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December 9, 2025
US signals broader efforts to protect Christians following Trump’s military threat
WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump’s administration is promoting efforts to work with Nigeria’s government to counter violence against Christians, signalling a broader strategy since he ordered…
December 9, 2025
More men seek DNA paternity tests, often with heartbreaking results
NABUMALI (AP): Among the most sensitive family disputes Moses Kutoi mediates are those involving upset men questioning why some of their children don’t resemble them. For the Ugandan clan leader…
December 9, 2025
Ukraine and Western allies meet in Geneva to discuss US peace plan
GENEVA (AP) Talks between Ukraine and its Western allies on a US-proposed peace plan to end Russia's invasion got underway in Geneva on Sunday, Ukrainian officials. The head of the Ukrainian…
December 9, 2025
Lloyd Barnett | Fixed dates for general and by-elections
The question of whether or not there should be fixed election dates has been one of long and intense debate. Section 64(2) of Jamaica’s Constitution provides that Parliament continues for five years…
December 9, 2025
Ronald Thwaites | Paths to recovery?
Explain to us, simple folks, how economic recovery is engineered when probably half of our people have lost most everything and have no earnings to pay for food and provide shelter. Faced with this…
December 9, 2025
Editorial | CARICOM resilience bond
The visit to hurricane-ravaged western Jamaica last week by a muster of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders was meant as a demonstration of regional solidarity.
December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | Understanding the need for NARA
THE EDITOR, Madam:
December 9, 2025
Garbage pile-up in Bogue Village posing serious health hazard
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am a resident of Bogue Village in Montego Bay and I am deeply concerned about the growing pile-up of garbage in our community. Since Hurricane Melissa almost a month ago, no…
December 9, 2025
This is no laughing matter
THE EDITOR, Madam: Soon after joining my first ship as a 16 year-old boy, I purchased a short-wave radio and can remember tuning into the international stations as the ship criss-crossed the oceans;…