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December 21, 2025

Suspected robber drops loaded magazine while fleeing police in Portmore

The police in Portmore, St Catherine are searching for a suspected robber who was confronted in the community of Portsmouth on Saturday afternoon. According to the police, the man ran and dropped a…
JUTA president, Simon Lawrence.
December 21, 2025

JUTA appeals for Hurricane Melissa recovery support for drivers

Weeks after Hurricane Melissa battered western Jamaica and disrupted tourism operations, contract carriage drivers say they remain shut out of recovery funding announced for tourism workers. In…
The case is to go back to court on April 14.
December 21, 2025

Jamaica-born pastor in New York pleads guilty to tax evasion scheme

NEW YORK, CMC – A Jamaica-born pastor at a church in Brooklyn, New York has pleaded guilty in federal court in the United States to a tax evasion scheme. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ)…
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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,…
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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…
A court date is being finalised.
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…
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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…
Freed students of St. Mary’s Catholic School are reunited with their parents in Papiri community, Nigeria, Tuesday, December 9, 2025.
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…