of Friendship to Simpson Miller
By Presidential Decree No. 1039 on July 10, 2025, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez awarded Jamaica’s former Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller the Medal of Friendship, one of Cuba’s…
December 9, 2025
by Erica Virtue
Portia’s quiet strength
For years, it has been whispered in political and other circles – both within and outside of the People’s National Party (PNP), the political movement she once led as its first female president – that…
December 9, 2025
Barita's Ramon Small-Ferguson, Cleveland Tomlinson and Kisha Anderson among new PNP Senators
Leader of the Opposition and President of the People’s National Party Mark Golding has appointed a mix of new and returning faces to the Senate. Among those joining the opposition bench are Chief…
December 9, 2025
PNP councillor Patrick Forrester killed, three others injured in crash in Westmoreland
People's National Party councillor for the Petersfield Division in Westmoreland, Patrick Forrester, was killed this afternoon in a crash after the vehicle he was travelling in ran off the road…
December 9, 2025
by Tanesha Mundle
Review law governing bench trials, urges advocates association
The Advocates’ Association of Jamaica (AAJ) is accusing the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of using its authority to block judge-alone trials in a way that undermines justice and…
December 9, 2025
Three police officers in Trinidad charged with corruption
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - Three police officers in Trinidad and Tobago were granted bail in the sum of TT$60,000 each when they appeared before a Master of the High Court charged with corruption.…