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Janeil 'Squaddy' Callaghan (left) and Patrick 'Rick' Thompson.
December 9, 2025

Police probing double murder in Four Paths

Detectives in Clarendon have launched a probe into a double murder in the Agro Park Farms area of Four Paths in Clarendon on Tuesday. The deceased have been identified as 24-year-old Patrick…
December 9, 2025

Caribbean Airlines to cut Florida–Jamaica flights in November

Caribbean Airlines will discontinue its Fort Lauderdale to Montego Bay and Fort Lauderdale to Kingston routes effective November 2, 2025, just a few months after resuming the service following a…
This 2019 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) bacteria. (Stephanie Rossow/CDC via AP)
December 9, 2025

‘Nightmare bacteria’ cases are increasing in US

NEW YORK (AP) — Infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists. …
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness and Canada’s Prime Minister, Mark Carney.
December 9, 2025

Holness talks security, education with Canada's PM

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has met with Canada’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, and held discussions regarding cooperation in the areas of security, regional concerns, and education and…
He is to go to court in June.
December 9, 2025

21-y-o charged over imitation gun seized at party in St Mary

A 21-year-old St Mary man has been charged by the police over the seizure of an imitation gun in Stewart Town. Travis Shearer was charged on Wednesday with possession of a prohibited weapon. Reports…
Plant Pathologist with the Coconut industry Board, Dr Wayne Myrie.
December 9, 2025

Coconut farmers urged to report bud rot

The Coconut industry Board (CIB) is urging coconut farmers to report incidents of bud rot on their farms. Caused by the Phytophthora palmivora pathogen, bud rot is a fungal disease, that attacks the…
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December 9, 2025

Gas prices down $2.60, diesel down $0.54

Motorists will pay less for gas on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move down by $2.60 to sell for $158.81 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go down by $2.60…
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December 9, 2025

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky welcome third child, Rocki

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rihanna and A$AP Rocky have announced the birth of their third child, a girl. Rihanna announced the birth of Rocki Irish Mayers in an Instagram post Wednesday. The post featured…
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December 9, 2025

Man fatally shot by police in May Pen during alleged machete attack

A man was on Tuesday fatally shot by the police in May Pen, Clarendon. It is being alleged that the deceased, identified by the alias ‘Satan’, attacked the police with a machete. The man is believed…