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Jamaica Teachers' Association President Mark Malabver makes a point during the final day of the JTA's 61st annual conference at the Princess Grand Hotel in Green Island, Hanover on August 20, 2025.
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

JTA president: Targeted approach needed to address bullying

Stating that bullying is an age-old problem in schools, Jamaica Teachers’ Association President Mark Malabver says it is time for the Ministry of Education, Youth, Skills and Information to take a…
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December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Five men to receive new trial date in multibillion-dollar cocaine bust

A new trial date is to be scheduled in the multibillion-dollar cocaine bust in Havendale, St Andrew, in which five men have been implicated, after the November 3 trial date was vacated. The initial…
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December 9, 2025

April 2026 trial for Ranko Gang members

Eight alleged members of the Clarendon-based Ranko Gang, reportedly led by a police constable, Tafari Silvera, are scheduled to go on trial on April 13, 2026. The trial date was scheduled last Friday…
The 20-foot boat on which the latest batch of Haitians arrived in Portland.
December 9, 2025

30 Haitians repatriated

Boundbrook, Portland: Thirty Haitians who were among a group that landed illegally on a beach in Kensington, eastern Portland, on Sunday were repatriated yesterday. The group, comprised of adult…
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December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Ja poised to get Royalton CHIC Resort next year

WESTERN BUREAU: Royalton CHIC is set to bring its signature brand of glamour, style, and high-energy sophistication to Jamaica, with the announcement of Royalton CHIC Jamaica Paradise Cove, An adults…
Fire personnel help a man on crutches to evacuate the courthouse following the security threat at the St Catherine Parish Court.
December 9, 2025

Another security threat disrupts St Catherine court proceedings

Proceedings at the St Catherine Parish Court in Spanish Town were again disrupted on Wednesday morning following a security threat. About 10:40 a.m., persons with business at the court were ordered…
Janeil 'Squaddy' Callaghan (left) and Patrick 'Rick' Thompson.
December 9, 2025

Police probing double murder in Four Paths

Detectives in Clarendon have launched a probe into a double murder in the Agro Park Farms area of Four Paths in Clarendon on Tuesday. The deceased have been identified as 24-year-old Patrick…
December 9, 2025

Caribbean Airlines to cut Florida–Jamaica flights in November

Caribbean Airlines will discontinue its Fort Lauderdale to Montego Bay and Fort Lauderdale to Kingston routes effective November 2, 2025, just a few months after resuming the service following a…
This 2019 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) bacteria. (Stephanie Rossow/CDC via AP)
December 9, 2025

‘Nightmare bacteria’ cases are increasing in US

NEW YORK (AP) — Infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists. …