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Jamaica’s Minister of Climate Change, Matthew Samuda, at the COP30 Summit under way in Brazil.
December 9, 2025

Jamaica calls for global support following Hurricane Melissa to "extend beyond sympathy'

Jamaica’s Minister of Climate Change, Matthew Samuda, has welcomed the global outpouring of support after Hurricane Melissa but called for "solidarity to extend beyond sympathy”. Speaking at…
New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press briefing, February 16, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
December 9, 2025

NY Attorney General urges Trump administration to grant TPS to Jamaicans after Hurricane Melissa

New York Attorney General Letitia James has called on the Trump Administration to extend its Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Jamaicans in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. …
December 9, 2025

Four people charged in relation to theft of meat valued over $250,000

Four individuals have been charged in connection with the theft of 18 bags of meat from a restaurant on Lakes Pen Road, Portmore, St Catherine between October 20 and November 16.
Minister of Sport, Olivia Grange.
December 9, 2025

Grange confident Reggae Boyz will defeat Curaçao and qualify for World Cup

Sport Minister Olivia Grange is expressing confidence that the Reggae Boyz will be victorious over Curaçao at the National Stadium tomorrow and qualify for the World Cup. Nearly three decades after…
Phillip Paulwell. - File photo.
December 9, 2025

Opposition continues to press for broad-based oversight mechanism for Hurricane Melissa recovery

Leader of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives, Phillip Paulwell, is intensifying his call for the Government to establish a broad-based national oversight mechanism to guide the…
The dormitories where gunmen kidnapped school children is seen in Kebbi, Nigeria, Monday, November 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Deeni Jibo)
December 9, 2025

Gunmen abduct 25 girls from high school in Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a high school in northwestern Nigeria before dawn on Monday, taking 25 schoolgirls and killing at least one staffer, authorities said of the latest abduction of…
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, touring the St Elizabeth Infirmary on Saturday, November 15 to get a first-hand look at the extend of the damage caused by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Emergency repairs to be undertaken at St Elizabeth infirmary

Emergency repairs, including roof replacement, are to be undertaken at the St Elizabeth Infirmary following severe damage to the facility from Hurricane Melissa. Minister of Local Government and…
The court heard that Dookhoo, who had a history of alcohol use, would become irritated when his mother confronted him about his drinking.
December 9, 2025

Corrections officer in Bahamas charged in plot to murder her boss

NASSAU, CMC – A 22-year-old corrections officer in the Bahamas is due to return to court on November 27 after she denied allegations that she had been plotting to murder her boss. The prosecution…
Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaks during a press conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on January 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)
December 9, 2025

Former Bangladesh leader sentenced to death for crackdown on uprising that ousted her

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and one of her close aides were sentenced to death Monday over her crackdown on a student uprising last year that killed…