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December 9, 2025
Fatal police shooting in York Town, Clarendon, high-powered rifles seized
Two men were fatally shot during an alleged confrontation with the police in York Town, Clarendon early this morning. The police say an M16 rifle and an AK-47 rifle were seized. According to the…
December 9, 2025
Man perishes in fire at his home in Lime Tree Grove
The charred remains of a man were found following a fire at his home in Lime Tree Grove, St Catherine this morning. Residents reported seeing smoke coming from the dwelling around 10:45 a.m. and…
December 9, 2025
US Supreme Court will decide whether Trump’s birthright citizenship order violates the Constitution
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to take up the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order on birthright citizenship declaring that children born to parents who are in the…
December 9, 2025
Updated | Woman injured in March Pen Road gun attack dies
The woman who was one of two people wounded in a gun attack in the community of March Pen Road in Spanish Town, St Catherine last night has since succumbed to her injuries. She has been identified…
December 9, 2025
Man dies after being hit while crossing Spanish Town Bypass
A man has died from injuries sustained after being hit by a car while crossing the Spanish Town Bypass in St Catherine on Friday. He has been identified as 35-year-old Odaine Vincent of Windsor…
December 9, 2025
Mass shooting at a South African bar leaves 12 dead, including three children
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A mass shooting carried out Saturday by multiple suspects in an unlicensed bar near the South African capital left at least 12 people dead, police said. The victims…
December 9, 2025
Ananda Marga provides relief to western Jamaica
The Ananda Marga organisation in Jamaica, through their service arm, AMURT (Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team), has shifted its focus from education to emergency response by providing relief, both in…
December 9, 2025
by Mickalia Kington
‘No compromise’
A break-in at the Petersfield High School shelter has escalated tensions between residents and authorities, prompting Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie to demand round-the-clock police…
December 9, 2025
by Lester Hinds
‘She gave more than she took’
An overflowing Community Baptist Church of Englewood, New Jersey, heard glowing tributes paid to Jamaica’s late Consul General to New York, Alsion Roach-Wilson, who died on November 8 after battling…