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Great Bay Beach located in Great Bay, St Elizabeth
December 9, 2025

Fisherman drowns in Treasure Beach

The Pedro Plains police in St Elizabeth have launched an investigation into the death of a fisherman who drowned in the parish on Thursday. He has been identified as 29-year-old Damian Davis of…
Mark Golding
December 9, 2025

Golding set to remain as PNP president

People’s National Party (PNP) president Mark Golding is not expected to face any immediate challenge to his leadership following the close of nominations for the posts of president and vice president…
The men are to go to court on March 24.
December 9, 2025

Men arrested in St Elizabeth for stealing avocados

Police attached to the Area 3 Agricultural Protection Branch (APB) have arrested two men for praedial larceny following the theft of avocados in Newton district in St Elizabeth on Thursday. The Area…
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicle is parked outside the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building Wednesday, September 24, 2025, in Broadview, Ill. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
December 9, 2025

Florida officials announce more than 6,000 immigration arrests

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Over the last five months, Florida law enforcement officials have arrested more than 6,000 people suspected of being in the country illegally, a US Border Patrol official…
Director of the Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) Division, Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Godphey Sterling.
December 9, 2025

Organisations urged to take immediate steps to strengthen cyber security defences

Director of the Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) Division, Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Godphey Sterling, is urging organisations across Jamaica to take immediate steps to strengthen their cyber…
Antigua's Foreign Affairs, E.P. Chet Greene (right) and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ghana, Samuel Ablawka, signing a visa waiver agreement.
December 9, 2025

Antigua and Barbuda signs visa waiver agreements with African countries

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government says it has signed three separate visa waiver agreements with African countries amid efforts by the wider Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to…
Secretary, Board of Supervision, Treka Lewis.
December 9, 2025

Board of Supervision encourages Jamaicans to report cases of homelessness

The Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, through the Board of Supervision, is encouraging Jamaicans to report cases of homelessness. “If persons are aware of individuals who are on…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General  Assembly on September 26, 2025.
December 9, 2025

PM Holness calls for global war on gangs

UNITED NATIONS, CMC – Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Dr Andrew Holness, on Friday said that the crisis in Haiti has laid bare the truth of transnational criminal networks and the trafficking arms and…
Sub-machine gun seized by police in St Ann on September 26.
December 9, 2025

Person of interest among several arrested in St Ann, sub-machine gun seized

The police are reporting that a person of interest in an ongoing murder investigation was among several persons arrested during operations in St Ann today. A man who was wanted on an outstanding…