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December 9, 2025
by Ainsley Walters
Lockdown’s finishing speed to bring Ronron Trophy
LOCKDOWN, THE Strikewhileitshot colt who chased BOB THE BUILDER and I DREAM AGAIN into the stretch run of the 2000 Guineas before being wiped out against the rail a half-furlong out by eventual…
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…
December 9, 2025
by Karen Madden
Quietly confident Oblique back in the island
Basking in the feeling of being the first Jamaican man to reach the top of a World Athletics Championship podium, since Usain Bolt did in 2015, 100 metre Champion Oblique Seville returned to the…
December 9, 2025
Shock and sadness over former beauty queen’s suspected suicide
Shock and sadness have swept online following the death of 26-year-old Tyra Spaulding, a former contestant in the 2023 Miss Universe Jamaica competition. Spaulding was found at home by relatives on…
December 9, 2025
by Andre Williams
Fallout between relatives leaves community tense from deadly violence
Life-saving blood was yesterday being sought for one of two men who were shot and injured after marauding gunmen opened heavy fire on patrons inside a bar at the Galloway and Mission roads…
December 9, 2025
Public pressure
The public defender has demanded that police make body-worn cameras mandatory in all operations, joining rights groups in calling for urgent reforms after the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Jahmar…
December 9, 2025
Church leaders stage march against obeah ahead of constitutional court challenge
Some church leaders on Wednesday staged a march in Spanish Town, St Catherine calling for Jamaica to uphold the law against obeah, saying the practise is wrong and goes against Jamaica’s Christian…
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…
December 9, 2025
by Livingston Scott
Young Sunshine Girls face big Australia test today
AFTER LOSING (64-33) to England in their decisive Pool C game for group honours on Tuesday in the Netball World Youth Cup in Gibraltar, Jamaica’s under-21 Sunshine Girls face another mammoth task when…