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Tavic Thomas, formerly of Belmont Academy in Westmoreland and now a student at Old Harbour High School in St Catherine.
December 9, 2025 by Erica Virtue

Schools rekindling hope

Old Harbour and Greater Portmore high schools in St Catherine have become the new homes for several students displaced by Hurricane Melissa, which devastated sections of the island in late October,…
Park Lane, off Red Hills Road in St Andrew, was the scene of another murder on Sunday.
December 9, 2025 by Andre Williams

Park Lane on edge after 50-y-o woman gunned down

Fifty-year-old Janet Baker was shot and killed in a drive-by attack on Park Lane, off Red Hills Road in St Andrew, late Sunday, sending fresh shock waves through a community long battle-scarred by…
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December 9, 2025

IC reports await tabling in House

Two investigation reports and indicative rulings from the director of corruption prosecution at the Integrity Commission are expected to be tabled in Parliament today. The reports and indicative…
Leighton Campbell, national president of the Jamaica Association of Guidance Counsellors in Education.
December 9, 2025

Guidance counsellor call for increased recognition, improved working conditions

As Jamaica observes Guidance Counsellors Day today, counsellors across the island are urging the Government and education stakeholders to recognise their critical role in schools and communities,…
Sergeant Arleen McBean, chairman of the Jamaica Police Federation.
December 9, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

$40m relief fund activated for storm-hit cops

WESTERN BUREAU: The management committee of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Welfare Fund has activated a $40-million humanitarian allocation to assist police officers whose homes and families…
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December 9, 2025 by Christopher Thomas

Hurricane delays testimony in Montego Bay Qahal Yahweh case

WESTERN BUREAU: The ongoing trial of 16 members of the Montego Bay-based Qahal Yahweh religious group has been rescheduled for continuation in the St James Parish Court on January 16, 2026, as the…
Nari Williams-Singh, interdicted Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority.
December 9, 2025

No comment on reason for Williams-Singh interdiction, says JCAA board chairman

Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) board chairman, Major General (Ret’d) Stewart Saunders, says he cannot comment at this time on the reason for the interdiction of Director General Nari…
People walk along a road in a village affected by a flash flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia on December 1, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Over 800 people are still missing after flooding in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand

(AP) - Over 800 people remained missing Monday after devastating floods killed over 1,000 people last week in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand, as Indonesia’s president urged more action to confront…
Dr Horace Chang
December 9, 2025

PM temporarily takes charge of security portfolio as Chang recovers from medical procedure

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has assumed temporary oversight of the Ministry of National Security and Peace while portfolio minister Dr Horace Chang, recovers from an "elective…