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Debris from a helicopter is shown after two helicopters crashed in Hammonton, N.J., on Sunday, December 28, 2025. (WPVI-TV/6ABC via AP)
December 29, 2025

2 pilots killed after helicopters collided in New Jersey

Authorities on Monday identified two pilots who died after their helicopters collided mid-air in southern New Jersey. Kenneth Kirsch, 65, and Michael Greenberg, 71, were friends who both lived in New…
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December 29, 2025

RADA encourages soil-centred approach to crop production

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is encouraging a measured, soil-focused approach to restoring crop production, following heavy rains. Senior Plant Health and Food Safety Officer…
Director General of the Office of Utilities Regulation, Ansord Hewitt.
December 29, 2025

OUR backs roll out of JPS emergency mobile power unit

Director General of the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) Ansord Hewitt has thrown the regulator’s full support behind the commissioning of the Jamaica Public Service’s (JPS) Emergency Mobile Power…
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December 29, 2025

Traffic changes for sections of downtown Kingston for fireworks show

The police have announced traffic changes ahead of the annual New Year’s Eve fireworks display hosted by the Urban Development Corporation along Ocean Boulevard at the Kingston waterfront. The…
The company is before the court on breaches of the Wildlife Protection Act.
December 29, 2025

Jamaican man among four charged, denied bail in Bahamas over marijuana and cocaine bust

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Four men, including a Jamaican, in The Bahamas have been denied bail on charges stemming from an alleged attempt to smuggle cocaine and marijuana into the country. The…
 A woman stands in front of the home where a New Year's Eve firework explosion killed and injured people, January 1, 2025, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia, File)
December 29, 2025

Hawaii hopes stricter laws will quiet illegal fireworks after deadly New Year’s Eve blast

HONOLULU (AP) — Mike Lambert heard fewer illegal fireworks exploding in his suburban Honolulu neighbourhood in the months after a chain of blasts at a house party last New Year’s Eve led to the deaths…
Anthony Joshua stands on stage during a face-off against Jake Paul at a news conference promoting their heavyweight boxing match, on December 17, 2025, in Miami Beach, Florida.
December 29, 2025

Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is 'stable' after car crash in Nigeria

(AP) — Anthony Joshua, the British boxer and former world heavyweight champion, is “stable” in hospital after a car crash that killed two other passengers in Nigeria on Monday. “Life is much more…
December 29, 2025

'Bundog' charged with murder of Kingston man

Police have charged a 25-year-old man in connection with the shooting death of 27-year-old Rohan 'Alvin' Smith at his home in Kingston in March. The accused is Nicoye Waldron, otherwise…
Seventy-two trucks leave the Port in Montego Bay for Westmoreland and other parts of Western Jamaica, as part of the escalation of power restoration by the Jamaica Public Service. 
December 30, 2025

72 specialised vehicles arrive in Jamaica to help JPS electricity restoration

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says 72 specialised vehicles, including bucket trucks, diggers, pole trailers, and pick-ups, have arrived in Jamaica to boost electricity restoration after…