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December 9, 2025
Man charged for allegedly stealing access card, setting fire to Windward Road business
The police have charged a man for stealing the access card of a worker at an establishment on Windward Road in St Andrew, entering the premises, and setting the property on fire. Charged with arson,…
December 9, 2025
Cuban man deported by US to Eswatini on hunger strike in prison, his lawyer says
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A Cuban man deported by the United States to the African nation of Eswatini is on a hunger strike at a maximum-security prison having been held there for more than three…
December 9, 2025
Spanish Town mayor says no drain cleaning funds disbursed to municipal corporations
Mayor of Spanish Town, Norman Scott, has refuted claims that the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development made recent allocations of funding to municipal corporations across Jamaica for…
December 9, 2025
34 assorted rounds of ammo found in abandoned building in St Thomas
The St Thomas police seized 34 assorted rounds of ammunition during an operation in 11 Miles, Bull Bay on Wednesday. Reports are that about 11:35 a.m., lawmen searched an abandoned building, and…
December 9, 2025
by Albert Ferguson
Former ward at St James girls’ home, Sunday school teacher are first recipients of Bishop Philmon Samuels Scholarship
WESTERN BUREAU: Two young women, a Sunday school teacher and a former ward of the Melody Girls’ House in St James, became the first recipients of the inaugural Bishop Philmon Samuels Scholarship Fund,…
December 9, 2025
Seiveright unveils strategy to sharpen Jamaica’s manufacturing competitiveness
WESTERN BUREAU: Delano Seiveright, the state minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC), says Jamaica’s manufacturing sector is poised for renewed growth under a…
December 9, 2025
Gabriel Agbo | Uma Ukpai: The exit of God’s field marshal
IN THE evening of the second day of that crusade at Woji, Port-Harcourt, organised by AG Woji section, I watched as he casually announced how many people that would be healed that night and the nature…
December 9, 2025
Hello Mi Neighbour | What does a ‘clean’ lie look like?
ANYBODY HAS ever told a real dirty lie on yuh? Please don’t begin to relive the experience now! A dirty lie is one that damages our good reputation while a “clean lie” if there is such a thing, is one…