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December 9, 2025

Ruling party to outline AI policy in manifesto

KINGSTOWN (CMC): The ruling Unity Labour Party (ULP) will outline its policy on artificial intelligence in its manifesto for the general election widely expected by November 2025, ahead of the…
Barbados’ Foreign Minister, Kerrie Symmonds.
December 9, 2025

Concerns raised over US war on drugs in the Caribbean

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): Barbados’ Foreign Minister, Kerrie Symmonds , has expressed concerns at the recent United States military strikes on vessels suspected of drug trafficking, saying the…
December 9, 2025

Jamaicans EAT AgriTech initiative to be launched at UTech in October

THE UNIVERSITY of Technology, Jamaica, through its School of Engineering, has partnered with Microsoft volunteers and the College of Agriculture Science and Education (CASE) along with other…
A relative of an unaccompanied minor deported from the United States reviews the list of those deported outside La Aurora International Airport, in Guatemala City on August 31.
December 9, 2025

Judge blocks Trump from deporting Guatemalan migrant children

WASHINGTON (AP): A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from immediately deporting Guatemalan migrant children who came to the US alone back to their home country,…
Jimmy Kimmel
December 9, 2025

Democrats introduce bill to protect free speech following Kimmel suspension

AYLESBURY (AP): After ABC suspended comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show following a threat from the head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), congressional Democrats have denounced the…
The UN flag flies on a stormy day at the United Nations during the United Nations General Assembly in September 2022.
December 9, 2025

‘Deep alarm’

UNITED NATIONS (AP): The United States once again vetoed a UN Security Council resolution Thursday that had demanded for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages after…
A man is detained by immigration agents at a car wash on Friday, August 15, in Montebello, California.
December 9, 2025

Immigration advocates welcome latest court ruling

NEW YORK (CMC): Caribbean immigration advocates in New York have welcomed a United States District Court ruling on Thursday granting a preliminary injunction prohibiting the US Immigration and…
Stewart Jacobs
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…
Pamela Lawson, Managing Director, of the JSPCA in St Andrew, plays with some of the dogs on property during a visit on Saturday.
December 9, 2025

JSPCA conducts hasty surgeries on animals as they prepare to relocate

Administrators at the Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA) say they are working speedily to complete well-needed surgeries on animals as they prepare to relocate from their…