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December 9, 2025

Policeman dies after being hospitalised following crash in St Elizabeth

Members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force are in mourning as a policeman who was hospitalised after crashing his motorcycle last Friday in St Elizabeth has succumbed to his injuries. He is…
Letters
December 9, 2025

Letter of the Day | Rescuing the anxious generation

THE EDITOR, Madam: Two years ago, I deleted my personal social media. I haven’t looked back since. The immediate sense of mental stillness that followed that decision was a revelation that the…
Norris McDonald
December 9, 2025

Norris McDonald | Crypto imperialism: Can America’s bitcoin gamble rob Jamaica’s reserves?

JAMAICA IS playing with fire. Our external debt of US$13.4 billion is tied to the US dollar, and our US$6.15 billion in foreign reserves are parked in US banks and Treasury holdings. With Washington…
President of Colombia Gustavo Petro Urrego.
December 9, 2025

Colombia foreign minister renounces US visa as tensions escalate

Colombia’s foreign minister has “renounced” her US visa to protest a decision by the State Department of the United States to revoke the visa of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, the Colombian…
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Body-worn cameras on display at the Police Commissioner’s Office in St Andrew.
December 9, 2025

Editorial | Regulations for BWCs

While there has been much debate over how efficiently the police deploy the body-worn cameras (BWC) they presently own – and when a full rollout of the equipment will happen – very little has been…
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December 9, 2025

Healthcare workers urged to wear black to protest interdiction of doctor who contested general election

Healthcare workers and well-wishers of the sector have been urged to wear black tomorrow October 1, in support of Dr Aujae Dixon, a junior resident at May Pen Hospital in Clarendon, who was…

Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, on September 26.
December 9, 2025

Elizabeth Morgan | A look at the main issues arising at the 80th UNGA General Debate

LAST WEEK, this column addressed the imminent UNGA general debate during high-level week under the theme, ‘Better together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights’. The general…
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December 9, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Scheed Cole behind the magic at Natural History Museum exhibition gallery

“O N SUNDAY, August 31, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange officially opened the Natural History Museum of Jamaica (NHMJ) Exhibition Gallery, by way of a…
This Monday, September 29, 2025, satellite image released by NASA shows Imelda, left, and Hurricane Humberto in the Atlantic Ocean. (NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) via AP)
December 9, 2025

Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda charge toward Bermuda as tiny island prepares

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The outer bands of Hurricane Humberto lashed Bermuda on Tuesday as it approached the tiny British territory, with newly formed Hurricane Imelda following closely behind. …