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December 9, 2025
Mark Wignall | This has happened before
“Andrew gwine lose him seat,” she said to me. It was September 3, election night, and many were nervous as would be expected. Count me among them. “No, pretty girl,” I said. “It’s just an imbalance of…
December 9, 2025
Ronald Sanders | Haiti needs single strategy, real money, and political discipline
I return to a focus on Haiti because it is too easy for the world to discard the situation in that beleaguered country. In part, it is precisely because insufficient attention has been paid to Haiti…
December 9, 2025
Tony Deyal | Blue blue, boo boo or who?
Have you seen Lord Melody? The police are making inquiries Please if you see the Boo Boo man Get in touch with the nearest police station Ah hear he have a big maintenance case Causing a…
December 9, 2025
JWN Foundation applauds excellence
TWELVE-YEAR-OLD Torriann Haye, a former student of Siloah Primary School in St Elizabeth, is an excited JWN Foundation scholarship recipient. A top performer for her school in the recent Primary Exit…
December 9, 2025
by Mickalia Kington
Forrester hailed as a gem among peers
WESTERN BUREAU: The sudden and tragic passing of Councillor Patrick Forrester has left a deep void in the Petersfield Division and the wider Westmoreland. Forrester, a first-term councillor elected in…
December 9, 2025
World Champs Schedule
Day 8 Morning Session (Friday evening) 5:30 p.m: Women’s 20 Kilometres Race Walk Final 7 p.m: Men’s Discus Throw Qualification - Group A 7 p.m: Men’s 100 Metres Decathlon 7:28 p.m: Men’s 20…
December 9, 2025
Policeman charged with indecent assault of female civilian worker at police station, granted $200,000 bail
A police constable at the Spanish Town Police Station in St Catherine accused of assaulting a female civilian worker after allegedly touching her inappropriately has been charged and granted $200,000…
December 9, 2025
High school student in Trinidad detained after 'marijuana' discovered at institution
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Police in Trinidad say they have detained a secondary school student after a black package containing plant-like material resembling cannabis, along with wrapping paper,…
December 9, 2025
by Janet Silvera
Jamaican fans faint as outdoor medal ceremonies spark criticism at World Champs
TOKYO, Japan: Three Jamaican fans collapsed during Tuesday’s medal ceremony at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo as searing heat and poor crowd control reignited criticism of organisers’…