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December 11, 2025

UDC announces New Year's Eve fireworks for Black River and Negril

The Urban Development Corporation will, for the first time, stage New Year’s Eve fireworks in Black River, St Elizabeth, and Long Bay Beach in Negril, Westmoreland, two parishes hardest hit by…
Councillor Scean Barnswell (left) detains the man who allegedly abducted a six-year-old girl in Clarendon on December 9, 2025.
December 11, 2025

PNP hails councillor and wife for 'heroic rescue' of abducted six-year-old in Clarendon

The People’s National Party (PNP) has praised its members and Clarendon councillor Scean Barnswell and his wife for their "swift, courageous, and heroic" action that led to the rescue of a…
December 11, 2025

JPS, NWC to waive charges for customers still without service after Hurricane Melissa, says OUR

The Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) and the National Water Commission (NWC) will waive charges for customers who have been without service since Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica on…
In this aerial photo provided by Wai Hun Aung, damaged buildings are seen at the hospital that was allegedly hit by a military air strike in Mrauk-U township in Rakhine state, Myanmar on December 11, 2025.
December 11, 2025

Myanmar military strike kills 34 patients at a hospital

(AP) - An airstrike by Myanmar ’s military destroyed a hospital in an area controlled by a leading rebel armed force, killing 34 patients and medical staff, according to a local rescue worker and…
Kingston College’s Kamaul Patterson (left) shields the ball from Richardo Lewis of St Jago High School during the Walker Cup KO match at Stadium East yesterday. KC won the encounter 4-1.
December 11, 2025

KC back in the hunt for silverware

Dethroned ISSA/WATA Manning Cup champions Kingston College (KC) waltzed into the quarter-finals of the Walker Cup knockout competition with a 4-1 come-from-behind victory over St Jago High at the…
ZULU WARRIOR, ridden by Calvin Bailey, wins the fifth race, The Reggae 6 Anniversary Trophy, over six furlongs, at Caymanas Park on Saturday, October 12, 2024.
December 11, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

Roman’s choice signals Zulu Warrior’s class

Raddesh Roman opting for ZULU WARRIOR after two near misses astride the four-year-old, bypassing United States-bred stablemate, SHOOTING STAR, aboard whom he won back-to-back races, gives more than an…
Police examine the scene of yesterday’s fatal shoot-out at Phoenix Park Village in Phase 3, Portmore, St Catherine, where a police operation left one alleged robber dead and another on the run.
December 11, 2025

‘Why we paying for security?’

Residents of Phoenix Park Village in Phase 3, Portmore, St Catherine, were left shaken yesterday after a reported police operation ended in gunfire, leaving one alleged robber dead and another on the…
Cornwall College’s Marcane Gooden (right) tries to get the ball under control ahead of Kemps Hill High’s Orlando Campbell in a previous daCosta Cup encounter between the teams at the Montego Bay Sports Complex on October 11. Kemps Hill won yesterday’
December 11, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Giant-killing Kemps Hill still in with a chance

Kemps Hill continued their giant-killing role in this year’s ISSA daCosta Cup football competition, taking down Cornwall College 3-1 in their Group A quarter-final encounter yesterday at Glenmuir.…
Commander Alvin Gayle, director general of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management.
December 11, 2025

1,000 Jamaicans still in shelters

Over 1,000 Jamaicans remain in shelters almost six weeks after the passage of Hurricane Melissa. The Category 5 storm, which slammed into Jamaica on October 28, making landfall on the western belt,…