Lead Stories
December 9, 2025
by Ruddy Mathison
St Catherine community shaken after 5 shot in deadly attack
The Jamaica Constabulary Force yesterday indicated that it was following significant leads into Thursday night’s drive-by shooting in Portsmouth, St Catherine, which left one man dead and four others…
December 9, 2025
by Sashana Small
Where’s my daughter?
It has been more than six months since Dr Samar Rodriguez, a London-based academic, last saw her five-year-old daughter, Tau Kleio Rodriguez-Fairplay. Tau was abducted in February from her home in the…
December 9, 2025
by Adrian Frater
Dementia and a family’s unhealed wound
WESTERN BUREAU: On the morning of November 5, 2005, Janice’s mother, diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer’s, walked away from home and disappeared, much to the distress of the six surviving of her…
December 9, 2025
Court acquits pump attendants in alleged credit card scam
Five pump attendants implicated in a debit and credit card scam that defrauded customers of more than $1.1 million have been freed of fraud charges. The women, who were initially charged with…
December 9, 2025
by Livern Barrett
‘I’M A FREE THINKER’
Government Senator Keith Duncan has declared that he is a “free thinker” who is “not bound by any one political organisation”. Further, Duncan said the policies of the governing Jamaica Labour Party…
December 9, 2025
by Gregory Bryce
‘It is going to be a good one’
All eyes will be on the men’s 200m final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, today as Jamaica’s rising star, Bryan Levell, faces off against defending World champion Noah Lyles of…
December 9, 2025
by Livern Barrett
Holness pledges accountability framework as 84 lawmakers sworn in
The process to formally introduce job descriptions for Jamaica’s lawmakers will be “advanced” during this new five-year term of the Parliament, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has said. All 84…
December 9, 2025
by Christopher Thomas
NPTAJ president says strong PTA support will lead to strong school leadership
WESTERN BUREAU: Stewart Jacobs, the president of the National Parent-Teacher Association of Jamaica (NPTAJ), says strong support from the nation’s parent-teacher associations (PTAs) is crucial in…
December 9, 2025
by Christopher Thomas
Jack-of-all-trades Daine Macklimore reviving dormant musical passion
WESTERN BUREAU: Daine Macklimore, a versatile jack-of-all-trades who has garnered experience in various fields from hospitality to tiling over the past 20 years, is returning to his old youthful…