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December 9, 2025
Fatal police shooting in Old Harbour
A man was fatally shot by the police during an alleged confrontation in Old Harbour, St Catherine on Friday. The deceased has been identified as 37-year-old shopkeeper Domar Lee of Marlie Acres in…
December 9, 2025
by Adrian Frater
THE FINAL FRONTIER
WESTERN BUREAU: With full access to Cambridge by road now restored, the last frontier in the unprecedented destruction heaped on the people of St James is now fully exposed – the widespread…
December 9, 2025
Usain Bolt’s Tracks and Records restaurant in St James extensively damaged by early-morning fire
A pre-dawn fire caused extensive damage to Usain Bolt’s Tracks and Records Restaurant and Bar on Jimmy Cliff Boulevard early Saturday, with fire investigators probing the cause after flames tore…
December 9, 2025
NWC distances itself from sewage overflow in downtown Kingston
The National Water Commission (NWC) is distancing itself from the presence of raw sewage in a section of downtown Kingston. The NWC says the affected blocked drains are not a part of its network…
December 9, 2025
by Livern Barrett
BATTERED, WIPED OUT
With Hurricane Melissa bearing down on Jamaica, Debbie-Ann Dixon devised a plan to save over 500 pounds of “fit” plantains on her sizeable farm in Elderslie, a community located in northwestern St…
December 9, 2025
by Andre Williams
‘Mi seven youth broke mi heart’
Two seniors who once had thriving culinary establishments at separate locations in the Hurricane Melissa-ravaged parish of St Elizabeth ponder their next move, living a reality that is as…
December 9, 2025
Number of children abducted in Nigerian school attack raised to more than 300
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state, the…
December 9, 2025
by Mickalia Kington
DEADLY RISK
WESTERN BUREAU: Days before a leptospirosis outbreak was officially declared across several Jamaican parishes, including Westmoreland, public health officials were already warning residents in…
December 9, 2025
by Tanesha Mundle
ECONOMY IN SHAMBLES
From roadside eateries to boutique beachfront guesthouses and attractions, small business operators across St Elizabeth are counting millions in losses following the passage of Hurricane Melissa…