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December 21, 2025
17-year-old charged for stabbing of teen during argument
A 17-year-old boy of the Temple Heights district in Stony Hill, St Andrew was charged by the police on Saturday in connection with the stabbing of another teenage boy during an argument in their…
December 21, 2025
Woman robbed by men posing as taxi driver and passenger in St Catherine
The police in St Catherine are investigating an incident in which a woman was robbed on Saturday by men posing as a taxi driver and a passenger. According to a police report, the 63-year-old woman…
December 21, 2025
130 schoolchildren and staff abducted in Nigeria last month have been released, police say
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Some 130 schoolchildren and staff abducted from a Nigerian Catholic school last month by gunmen have been released, police said Sunday. Gunmen seized at least 303 schoolchildren…
December 21, 2025
Gabriel Agbo | It is Christmas!
It is Christmas! We are about celebrating the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Christmas is the most celebrated day in the world today. In fact, some people begin to plan for it as soon as…
December 21, 2025
Dwight Fletcher | The forgotten lesson in the Christmas story
What if I told you that the story of Jesus’ birth has one of the most powerful lessons on resilience? It is a true story of hope, God’s unfailing love, joy and so much more, but it’s also filled with…
December 21, 2025
by Paul H. Williams
Of St John’s Anglican Church and Allison Morris – Part III Urges, hope, and anguish
Allison Morris, nee Francis, has a long familial connection to Black River, where St John’s Anglican Parish Church is situated, in St Elizabeth. She was christened and grew up in St. John’s, which she…
December 21, 2025
Sean Major-Campbell | Jamaica is here for Christmas and beyond
Recently, a clergy colleague sent a meme to me depicting a manger scene. The image of the Holy Family was missing. In its place stood a sign which read. “ICE was here.” The message was palpable. The…
December 21, 2025
Hello mi neighbour | Remember victims of another sort
As we pour into the lives of Melissa’s victims especially those in western Jamaica, let’s remember victims of another sort residing in other sections of the island. “Poorness” prevents them from…
December 20, 2025
by Andre Williams
Bloodline bloodshed
Concerns are being raised today for the well-being of children who witnessed the bludgeoning of a family member and had to run for their lives from the killer- another of their relatives who had…