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Gleaner editorial writes: Leadership must set the tone. The Prime Minister must become Chief Policy Executor, not only Chief Visionary.
December 9, 2025

Editorial | Management for growth

The question is no longer about the policy priorities for escaping Jamaica’s low-growth trap – from lowering energy costs, to establishing development corridors and transformational action in…
December 9, 2025

St Ann higgler charged with murder

A St Ann higgler has been charged with murder following the stabbing death of a man in his community on October 7. He is 37-year-old Junior Campbell, otherwise called ‘Alka’, or ‘Blacka’, of…
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after arriving on Air Force One, Friday, October17, 2025, at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
December 9, 2025

US will send survivors of strike on suspected drug vessel back to Ecuador and Colombia, Trump says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The two survivors of an American military strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean will be sent to Ecuador and Colombia, their home countries, President Donald…

Dr Jason Copeland, head of the Breast Oncology Unit at Kingston Public Hospital.
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

SILENT SPREAD

When Ashley*, 53, started experiencing a sharp pain in her stomach and bleeding from the breast where she’d had a lump removed seven years earlier, she instinctively knew something was seriously…
December 9, 2025 by Livern Barrett

‘Innocent right through’

J.D. Brown* visited the Oracabessa Police Station in St Mary on the night of July 8, 2016, to deliver food for a relative in custody. He chatted with the cops on duty at the time and described them as…
Williams' court date is being finalised.
December 9, 2025

Construction worker charged with Cobourn Gardens murder

The St Andrew South police have charged 20-year-old construction worker Romando Simpson, otherwise called ‘Prince’, with murder, possession of prohibited weapon and ammunition and using a firearm to…
Nottingham Forest head coach Ange Postecoglou gestures after Chelsea's 2nd goal, during the English Premier League football match between Nottingham Forest and Chelsea, in Nottingham, England, Saturday, October 18, 2025. (Mike Egerton/PA via AP)
December 9, 2025

Nottingham Forest fires manager Ange Postecoglou minutes after 3-0 loss to Chelsea

Nottingham Forest fired manager Ange Postecoglou around 20 minutes after a 3-0 loss to Chelsea on Saturday and just 39 days after the Australian took over. Postecoglou didn't win any of his…
Zuleika Jess
December 9, 2025

PNP takes issue with Tavares-Finson's application for a fiat to prosecute Norman Scott in assault case

The Opposition People's National Party is expressing "grave concern" regarding the application by Senator Tom Tavares-Finson for a fiat to prosecute Mayor of Spanish Town Norman Scott. …
Terona Thomas
December 9, 2025

Woman charged in relation to murder of 14-y-o Terona Thomas

A 25-year-old woman has been charged in connection with the murder of 14-year-old Pembroke Hall High School Terona Thomas, otherwise called ‘Tee-Tee', in Olympic Gardens, St Andrew in April. …