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The vehicle which Bijorn Ellis drove, showing bullet holes.
December 9, 2025 by Mickalia Kington

W’land man killed at police checkpoint

A birthday viist to a friend ended in terror for 30-year-old Bijorn ‘Cody’ Ellis of Bath district, Burnt Savannah, who was fatally shot by police along the Llandilo main road late Sunday. A close…
ISSA president Keith Wellington.
December 9, 2025

ISSA president hopes for healthy schoolboy football atmosphere

PRESIDENT OF the Inter-Secondary School Sports Association (ISSA), Keith Wellington, says the schoolboy football season, which restarts on Friday after being forced to be postponed due to the…
Mount Pleasant’s Daniel Green (left) goes in chase of Kimoni Bailey (right) as the latter celebrates scoring the lone goal during the first leg of the Concacaf Caribbean Cup final against Universidad O&M at the Estadio Cibao FC in Santiago de los Caballe
December 9, 2025 by Livingston Scott

Whitmore pleased with Caribbean Cup advantage but …

MOUNT PLEASANT Football Academy went a step closer to their dream of being crowned Concacaf Caribbean Cup champions after defeating Universidad O&M 1-0 in the first leg of the two-way final at the…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
December 9, 2025

Government requests int’l community assemble reconstruction support package

The Government has formally requested that the international community, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, bilateral development partners, climate finance platforms, and…
The company says teams conducting patrols discovered that a freshly planted utility pole had been deliberately cut at the base, causing it to topple.
December 9, 2025

St Ann communities plunged back into darkness after cutting of JPS pole

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is condemning what it describes as a "shocking act of sabotage" in Bonham Spring, St Ann, that plunged several communities back into darkness,…
Emergency personnel gather in a cordoned off area where National Guard soldiers were shot near the White House Wednesday, November 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
December 9, 2025

Two West Virginia National Guard members killed near White House, state's governor says

Two West Virginia National Guard members who were shot Wednesday near the White House have died, the state's governor said. Governor Patrick Morrisey confirmed their deaths in a social media…
Thai business tycoon Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip.
December 9, 2025

Bangkok court issues arrest warrant for Thai co-owner of Miss Universe pageant

BANGKOK (AP): A court in Thailand said Wednesday that it has issued an arrest warrant for a co-owner of the Miss Universe Organization in connection with a fraud case. Jakkaphong ‘Anne’ Jakrajutatip…
Denise ‘Macka’ Sinclair of Bottom Halse Hall in Clarendon said Hurricane Melissa caused water to rise at her house to window level. She had to run out due to fear.
December 9, 2025 by Livern Barrett

Officials: True mental health impact of Melissa expected to surface within weeks

Jamaica is likely to see an increase in “adverse mental health outcomes” in the aftermath of the death and destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa, a consultant psychiatrist has warned. Post-traumatic…
Jamaica’s bobsleigh team gets ready for one of their runs at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation North American Cup in Whistler, Canada.
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

ON COURSE

CHRIS STOKES, president of the Jamaica Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, says Jamaica’s historic gold medal at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) North American Cup is a…