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President of Colombia Gustavo Petro Urrego addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
December 9, 2025

US strike in Caribbean may have killed Colombian citizens, president says

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday there were “signs” that Colombian citizens were killed in the last small boat attacked by the US military off the coast of…
Gisèle Pelicot, rape survivor in France
December 9, 2025

French court increases sentence to 10 years for man who raped Gisèle Pelicot in landmark case

PARIS (AP) — A French appeals court handed a stiffer 10-year sentence Thursday to the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot while she was drugged and unconscious, French…
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, addressing the House of Representatives.
December 9, 2025

Gov’t to establish institute for cultural practitioners and creatives

The Government is set to establish the Institute for Cultural Practitioners, Innovators, Entertainers and Creatives (ICPIEC), envisioned as a centre of innovation and excellence offering culture- and…
Investigators at the scene of a fatal police shooting along Grange Lane in St Catherine on October 9.
December 9, 2025

Suspects in Commodore mass shooting fatally shot in separate police operations

The police are reporting that two men who were suspects in Sunday’s deadly gun attack in Commodore, Linstead, St Catherine, in which nine people were shot, five fatally, were shot and killed during…
In this combination of images Rapper Kendrick Lamar appears at the MTV Video Music Awards on August 27, 2017, in Inglewood, California, left, and Canadian rapper Drake appears at the premiere of the series "Euphoria," in Los Angeles on June 4, 2019. (AP Ph
December 9, 2025

Judge tosses Drake’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music over rap beef with Kendrick Lamar

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday tossed out a defamation lawsuit Drake brought against Universal Music Group, labelling the alleged libellous words as opinion. Judge Jeannette A. Vargas…
The Troy Bridge in Trelawny being reconstructed at a cost of $231 million.
December 9, 2025

Completion of Troy Bridge set for December

The National Works Agency (NWA) says the $231-million Troy Bridge reconstruction project in Trelawny is now set to be completed in December after the August deadline was missed due to "unforeseen…
Claudette Thompson.
December 9, 2025

Claudette Thompson confirmed as new DPP

Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Claudette Thompson will officially take over on Monday as Jamaica's Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), the second woman to hold the top post. …
File photo.
December 9, 2025

St Mary police probing teenager's murder

The St Mary police are investigating the shooting death of 17-year-old Raheem 'Murder' Smith at a shop in Annotto Bay in the parish on Tuesday. Smith is of a Crooked River address in…
A court date is being finalised.
December 9, 2025

St James man charged following roadside attack

The St James police have charged 30-year-old Duran Adlam of Lilliput in the parish with wounding with intent following an incident in Bamboo Lawn in his community on April 20. Reports from the…