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December 9, 2025
Adekeye Adebajo | The King’s speech: Trump at the UN
American president, Donald Trump’s recent extraordinary speech at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York, once again demonstrated his monarchical delusions, as he haughtily proclaimed to…
December 9, 2025
by Steven Jackson
Investment sector profits rise sixfold in June quarter
Higher income and trading gains led the securities sector to post a sixfold rise in profit during the June 2025 quarter, according to regulator Financial Services Commission. Licensed securities…
December 9, 2025
St Catherine driver without licence and insurance who crashed into cars fined $280,000
A St Catherine man who crashed into two vehicles and fled the scene was fined a total of $280,000 or 14 days' imprisonment in the parish court on Wednesday. Donovan Benson, of a Spanish Town…
December 9, 2025
JUTC developing security-enabled student card for rural school bus network
The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is developing a special student card equipped with a built-in security alert feature, designed for use on rural school buses. Minister of Education, Skills,…
December 9, 2025
School Mental Health Literacy Programme to resume this month
The Ministry of Health and Wellness says its School Mental Health Literacy Programme will resume this month as part of efforts to build awareness and provide support to students and wider communities.…
December 9, 2025
Service of celebration to mark Rev Karl Johnson becoming first Caribbean president of Baptist churches worldwide
Reverend Karl John’s historic appointment to the helm of the Baptist World Alliance is being recognised today at Phillippo Baptist Church, the church he leads in Spanish Town, Jamaica’s first capital,…
December 9, 2025
Hurricane Imelda swirls away from Bermuda after battering tiny island
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The core of Hurricane Imelda was moving past Bermuda early Thursday as weather conditions were expected to improve around the tiny British territory that reported major…
December 9, 2025
Peter Espeut | Keep us free from evil powers
“Keep us free from evil powers” (Jamaica National Anthem). Jamaica is a country with strong and pervasive religious beliefs about the connection between the material world and the spirit world. This…
December 9, 2025
5 Questions With Jahmiel
Jahmiel’s story begins with rhyme and rhythm. Born in Portmore, St Catherine, he was just four years old when he started putting lyrics together – an “old soul” with a maturity far beyond his age. By…