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December 9, 2025
by Albert Ferguson
‘Today is the first step’
WESTERN BUREAU: The Rose Hall Development Company is looking at developing a deeper long-term strategy for protecting the local environment which will utilise broader education and public awareness,…
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December 9, 2025
Venezuelans in ‘reverse migration’ pushed to new perils in effort to return home
JAQUE (AP): As the boat bounced across choppy Pacific waters, Mariela Gómez and her two children huddled for 17 hours on top of sloshing gas tanks, uncertain of what lay ahead in the dense jungle. The…
December 9, 2025
Google faces antitrust déjà vu as US seeks to break up its digital advertising business
After deflecting the United States Justice Department’s attack on its illegal monopoly in online search, Google is facing another attempt to dismantle its internet empire in a trial focused on its…
December 9, 2025
Primary and high schools benefit from back-to-school shoe drive
The back-to-school Kicker’s Club Shoe Drive, which has been undertaken for the past few years as a joint venture between the Friends of Porus (FOP) and Give Back Jamaica Inc (GBJ), continues to…
December 9, 2025
TikTok algorithm to be licensed to joint venture led by Oracle and Silver Lake
Tech giant Oracle will spearhead American oversight of the algorithm and security underlying TikTok’s popular video platform under the terms of a deal laid out this week the Trump administration. All…
December 9, 2025
by Christopher Thomas
JCF to form three new police youth clubs in St James
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force [JCF] is targetting the formation of three new police youth clubs in the parish as part of its effort to forge stronger…
December 9, 2025
Dwight Fletcher | The Peter Pattern of self-forgiveness – Part 2
IF YOU’VE been following along with this series, then you know we’re discussing the concept of forgiving ourselves. Sometimes, we beat up on ourselves for our mistakes, embarrassments and sin, even…
December 9, 2025
Decomposing body of elderly man found at home in Old Harbour
The decomposing body of an elderly man was found at his home on Burke Road in Old Harbour, St Catherine on Sunday. He has been identified as 77-year-old Leslie Topping. Reports are that around 6:20…
December 9, 2025
Gabrielle rapidly intensifies into Category 3 hurricane in Atlantic, staying away from land
MIAMI (AP) — Gabrielle strengthened into a major hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday but was forecast to remain away from land. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said Gabrielle’s…