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December 9, 2025

Truck driver charged for chopping motorist with machete during argument following crash

A truck driver has been charged for using a machete to chop another motorist several times during an argument that developed following a collision involving the two in Linstead, St Catherine on…
Member of Parliament for St Catherine South Eastern, Dr Alfred Dawes (left) and Councillor for the Waterford Division Fenley Douglas during a visit to the community of Waterford ahead of the passing of Tropical Storm Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Fearing repeat of Beryl flooding, Waterford residents want Adair Drive gully cleaned and repaired

As Jamaica braces for the impact of Tropical Storm Melissa, residents of Waterford in Portmore, St. Catherine, are sounding the alarm over the deteriorating state of the gully along Adair Drive — one…
In this undated photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows Anthony Boyd, who is scheduled to be executed on October 23, 2025, by nitrogen gas. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP, File)
December 9, 2025

Alabama executes man with nitrogen gas for 1993 murder over $200 drug debt

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man convicted of helping to burn a man alive in 1993 over a $200 drug debt was executed by nitrogen gas on Thursday. Anthony Boyd, 54, was pronounced dead at 6:33 p.m.…
This combination photo shows former prime ministers of Jamaica P.J. Patterson (left) and Bruce Golding.
December 9, 2025

Patterson and Golding among former PMs concerned about US military action in Caribbean region

Former prime ministers P.J. Patterson and Bruce Golding are among a group of ex-heads of government in the Caribbean who have expressed concern about the military build-up of the United States in the…
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr, addresses a special press briefing on preparations for Tropical Storm Melissa at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston on Wednesday.
December 9, 2025

Stay updated on bulletins, follow instructions amid TS Melissa

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, is appealing to citizens to stay up to date on the bulletins issued by the Meteorological Service of Jamaica and to heed the…
Foods to be packaged and distributed by the Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists across the island in observance of World Food Day are placed on display at the Port Maria Seventh-day Adventist Church in St Mary on Tuesday.
December 9, 2025 by Gareth Davis Sr

SDA church targets 40,000 meals to help ease hunger in Jamaica

The Jamaica Union of Seventh-day Adventists is aiming to provide meals for up to 40,000 Jamaicans who go hungry each night as part of efforts to combat food insecurity across the island. Speaking…
Sarah Mullally, the new Archbishop of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the world’s 85 million Anglicans, speaks inside Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, England.
December 9, 2025

Sean Major-Campbell | God chooses women ever so often

ARCHBISHOP SHANE Parker has presented a pastoral statement from the Primate and Metropolitans of the Anglican Church of Canada concerning the Anglican Communion, in response to primates of the Global…
Revivalists from across the island gathered in worship and celebration during the inaugural National Revival Conference and Church Service, hosted at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre on May 28, 2025.
December 9, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Formerly enslaved people created Revivalism

FROM THE Catholics to the Baptists to the other denominations, Christians from Europe and American came to the West Indies to Christianise and save the souls of the Tainos (the natives) and enslaved…
December 9, 2025

Rabbi Yaakov Raskin | Noah and the ARK

WHAT DO Montego Bay’s Hip Strip, Ziggy Marley and Noah’s ark all have in common? In 2017, Jamaica got its first Kosher not-for-profit restaurant, the ‘Hot Spot’. Located in the heart of the ‘hip…