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Sean Combs arrives at the Pre-Grammy Gala And Salute To Industry Icons at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday, January 25, 2020, in Beverly Hills, California.
December 9, 2025

Smiling Diddy waves to fans as he goes to court for hearing

NEW YORK (AP): A smiling Sean 'Diddy' Combs waved to his supporters as he returned to court Thursday for a hearing that could help a judge decide how long the Grammy-winning producer will…
Errol Greene, trustee of the Jamaica Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica.
December 9, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Greene urges colleagues to call out rogue JPs

WESTERN BUREAU: Errol Greene, trustee of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ), has appealed to justices of the peace (JPs) to expose colleagues who exploit their office for personal gain,…
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December 9, 2025 by Steven Jackson

National Rums get temporary relief in industry fight

Rum makers will return to court next February to battle over the definition of Jamaican rum, following a Supreme Court ruling that gives National Rums of Jamaica Limited, NRJ, temporary relief. On…
The US Coast Guard said the seized contraband was a result of two interdictions in the Caribbean Sea.
December 9, 2025

US Coast Guard offloads nearly US$65M in illicit narcotics interdicted in the Caribbean Sea

ST PETERSBURG, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Diligence earlier this week offloaded approximately 8,700 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated US$64.5 million,…
December 9, 2025

Two men killed, policeman injured in reported Wynter's Pen confrontation

Two men were killed on Wednesday and a policeman injured during a police operation in Wynter's Pen St Catherine. The police reportedly seized an illegal gun and five rounds of ammunition…
An unidentified man was fatally shot and a firearm and ammunition reportedly seized at a property in Hungry Town, off Mannings Hill Road, St Andrew.
December 9, 2025

INDECOM probing another police fatal shooting

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing another fatal shooting by the police this morning after a man was killed during an alleged confrontation in Hungry Town, St Andrew. …
Hyde is being urged to turn himself in to the police immediately.
December 9, 2025

‘Tupac’ listed as person of interest

The St Ann police have listed Jordaine Hyde, otherwise called ‘Tupac’, of Windsor Heights, Marley, St Ann’s Bay in St Ann, as a person of interest. The police say they believe Hyde can assist them…
Israelis wave national flags during a march marking Jerusalem Day, an Israeli holiday celebrating the capture of east Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war, in Jerusalem’s Old City.
December 9, 2025

Peter Espeut | Christian fundamentalism and Zionism

The area called Canaan is an ancient territory encompassing all of today’s Palestine and Syria west of the Jordan River. Because of its strategic location between Europe, Asia, and Africa, over…
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the courthouse, in Paris, France, Thursday, September 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
December 9, 2025

Paris court sentences Nicolas Sarkozy to 5 years in prison for criminal conspiracy

PARIS (AP) — A Paris court on Thursday sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison after finding him guilty of criminal conspiracy in an alleged scheme to finance his…