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December 9, 2025
Gas prices down $2.60, diesel down $0.54
Motorists will pay less for gas on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move down by $2.60 to sell for $158.81 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go down by $2.60…
December 9, 2025
Charlie Kirk is no martyr, say black pastors
AP: How Charlie Kirk is being memorialised — with many conservatives and white Christians, particularly evangelicals, emphasising his faith and labelling him a martyr — has sparked debate among black…
December 9, 2025
Coconut farmers urged to report bud rot
The Coconut industry Board (CIB) is urging coconut farmers to report incidents of bud rot on their farms. Caused by the Phytophthora palmivora pathogen, bud rot is a fungal disease, that attacks the…
December 9, 2025
by Janet Silvera
Ja poised to get Royalton CHIC Resort next year
WESTERN BUREAU: Royalton CHIC is set to bring its signature brand of glamour, style, and high-energy sophistication to Jamaica, with the announcement of Royalton CHIC Jamaica Paradise Cove, An adults…
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December 9, 2025
Drone strike on a market kills 15
CAIRO (AP): An aid worker and a local group in Sudan said a drone strike by the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed 15 people at a bustling market in the besieged city of…
December 9, 2025
21-y-o charged over imitation gun seized at party in St Mary
A 21-year-old St Mary man has been charged by the police over the seizure of an imitation gun in Stewart Town. Travis Shearer was charged on Wednesday with possession of a prohibited weapon. Reports…
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December 9, 2025
ICE arrests one of Haiti’s most powerful and wealthy businessmen
SAN JUAN (AP): Federal immigration agents have arrested Dimitri Vorbe, one of Haiti’s most powerful businessmen and the latest elite figure from the troubled Caribbean country to be detained on US…
December 9, 2025
‘Nightmare bacteria’ cases are increasing in US
NEW YORK (AP) — Infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists. …
December 9, 2025
Earth Today | AOSIS, LDCs insist on 1.5 degrees goal
THE ALLIANCE of Small Island Developing States (AOSIS) together with the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Group are pressing in on their advocacy to affirm 1.5 degrees Celsius as the global…