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December 29, 2025
by Christopher Thomas
St James Health Department renting 15 garbage trucks for clean-up effort
WESTERN BUREAU: Lennox Wallace, parish manager for the St James Health Department, says the department is arranging to rent several garbage trucks to carry out its own waste collection in sections of…
December 29, 2025
Lawmakers condemn Trump plan targeting Caribbean immigrant families seeking health, food aid
WASHINGTON (CMC): Immigration leaders in the United States House of Representatives and the Senate have condemned President Donald J. Trump’s proposed rule that would punish Caribbean and other…
December 29, 2025
Indigenous women carry history and pride in the traditional ‘pollera’ skirt
LA PAZ (AP) Before setting out for the wide, white mountain, Ana Lia González Maguiña took stock of her gear: A chunky sweater to guard against the chill. A harness and climbing rope to scale the…
December 29, 2025
‘We are mourning a legend’ - French president says of Brigitte Bardot
PARIS (AP): Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s sex symbol who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later a militant animal rights activist and far-right supporter, has died.…
December 29, 2025
A family’s Christmas: From the American dream to poverty
MARACAY (AP) This was not the Christmas that Mariela Gómez would have imagined a year ago. Or the one that thousands of other Venezuelan immigrants would have thought about. But Donald Trump returned…
December 29, 2025
ICE nabs Jamaican national among ‘Worst of Worst Criminal Illegal Aliens’
CMC: The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says a Jamaican national is among its ‘Worst of Worst Criminal Illegal Aliens’ arrested during Christmas week. ICE said Jovanne…
December 29, 2025
by Michael Reckord
Pantomime season opens with ‘Big Yaad Vibes’
Thirteen-year-old Olivia Anderson was one of many celebrants at Friday night’s opening of the current Jamaica pantomime, Big Yaad Vibes, at the Little Theatre, Tom Redcam Avenue. She said she has been…
December 29, 2025
Foods with healthy-sounding buzzwords could be hiding added sugar in plain sight
Many consumers feel pride in avoiding the glazed pastries in the supermarket and instead opting for “all natural” granola that comes packed with extra protein. Same goes for low-fat yoghurt “made with…
December 29, 2025
Judge puts coup plot convicts under house arrest after former police commander flees
SÃO PAULO (AP): A Brazilian judge on Saturday issued house arrest orders for 10 people who have been convicted and sentenced for participating in a plot to keep former President Jair Bolsonaro in…