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December 29, 2025
Tufton: fogging chemicals will kill mosquitoes; pose no health risk
Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is seeking to assure the public that chemicals being used in fogging activities are safe for human health. Fogging is being conducted in several…
December 29, 2025
St Andrew security guard charged over gun seizure
A 41-year-old security guard has been charged over the seizure of a firearm during a police operation in Zaidie Gardens, St Andrew on December 26. The accused, Keven Smith, from Seaview Gardens in…
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
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 28, 2025
by Livern Barrett
MAJOR SSL TWIST
An attorney representing Jamaican sprint icon Usain Bolt has warned that it would be a “facade” to proceed with a trial solely against Jean-Ann Panton, the former wealth adviser at Stocks &…
December 28, 2025
Russia strikes Kyiv a day before Zelenskyy-Trump meeting
KYIV, Ukraine (AP): Russia attacked Ukraine’s capital with ballistic missiles and drones on Saturday, killing at least one person and wounding 27, a day before talks between the leaders of Ukraine and…
December 28, 2025
Red flags
Clerk to the Houses of Parliament (HoP) Colleen Lowe instructed staff to proceed with two multimillion-dollar projects despite internal concerns about procurement compliance, according to…
December 28, 2025
Venezuelan migrants sent to El Salvador demand justice
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP): Men who were part of the group of Venezuelan migrants that the United States government transferred earlier this year to a prison in El Salvador demanded justice on Friday,…
December 28, 2025
by Erica Virtue
Literacy leap
Seventy per cent of the cohort of seventh graders at Holy Trinity High School last academic year who were part of the Grade 7 Academy – a radical literacy and numeracy programme for students…