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Minister of Sport, Olivia Grange.
December 9, 2025

Grange confident Reggae Boyz will defeat Curaçao and qualify for World Cup

Sport Minister Olivia Grange is expressing confidence that the Reggae Boyz will be victorious over Curaçao at the National Stadium tomorrow and qualify for the World Cup. Nearly three decades after…
Phillip Paulwell. - File photo.
December 9, 2025

Opposition continues to press for broad-based oversight mechanism for Hurricane Melissa recovery

Leader of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives, Phillip Paulwell, is intensifying his call for the Government to establish a broad-based national oversight mechanism to guide the…
The dormitories where gunmen kidnapped school children is seen in Kebbi, Nigeria, Monday, November 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Deeni Jibo)
December 9, 2025

Gunmen abduct 25 girls from high school in Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a high school in northwestern Nigeria before dawn on Monday, taking 25 schoolgirls and killing at least one staffer, authorities said of the latest abduction of…
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, touring the St Elizabeth Infirmary on Saturday, November 15 to get a first-hand look at the extend of the damage caused by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Emergency repairs to be undertaken at St Elizabeth infirmary

Emergency repairs, including roof replacement, are to be undertaken at the St Elizabeth Infirmary following severe damage to the facility from Hurricane Melissa. Minister of Local Government and…
The woman is to go back to court on April 16.
December 9, 2025

Corrections officer in Bahamas charged in plot to murder her boss

NASSAU, CMC – A 22-year-old corrections officer in the Bahamas is due to return to court on November 27 after she denied allegations that she had been plotting to murder her boss. The prosecution…
Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaks during a press conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on January 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)
December 9, 2025

Former Bangladesh leader sentenced to death for crackdown on uprising that ousted her

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and one of her close aides were sentenced to death Monday over her crackdown on a student uprising last year that killed…
Residents of the Lacovia Primary School shelter in St Elizabeth charge their phones using power supplied by the RG CARES outreach team; providing critical connectivity after the widespread devastation and dislocation caused by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

DEVASTATION MEETS CARE: ST ELIZABETH VICTIMS BENEFIT FROM RG CARES

The RG CARES’s visit to St Elizabeth on Saturday, November 8, was filled with mixed emotions for team members.
Hah-R-Mony Entertainment Limited workers clear debris from Montego Bay streets after Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Gareth Davis Sr

Stakeholders in east rally to support western tourism recovery

With the peak winter tourism season set to begin on December 15, stakeholders in Portland are rallying to support recovery efforts in the island’s western tourism belt, following the devastation of…
New York Attorney General Letitia James.
December 9, 2025 by Kimone Francis

Melissa’s fury sparks demand for temporary protection for J’cans in US

New York Attorney General Letitia James has called on the Trump administration to extend its Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Jamaicans in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa.…