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December 9, 2025
by Mickalia Kington
Westmoreland men overcome stigma of digital rectal exam
Western Bureau: Scores of men over 40 gathered on Thursday in the Savanna-la-Mar Independence Park for a free health screening hosted by the Misty Blue Cancer Care Foundation in partnership with the…
December 9, 2025
by Paul H. Williams
Enslaved African converted by the Moravians
THE SERIES started with, among other things, the question of how a formerly enslaved African, Aniaso, renamed Archibald John Monteath, came to be buried in the Carmel Moravian Churchyard in…
December 9, 2025
Judge approves $1.5 billion copyright settlement between AI company Anthropic and authors
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday approved a $1.5 billion settlement between artificial intelligence company Anthropic and authors who allege nearly half a million books had been…
December 9, 2025
Trump signs executive order supporting proposed deal to put TikTok under US ownership
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that he says will allow TikTok to continue operating in the United States in a way that meets national security concerns. …
December 9, 2025
by Andre Williams
1,000 BWCs coming
Under growing public pressure, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) on Thursday broke its silence on the controversial police killing of 22-year-old Jamar Farquharson while also taking aim at the…
December 9, 2025
by Ainsley Walters
Classy Unspun to take the Typewriter
HIGHLY fancied at odds of 2-1 in the Kenneth Mattis Memorial two weeks ago after galloping 1:06.1 for five and a half furlongs at exercise seven days prior, United States-bred UNSPUN ran smack into an…
December 9, 2025
Standard and Poor’s upgrades Jamaica, outlook remains ‘positive’
Standard and Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings today upgraded Jamaica’s long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings from 'BB-' to BB,' while its outlook remains…
December 9, 2025
Netball World Youth Cup: Young Sunshine Girls bow out in quarterfinals
Jamaica’s young Sunshine Girls crashed out of the Netball World Youth Cup in Gibraltar yesterday after they were brushed aside 85-33 by Australia in the quarter-finals of the competition. Needing a…
December 9, 2025
National Homeless Survey slated for October
The Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, through the Board of Supervision, will conduct the third National Homeless Survey from October 6 to 10 across all parishes. The survey is a…