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December 12, 2025

No bail for St Catherine man accused of stabbing girlfriend 16 times while dreaming

A St Catherine judge has refused bail to a 21-year-old man who is charged with stabbing his then girlfriend 16 times while they were both asleep in bed, with the accused saying he was having a bad…
The case is to go back to court on April 14.
December 12, 2025

Two St Mary policemen charged for allegedly assaulting handcuffed man at station, granted $200,000 bail

Two St Mary policemen have been charged for allegedly assaulting a man while he was handcuffed at the Highgate Police Station. The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is reporting that…
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December 12, 2025

Select St Andrew communities under curfew as police seek to maintain order and go after criminals

The communities of Park Lane and 100 Lane located off Red Hills Road, Arthur Leon Drive in Golden Spring and Iron River district in Stony Hill, St Andrew are now under a curfew, as the St Andrew North…
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December 12, 2025

Jamaicans warned against removing, selling or buying sand, gravel or other quarry materials displaced by Hurricane Melissa

The Mines and Geology Division is warning Jamaicans against removing quarry material such as sand, gravel, marl, silt, and stone that have been deposited in areas arising from Hurricane Melissa,…
Residents attend the funeral of people killed in a landslide triggered by Hurricane Melissa in Petit-Goave, Haiti, Saturday, November 15.
December 12, 2025

Hunger and makeshift shelters persist in north Caribbean nearly two months after Hurricane Melissa

PETIT GOÂVE, Haiti (AP) — Amizia Renotte sat on a broken piece of concrete and pointed to a large pile of dirt where her house once stood before the outer bands of Hurricane Melissa crumpled it as the…
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks during a news conference at the Department of Transportation in Washington, Friday, December 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
December 12, 2025

New York is the 8th state found to have improperly issued commercial driver’s licences to immigrants

New York is the eighth state found to routinely issue commercial driver’s licences to immigrants that are valid long after they are no longer legally authorized to be in the country, US Transportation…
Michael Lee-Chin. - File photo.
December 12, 2025

Bondholders give more time to Lee-Chin, eye year-end payment

Bondholders have approved resolutions granting Jamaican-Canadian businessman Michael Lee-Chin more time to service bonds, provided they receive a payment tranche by year’s end. JCSD Trustee Services…
George William Gordon House in downtown Kingston.
December 11, 2025

Contract chaos

The administrative arm of the Houses of Parliament has been found wanting as the Auditor General’s Department places the spotlight on a $24-million contract to renovate the Members’ Lounge at Gordon…
Police examine the scene of yesterday’s fatal shoot-out at Phoenix Park Village in Phase 3, Portmore, St Catherine, where a police operation left one alleged robber dead and another on the run.
December 11, 2025

‘Why we paying for security?’

Residents of Phoenix Park Village in Phase 3, Portmore, St Catherine, were left shaken yesterday after a reported police operation ended in gunfire, leaving one alleged robber dead and another on the…