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A court date is being finalised.
December 9, 2025

Man charged for sexual assault of 7-y-o girl

The Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse has charged a 27-year-old man with the sexual assault of a seven-year-old girl. The man, who hails from Ewarton, St Catherine, was…

National Football Freestyle Champion John Manradge.
December 9, 2025

Beyond the pitch

PICTURE A bustling community bar on matchday, where fans in vibrant jerseys gather together, their voices rising as they passionately debate while the English Premier League lights up the screen.…
This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Humberto on Friday, September 26, 2025. (NOAA via AP)
December 9, 2025

Tropical weather in the Atlantic is slamming the Caribbean and may strike Southeast US next

MIAMI (AP) — Dangerous tropical weather brewed Saturday in the Atlantic Ocean with Humberto intensifying into a powerful Category 4 hurricane and a separate weather system taking aim at the Southeast…
Barbara and Lincoln Robinson relate the terrifying encounter being swept away in their vehicle in raging floodwaters during a thunderstorm in New Kingston recently.
December 9, 2025 by Kimone Francis

An angel in the flood

What should have been a routine two-minute drive from Dominica Drive to Chelsea Manor turned into a harrowing 15-minute ordeal for an elderly couple, after their car was swept away by raging…
Letters
December 9, 2025

Analysing election campaign fever and key messages

THE EDITOR, Madam: With the 2025 general election fever having subsided, it’s time to look at the parties’ marketing campaigns as a pure business case study. Marketers and event planners are aware of…
Letters
December 9, 2025

High time for Jamaica to get rid of Privy Council

THE EDITOR, Madam: I am of the view that Prime Minister Holness did the correct thing in scrapping the Ministry of Legal and Constitutional Affairs. There is no need for a ministry to deal with the…
Gordon Robinson writes:  Based on Jamaica’s history and current reality, is there another way to reduce murders than police targeting and killing suspected murderers after being “challenged”?
December 9, 2025

Ronald Thwaites | Life is cheap

Human life is cheap in Jamaica. Until recently more than a thousand like us would be murdered each year and hundreds more recklessly mangled on our roads through our own or someone else’s…
Dr Ian Roberts
December 9, 2025

Prominent educator with Guyanese heritage detained by ICE

DES MOINES, CMC-The Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS) Friday confirmed that the superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district, Dr Ian Roberts, had been arrested by federal immigration authorities. …
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December 9, 2025

Kishi Anderson Leachman and Steve Sider | Belonging matters: Inclusion tips for Caribbean schools

As the new school year is underway, many schools in the region have finalised their improvement plans aimed at promoting success for all students. A crucial area that still requires urgent attention…