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December 9, 2025
Body-worn camera training session undertaken for police trainees
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has indicated that trainees at its National Police College in St Catherine have been exposed to a body-worn camera (BWCs) training session, as part of efforts to…
December 9, 2025
Editorial | Outrage over Commodore, but …
Even as this newspaper shares the national outrage over the murder of five people – including a four-year-old child – in Sunday’s mass shooting in the community of Commodore, Linstead, St. Catherine…
December 9, 2025
Lauding the Joan Duncan Foundation’s ‘steadfast support’
THE EDITOR, Madam: This morning, I felt compelled to publicly express my deep appreciation to the Joan Duncan Foundation of JMMB for its quiet yet unwavering commitment to the Child Resiliency…
December 9, 2025
Integration or disintegration?
THE EDITOR, Madam: While overseas, I was pleased to learn that Barbados, Belize, Dominica, and St Vincent and the Grenadines have opened their borders to free movement and trade. This bold move…
December 9, 2025
Health Ministry to strengthen procurement system after Integrity Commission Market Me probe
The Ministry of Health and Wellness says it has recognised the need to strengthen its procurement systems to ensure greater transparency, following the tabling of an Integrity Commission (IC) report…
December 9, 2025
Landslide hits bus in northern India, killing at least 15 people
NEW DELHI (AP) — At least 15 people were killed late Tuesday after debris from a massive landslide hit a bus in India’s northern state of Himachal Pradesh, local authorities said. The bus was…
December 9, 2025
Updated|Two minors among six shot in Kingston, police keeping watch on area
The police are keeping a close watch on sections of Central Kingston following a shooting on Tuesday night that left six people injured. A nine-year old and a disabled teen were among those shot. …
December 9, 2025
by Janet Silvera
Where sushi meets Scotch bonnet
WESTERN BUREAU: At the Boardwalk Shopping Village along Norman Manley Boulevard in Negril — Jamaica’s Capital of Casual — a quiet culinary revolution is unfolding. It’s here that Matthew Wallace,…
December 9, 2025
by Kimone Francis
IC: Tufton’s ‘indirect’ influence led to $80m in contracts for friend’s firm
Cabinet Minister Dr Christopher Tufton’s actions “indirectly” influenced the health ministry’s engagement of a marketing firm of his friend that resulted in the entity being awarded contracts of just…