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December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Contractor not guilty of dangerous driving in fatal Coral Gardens crash

A St James contractor accused of causing the death of a motorcyclist in a 2022 crash along the Coral Gardens main road in St James, was on Tuesday found not guilty of dangerous driving. Derrick…
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Argentina's President Javier Milei in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, October 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
December 9, 2025

Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from firing workers during government shutdown

President Donald Trump’s administration for now must stop firing workers during the government shutdown, a federal judge in San Francisco ordered on Wednesday. US District Judge Susan Illston issued…
Robert Morgan (left), minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic, Growth and Job Creation with responsibility for works, examines documents related to the Montego Bay Perimeter Road, now under construction, during a tour of the construction sit
December 9, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Gov’t contemplating phased opening of MoBay Bypass ahead of 2026 completion date

WESTERN BUREAU: While the projected completion date for the new Montego Bay Bypass Road is May 2026, it is likely that motorists will start using sections of the multimillion-dollar project ahead of…
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December 9, 2025 by Christopher Thomas

Mother accused of killing her child collapses in court during epileptic episode

WESTERN BUREAU: Unexpected drama unfolded in the St James Circuit Court yesterday when Shamoya Green, the St James woman who reportedly threw her infant daughter off the roof of their home in 2023,…
Daryl McCormack styles his Emporio Armani grey double-breasted suit with a polka dot tie.
December 9, 2025

Something Extra | Thursday

The cast of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Story took their star power to the opening night of the BFI London Film Festival. The glitzy premiere saw Kerry Washington walking the red carpet in Oscar de…
Marcus Price (centre) explains how to use the EP-40 drum machine to the attendees at Teenage Engineering presentation at Alpha Boys’ School on Monday. At right is singer Etana, and beside her, seated, is veteran producer and sound system man, King Jammy.
December 9, 2025 by Yasmine Peru

Technology helps to uplift the music, says King Jammy

“ Don’t want no ice-cream love it’s too cold for me,” Sparrow Martin belted out as he dropped a “wicked” freestyle at a presentation workshop by Swedish design and technology collective Teenage…
STATIN attributed population changes to three key demographic processes: births, deaths, and migration.
December 9, 2025

J'can population at 2.774 million as growth rate slows, long-awaited census data reveal

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) has released the results of the national census, revealing a population of 2,774,538, an increase of 2.8 per cent over the 2011 count.
The country struggled with a shortage of eggs during the last Christmas season when the demand for the product increased.
December 9, 2025

Egg farmers assure of adequate supplies for Christmas

President of the Jamaica Egg Farmers Association, Mark Campbell, is seeking to assure that there will be an adequate supply of eggs for the upcoming Christmas season. "We have had no Covid-19,…
St Croix view from a hilltop.
December 9, 2025

Earth Today | TNC, partners launch conservation dashboard tool

THE NATURE Conservancy (TNC), in collaboration with regional partners, has officially launched the 30x30 Regional Geospatial Analysis, Mapping Results and Dashboard tool during a virtual event held…