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December 9, 2025

Sophia Frazer-Binns | The interconnected crisis

The quote by John Muir ‘When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.’ or by Chief Seattle, that “All things are bound together. All things connect”, is in…
Oblique Seville (second right), Jamaica’s 100 metres world champion and one of the patrons for next year’s Sagicor ‘Run for the West’,  with (from left) Christopher Zacca, president and CEO of Sagicor Group and chairman of Sagicor Foundation; Senat
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

‘Run for the West’

Forgoing its usual tagline of ‘Run for the Fun’, the 2026 Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run has adopted a new tagline of ‘Run for the West’ as they look to raise a target of $150 million to help the relief…
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December 9, 2025

Mark Wignall | Some are mad but don’t know it

I have never been to a psychiatrist in my life but, once, way back when my wife ditched me, I wanted to head east, knock on that big gate, and volunteer my mental insides to the skilled professionals…
Dancehall artiste Jah Vinci
December 9, 2025

Jah Vinci to headline Fri-Nally’s 6th anniversary

Jah Vinci, affectionately known as the World Signa, is set to perform live at the Fri-Nally 6th anniversary celebration tonight on 36 Hope Road. Powered by Campari and Courvoisier, the all-white…
United States Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, head of the Congressional Black Caucus and whose parents are Jamaicans.
December 9, 2025 by Lester Hinds

Clarke calls US boat strikes unlawful and un-American

NEW YORK: United States Congresswoman Yvette Clarke has slammed military strikes against alleged drug boats off the coast of Venezuela and in the Pacific by the Trump Administration as unlawful and…
Ansord Hewitt, director general at the Office of Utilities Regulation.
December 9, 2025

OUR: Limited capacity prevents full verification of losses reported by utility providers

The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) says it relies largely on self-reported data from utility providers on losses they incur. “We don’t have the capacity to actually do a universal check on…
December 9, 2025

Gabriel Agbo | God cannot lie

“Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear that they would take his bones with them when God led them out of Egypt - AS HE WAS SURE GOD WOULD.” Exodus…
Dr Halimah DeShong, university director, Institute for Gender and Development Studies at The University of the West Indies.
December 9, 2025

UWI director warns of post‑hurricane gender harms

The University of the West Indies (UWI) has joined global communities in observing the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence campaign, highlighting the urgent need to confront digital…
From left: Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, Wang Jinfeng; Ziping Chen, chairman of the Fujian Association of Jamaica; and Li Min, crew member of ‘Ark Silk Road’ medical ship viewing a CT scan machine during a tour of the vesse
December 9, 2025

China hands over more than US$4 million in Melissa aid as medical ship arrives in Montego Bay

China has deployed one of its largest humanitarian medical teams to Jamaica and has handed over more than US$4 million in disaster relief support, as the island continues to struggle to recover from…