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December 9, 2025
17-y-o accused of shooting man arrested and charged after turning up at hospital with gunshot wound
A 17-year-old Hanover boy has been arrested and charged for the shooting of a man in Lucea. He was taken into custody recently after he turned up at a hospital with a gunshot wound. He is charged…
December 9, 2025
Tourists safe despite leptospirosis outbreak, says Tufton
Minister of Health & Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton has sought to assure that the current leptospirosis outbreak poses no great risk to tourists coming to Jamaica. Tufton said health authorities…
December 9, 2025
Gonsalves says Unity Labour Party very much alive despite election defeat
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – St Vincent former Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves, whose Unity Labour Party (ULP) was defeated in Thursday’s general election after 25 years in office, says the party is…
December 9, 2025
St Catherine man released after five days in custody without charge
A St Catherine man who had been held at the Portmore police lock-up for five days without being charged has been freed by a parish court judge. Roger Moore was released on Friday. In making an…
December 9, 2025
64-y-o St Mary farmer charged for alleged sexual assault of child
A 64-year-old St Mary farmer has been charged for allegedly sexually assaulting a child multiple times between 2023 and 2025. Duane Gilfus, who is from Goshen district in Lucky Hill, is charged…
December 9, 2025
Trump says Venezuelan airspace should be viewed as closed, Maduro gov't slams ‘colonial threat’
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday said that the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela should be considered as “closed in its entirety,” an assertion that raised more…
December 9, 2025
by Janet Silvera
Blessing across the west
WESTERN BUREAU When Hurricane Melissa tore through western Jamaica on October 28, flattening homes, schools, and entire communities, Pastor Mary Wildish’s church, Trumpet Call Ministries, became a…
December 9, 2025
by Mickalia Kington
DIGNITY MATTERS
WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has renewed his call for dignity to be placed at the centre of Jamaica’s hurricane recovery efforts, urging that assistance to affected residents be…
December 9, 2025
by Edmond Campbell
‘Absolutely not’
Senior figures within Jamaica’s media landscape have strongly rejected a call from a government lawmaker to reinstate criminal libel, arguing that such a move would roll back hard-won press freedoms…