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December 31, 2025
Editorial | SSL arrests not for the money
In parsing the circumlocutory remarks of bosses at the investigative agencies that were involved in last weekend’s choreographed arrest of three former officials of Stocks and Securities Limited…
December 31, 2025
by Neville Graham
West Indies Petroleum Energy fuels expansion plans with 11 temporary Thrifty Gas sites
West Indies Petroleum Energy (WIP Energy) will set up fuel station outlets along Jamaica’s north and south coasts under its Thrifty Gas brand. It received planning approvals for 11 sites granted by…
December 31, 2025
‘Charity begins at home’ should be Canada’s New Year’s resolution
THE EDITOR, Madam: At a NATO meeting in Brussels about three weeks before Christmas, Foreign Minister Anita Anand announced that Canada was contributing $250,000 into a fund for military capabilities…
December 31, 2025
Work or lose aid: The Trump‑era rules facing low‑income Americans
The Trump administration made work requirements for low-income people receiving government assistance a priority in 2025. The US departments of health and human services, agriculture and housing and…
December 31, 2025
Elizabeth Morgan | Is Canada quietly forging its own path?
We here in Jamaica spend a lot of time following the news out of the US and are quite knowledgeable about the political and economic developments there.
December 31, 2025
World shares are mixed in the final stretch of 2025
Shares opened mixed in Europe on Tuesday after slipping in Asia as some regional markets wrapped up trading for the year. Crude oil prices edged higher and gold and silver resumed their ascent. US…
December 31, 2025
Sayeed Bernard | Rethink mandatory minimum for imitation firearms
Jamaica’s crime problem demands strength. We all want a justice system that strikes fear into the hearts of those who threaten our citizens. But strength without fairness becomes punishment for…
December 31, 2025
by Ruth
Iyla Cousins on finding your centre in the New Year
The transition into a new year often comes with a heavy dose of goal pressure. The ‘new year, new you’ narrative pushes people to move faster, dream bigger, and overhaul their entire lives by the time…
December 31, 2025
Letter of the Day | Punished for being educated
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing not just as an unemployed graduate, but as a Jamaican who did what our society consistently tells young people to do: get an education, improve yourself, and…