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December 9, 2025 by Christopher Thomas

China-trained doctors in limbo

WESTERN BUREAU: Several Jamaican doctors, who got their training in China, are alleging that they cannot secure placements here in Jamaica for their internships despite making multiple applications.…
December 9, 2025

When self-doubt creeps in at work, pause and reframe your negative thoughts

NEW YORK (AP): When we make mistakes at work, it can lead to a cycle of negative thinking. The damaging thoughts swirl: “I’m an impostor.” “I’m not smart enough.” “I’m failing at my job.” Feeling like…
President Donald Trump holds hands with first lady Melania Trump as they walk on the South Lawn upon their arrival to the White House, in Washington on Thursday.
December 9, 2025

Trump to sign proclamation imposing US$100K fee for H-1B visas

WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump is preparing to sign a proclamation that will require a US$100,000 application fee for H-1B visa applications among other changes to the programme for highly…
December 9, 2025

Age isn’t everything when deciding if a child is ready to be home alone

School is back in session, bringing new routines – and new milestones for students. For some, this is the year they are allowed to go home to an empty house instead of an after-school programme or day…
Adut Duor, 14 months old, sits on his mother’s lap in the malnutrition ward of Bunj Hospital in Maban, South Sudan on August 18.
December 9, 2025

‘Children are bound to die’

JUBA (AP): At 14 months, Adut Duor should be walking. Instead, his spine juts through his skin and his legs dangle like sticks from his mother’s lap in a South Sudan hospital. At half the size of a…
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December 9, 2025

Children of TikToker Rosalee removed from home as part of ongoing probe into alleged abuse - CPFSA

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) says it moved to remove the children of popular TikToker June 'Rosalee' Dixon from their mother as part of an ongoing investigation…
Natoya Goule-Toppin (second left) of Jamaica competing in heat one of the women’s 800-metre semi-finals on day seven of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Goule-Toppin finished fifth in 1:59.58 and did not advance to the final.
December 9, 2025

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The Matsapha Correctional Complex is seen in Matsapha, near Mbabane, Eswatini.
December 9, 2025

Amnesty International calls for urgent action for men deported to Eswatini

CAPE TOWN (AP): International rights group Amnesty International called Friday for urgent action from authorities in the African nation of Eswatini to give five men deported there by the United States…
People displaced by gang violence spend time at a makeshift shelter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Wednesday.
December 9, 2025

Gang attacks town, kills teacher, kidnaps residents and burns buildings

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): A Haitian gang attacked a small town northwest of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, killing, kidnapping and burning down buildings as gang violence devours the Caribbean nation.…