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December 9, 2025
Jamaica so far records 29 days with triple road deaths, analysis reveals
Jamaica recorded three road deaths in a single day 29 times this year up to September 6, an analysis of police data has revealed. The figures are for separate fatal crashes and not single events with…
December 9, 2025
JFJ reiterates call for police body cameras amid Cherry Tree Lane fatal shooting
Human rights lobby group Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) is reiterating its call for the mandatory use of body cameras, particularly in planned operations, by the police amid the fatal shooting of a man…
December 9, 2025
Trelawny taxi operator caught on video attacking woman with machete charged
A Trelawny taxi operator who was captured on video attacking a woman with a machete has been charged with unlawful wounding. He is 42-year-old Cleon Buckle, a resident of Freeman's Hall district…
December 9, 2025
INDECOM: 23 officers but no body cams in Clarendon fatal raid, deceased not named on warrant
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) says none of the 23 officers on a Clarendon raid in which 22-year-old Jahmar Farquharson was killed wore body cameras. It also revealed that…
December 9, 2025
Man who represented himself found guilty of trying to assassinate Donald Trump at Florida golf course
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A man accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump last year at his Florida golf course was found guilty on Tuesday. The jury of five men and seven women found Ryan Routh…
December 9, 2025
Driver killed, another injured in two-vehicle Sligoville crash
Two drivers were injured, one fatally, in a two-vehicle crash along the main road in Sligoville, St Catherine on Monday. Killed was 39-year-old Alecia Waisome of a Linstead address. Reports are that…
December 9, 2025
‘Cojack’, one of St Ann’s most wanted, charged for 2016 murder at shop
After being on the run for years, Dwayne Christie, otherwise called ‘Cojack’, one of St Ann’s most wanted, has been charged for the 2016 shooting death of a man following a fight at a shop in Davis…
December 9, 2025
Woman feared dead, 10 children injured in separate St Andrew crashes
Police are now responding to two separate crashes in rural St Andrew. In the first incident a female motorist is feared dead after her motor vehicle ran over a precipice along the Newcastle main…
December 9, 2025
Education Ministry calls for urgent national action to confront bullying and prevent suicide among children
The Ministry of Education and Youth says the suspected suicide of a 16-year-old Holmwood Technical High School student from Trelawny over the weekend underscores the urgent need to confront bullying,…