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December 23, 2025
Trump administration moves to overhaul how H-1B visas are granted, ending lottery system
(AP) — The United States Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday it was replacing its longstanding lottery system for H-1B work visas with a new approach that prioritises skilled, higher-paid…
December 23, 2025
'Stop it!' - KSAMC condemns destruction of entertainment billboards
The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has condemned what it says is the deliberate destruction of billboards advertising entertainment events, warning that the practice will not be…
December 23, 2025
Update |Third man now charged for murder of St Catherine contractor Humphrey Brown
The police have now charged a third man who was taken into custody in connection with the death of St Catherine contractor Humphrey Brown, who was killed and whose body was subsequently found in a…
December 23, 2025
Tennis star Venus Williams weds in Florida
(AP) — Venus Williams and Andrea Preti are married, the tennis great announced Tuesday on social media. Williams and Preti became wife and husband over the weekend in Palm Beach, Florida, as part of…
December 23, 2025
SERHA warns of payment delays due to banking issue
The South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) has advised that some suppliers will not receive payments today as scheduled due to a "technical banking issue". SERHA said the matter is…
December 23, 2025
Double murder at bar in Manchester
Two men were shot and killed in an attack at a bar along Manchester Road in Manchester on Monday night. They have been identified by police as 40-year-old truck driver Nicholas Tomlinson of the May…
December 23, 2025
Colombia declares economic emergency in a criticised effort to raise more taxes
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia ’s government has declared an economic state of emergency that enables President Gustavo Petro’s administration to issue taxes by decree, as the nation struggles to…
December 23, 2025
Man charged for St Elizabeth double murder after 14 years on the run
After more than 14 years on the run, a 41-year-old labourer from Middle Quarters, St Elizabeth, has been charged in connection with a deadly 2011 gun attack that left two young men dead and a woman…
December 23, 2025
Man gunned down in Manchester
A man was gunned down in the Brokenhurst district of Manchester on Monday. He has been identified by police as 41-year-old maintenance worker Everol Richards of Villa Road, Mandeville. Reports are…