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Michelle Sterling, bursar at Cornwall College, inspects the merchandise following the launch of Cornwall College’s Memorabilia and More store.
December 9, 2025

Cornwall College opens memorabilia store

Cornwall College has officially opened a memorabilia store, a venture principal Michael Ellis says will boost school spirit and strengthen the institution’s connection with both students and alumni. …
From left: Jherron Hylton, president of the Cornwall College Student Council Association; Dr Richard Meggo, chairman of the Cornwall College school board; Michelle Sterling, bursar; Michael Ellis, principal of Cornwall College; Jordan Forrester, deputy hea
December 9, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Cornwall College unveils memorabilia store

WESTERN BUREAU: Cornwall College, one of western Jamaica’s oldest high schools, has unveiled a memorabilia store that blends tradition with teaching, in what the school’s chairman, Dr Richard Meggo,…
December 9, 2025

Police seek help identifying victims of St Ann double murder

The St Ann police are seeking the public’s help to identify two men who were gunned down along the Dunnsville main road in St Ann on Saturday. The police report that about 11:00 p.m. on Saturday,…
Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St. James
December 9, 2025

American man charged after gun and ammunition found in luggage

An American firefighter has been charged after a gun and ammunition were reportedly found in his luggage at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, on Sunday. …
An Atlantic Terminal bound LIRR train arrives at the Nostrand Avenue station, July 9, 2017, in New York.
December 9, 2025

New York’s commuter rail system averts possible strike as unions ask Trump for help

NEW YORK (AP) — A potential strike has been averted that could have shut down the nation’s largest commuter rail system this week. Unionised workers for the Long Island Railroad announced they voted…
A date is to be set for the man to appear in court.
December 9, 2025

St Andrew businessman charged with fraud over car deal

Thirty-five-year-old St Andrew businessman Nicholas Morgan has been charged with fraud in connection with a failed car-buying transaction. According to reports from the Portmore Criminal…
Venture Gutter in Lucea Hanover.
December 9, 2025 by Bryan Miller

New MP plans to tackle perennial problems in Hanover western

Western Bureau: Attorney-at-law Heatha Miller-Bennett, the member of parliament-elect (MP) for Hanover Western, does not plan to be a missing person (MP) representative because, as a native of the…
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December 9, 2025

Case dropped against three of seven in Central Village illegal slaughterhouse matter

Three of the seven people who were arrested and charged over an illegal slaughterhouse that was discovered in Central Village, St Catherine, last December were today freed as the prosecution withdrew…
Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema speaks during the Lobito Corridor Trans-Africa Summit at the Carrinho food processing factory near Lobito, Angola, on December 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, file)
December 9, 2025

Two men sentenced to prison in Zambia for plotting to kill president with witchcraft

LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — A judge in Zambia on Monday sentenced two men to two-year terms in prison with hard labour after they were convicted of plotting to kill the president using witchcraft. The men,…