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December 9, 2025

15-y-o boy charged for break-in and robbery at school in Hanover

A 15-year-old boy of Bull Bay district in Lucea, Hanover has been charged for breaking into a school and stealing money and a cell phone. The teen, who was already in custody in relation to a…
Chief Public Health Inspector for Portland, Lorenzo Hume
December 9, 2025

Portland health official cautions public on unsafe coconut water bottling practises

Chief Public Health Inspector for Portland, Lorenzo Hume, is urging the public to exercise caution when bottling coconut water, warning that improper sanitation poses serious health risks due to the…
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December 9, 2025

Body of man found in his yard in Kitson Town

The police in St Catherine are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in his yard in Kitson Town on Wednesday. He is 55-year-old merchandiser Andrew Nelson of Mary's Field in the…
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December 9, 2025

Judge in case brought by Wayne Cameron against police commissioner steps away

High Court Judge Natalie Hart Hines has recused herself from the lawsuit filed by Senior Superintendent of Police Wayne Cameron challenging a directive by Commissioner of Police Dr Kevin Blake that…
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…