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December 9, 2025

16-y-o boy in Bahamas charged for mass shooting

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – A 16-year-old boy in the Bahamas was charged on Monday with the deaths of two men and injury to five other people during a mass shooting in August. The teenager appeared…
This Monday, September 29, 2025, satellite image released by NASA shows Imelda, left, and Hurricane Humberto in the Atlantic Ocean. (NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) via AP)
December 9, 2025

Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda charge toward Bermuda as tiny island prepares

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The outer bands of Hurricane Humberto lashed Bermuda on Tuesday as it approached the tiny British territory, with newly formed Hurricane Imelda following closely behind. …
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December 9, 2025

Healthcare workers urged to wear black to protest interdiction of doctor who contested general election

Healthcare workers and well-wishers of the sector have been urged to wear black tomorrow October 1, in support of Dr Aujae Dixon, a junior resident at May Pen Hospital in Clarendon, who was…
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December 9, 2025

Policeman dies after being hospitalised following crash in St Elizabeth

Members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force are in mourning as a policeman who was hospitalised after crashing his motorcycle last Friday in St Elizabeth has succumbed to his injuries. He is…
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December 9, 2025

Jamaica failed to show solidarity with Palestine at UN assembly - PNP

The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is criticising the Government for what it describes as a failure to demonstrate solidarity with the Palestinian people during key moments at the United…
This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Tropical Storm Octave, Tuesday, September 30, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Tropical Storm Octave forms at sea in Pacific Ocean, forecasters say

MIAMI (AP) — A tropical storm formed Tuesday in the Pacific Ocean far from land, forecasters said. Tropical Storm Octave was well off the coast of Mexico, centred about 930 miles (1,500 kilometres)…
The seal of the State Department is photographed at the Washington Passport Agency, July 12, 2016, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
December 9, 2025

US wants Ja to step up fight against human trafficking, country maintains Tier 2 ranking

The United States wants Jamaica to improve its efforts against human trafficking, arguing that the country continues to fall short in critical areas such as adequate funding for victim protection…
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December 9, 2025

Another major ganja bust in St Thomas, two men charged

The police have made another major ganja bust in St Thomas. Members of the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Branch (C-TOC), supported by the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation…
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December 9, 2025

Assault trial of University Hospital chief doctor pushed back to February

The assault case involving Dr Carl Bruce, medical chief of staff at the University Hospital of the West Indies, has been rescheduled for trial in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on February 9…