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December 9, 2025
Manhunt for Haitians
Kensington, Portland: A manhunt has been launched by the police to locate at least 10 Haitians who fled their boat after landing undetected late Sunday night at a beach near Kensington in eastern…
December 9, 2025
by Janet Silvera
‘Seminal year’ for tourism
WESTERN BUREAU: Declaring 2025 a “seminal year” for Jamaica’s visitor economy, Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett officially opened the Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) 2025 on Sunday evening at…
December 9, 2025
Championing men’s health
PROSTATE CANCER is the leading cancer diagnosis among Jamaican men and one of the deadliest. Yet, far too often, men present at later stages of the disease when treatment options are limited and…
December 9, 2025
Veteran jockey Oneil Mullings killed in gun attack, two brothers identified as suspects
The St Andrew South police are probing the shooting death of 49-year-old veteran jockey Oneil Ricardo Mullings in his community on Sunday. The police say two brothers, with whom Mullings had a…
December 9, 2025
St Mary farmer charged after machete attack
Fifty-two-year-old farmer Cleveland Hird, also known as ‘Prick’ of Gibraltar Heights, Annotto Bay, St Mary, has been charged for chopping a man in a machete attack in his community. Hird was charged…
December 9, 2025
St Elizabeth businessman charged with fraud in car deal
Twenty-nine-year-old Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth businessman Jermaine Stewart has been charged by the police in St James with fraud in connection to a car-buying deal. Reports from the Barnett Street…
December 9, 2025
Dominican Republic says it seized cocaine that was on speedboat destroyed by US Navy
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic said Sunday they have confiscated some of the cocaine transported by a speedboat that was destroyed recently by the US Navy, as the Trump…
December 9, 2025
Gabrielle rapidly intensifies into Category 3 hurricane in Atlantic, staying away from land
MIAMI (AP) — Gabrielle strengthened into a major hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday but was forecast to remain away from land. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said Gabrielle’s…
December 9, 2025
Decomposing body of elderly man found at home in Old Harbour
The decomposing body of an elderly man was found at his home on Burke Road in Old Harbour, St Catherine on Sunday. He has been identified as 77-year-old Leslie Topping. Reports are that around 6:20…