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December 9, 2025

'Bad heart' charged with Kingston murder

Thirty-three-year-old Travis Graham, aka ‘Bad Heart,’ has been charged with murder and related offences following the shooting death of Oneil Senior, 30, in Kingston in September. The shooting took…
Leaders pose for a family photo during the U.N Climate Change Conference COP 30.
December 9, 2025

A cycle of words ends, a cycle of action begins

COP30 President-Designate André Corrêa do Lago in the tenth and final letter reflects on the journey toward COP30 as both a destination and a new beginning, calling on nations to transform…
United Nations Development Resident Representative to Jamaica, Dr Kishan Khoday surveys the damage done in Black River, St Elizabeth in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Jovan Johnson

Turn crisis into opportunity

The World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are urging Jamaica to turn the devastation from Hurricane Melissa into an opportunity to “reimagine” its reconstruction and…
City of Belém in Pará, which is hosting COP30 Amazonia.
December 9, 2025

Call of Belém for the climate urges countries to respond urgently to the global crisis

Brazil’s President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, issued a call for urgent action addressed to all countries, aimed at giving renewed momentum to the global fight against climate change. The call…
December 9, 2025

Greta Merrill | The world unites in the face of crisis

In these trying times for the environmental movement, it can sometimes feel impossible to find the (solar-powered) light. In September the International Day of Preservation of the Ozone Layer (or…
Members of Parliament before being swore at the swearing-in ceremony for members of the upper and lower houses of Parliament held on September 18, 2025 in Gordon House.
December 9, 2025

Lloyd Barnett | Identification and status of the head of state

In the previous articles in this series, I expressed the opinion that at present it appears that Jamaica will change from a monarchical form of Constitution to a republican form but that the…
A man examines sections of one of the rooftops at St Elizabeth Technical High School destroyed by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Ronald Thwaites | Choices have consequences

The Minister is right. Each local school board has the practical and legal responsibility to determine how and when to resume school after Melissa.The role of government is to harvest the most urgent…

Tivoli Gardens High School coach, Christopher Nicholas.
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

DIVIDED WE STAND

A NUMBER of ISSA/WATA Manning Cup coaches have expressed mixed views on whether the Corporate Area schoolboy football competition should resume following the devastating passage of Category 5…
Reggae Boyz head coach Steve McClaren announced a 26-man squad on November 8, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Rico Henry earns first Reggae Boyz call-up as McClaren names 26-man squad for final World Cup qualifiers

Rico Henry, defender for English football club Brentford, has earned his first call-up to the Reggae Boyz as preparations intensify for Jamaica’s final two matches in the Concacaf World Cup…