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December 9, 2025
64-y-o St Mary farmer charged for alleged sexual assault of child
A 64-year-old St Mary farmer has been charged for allegedly sexually assaulting a child multiple times between 2023 and 2025. Duane Gilfus, who is from Goshen district in Lucky Hill, is charged…
December 9, 2025
Trump says Venezuelan airspace should be viewed as closed, Maduro gov't slams ‘colonial threat’
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday said that the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela should be considered as “closed in its entirety,” an assertion that raised more…
December 9, 2025
by Janet Silvera
Blessing across the west
WESTERN BUREAU When Hurricane Melissa tore through western Jamaica on October 28, flattening homes, schools, and entire communities, Pastor Mary Wildish’s church, Trumpet Call Ministries, became a…
December 9, 2025
by Mickalia Kington
DIGNITY MATTERS
WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has renewed his call for dignity to be placed at the centre of Jamaica’s hurricane recovery efforts, urging that assistance to affected residents be…
December 9, 2025
by Edmond Campbell
‘Absolutely not’
Senior figures within Jamaica’s media landscape have strongly rejected a call from a government lawmaker to reinstate criminal libel, arguing that such a move would roll back hard-won press freedoms…
December 9, 2025
by Albert Ferguson
McKenzie: New building code coming next fiscal year
WESTERN BUREAU: Local Government and Community Development Minister Desmond McKenzie has said that the country’s new building code, which has been in gestation for nearly two decades, is scheduled for…
December 9, 2025
by Sashana Small
Local contractors want integration in container home solutions
As the Jamaican Government prepares to purchase thousands of container homes as a rapid response to the housing stock devastated by Hurricane Melissa, Incorporated Masterbuilders Association of…
December 9, 2025
by Corey Robinson
Hope River fears
Residents of Kintyre and Tavern in St Andrew say they are “running out of ground” after Hurricane Melissa’s fierce rains chewed deeper into the Hope River’s banks, exposing foundations, toppling…
December 9, 2025
by Carl Gilchrist
Ocho Rios High School welcomes 100 visiting students
Principal of Ocho Rios High School, Marvin Clowson, says while the school is accommodating students displaced by Hurricane Melissa, it will not be processing transfer requests at this time. Ocho Rios…