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The OpenAI logo is displayed on a cellphone with an image on a computer monitor generated by ChatGPT’s Dall-E text-to-image model.
December 9, 2025

OpenAI and Amazon sign US$38b deal for AI computing power

OpenAI and Amazon have signed a US$38 billion deal that enables the ChatGPT maker to run its artificial intelligence systems on Amazon’s data centres in the United States. OpenAI will be able to power…
Flat Bridge in the Bog Walk Gorge, St Catherine.
December 9, 2025

Bog Walk Gorge remains closed due to roadway being blocked by utility poles - NWA

The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising that the Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine will remain closed to motor vehicles, out of an abundance of caution, due to the roadway still being blocked by…
Business
December 9, 2025

Francis Wade | Staying in your lane is killing your legacy

Everyone says focus on your knitting; don’t stray outside your mandate. But the best government leaders – the ones who will be remembered 20 years from now – are doing the exact opposite. Imagine…
A banana and plantain field in Elderslie, St Elizabeth, that was wiped out by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Agriculture Ministry establishes dedicated hotlines for Hurricane Melissa damage reporting

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining says it has established dedicated hotlines for persons in the sector to report Hurricane Melissa damage. The Ministry says the Category 5 storm has…
UK HMS Trent.
December 9, 2025

UK deploys Royal Navy to support disaster relief in Jamaica

The United Kingdom government has deployed its Royal Navy to support disaster relief efforts in Jamaica. The HMS Trent sailed to Falmouth, Trelawny on Tuesday with specialist personnel and equipment,…
Lady Da Flame
December 9, 2025 by Yasmine Peru

5 Questions with Lady Da Flame

“With God, all things are possible”; “Never give up. Keep going”; “You can do it”. These guiding themes have shaped the journey of gospel-reggae singer Lady Da Flame. In fact, the latter is the title…
Shantina Sergeant
December 9, 2025

Update|Clarendon father charged for murder of teen daughter found burnt and decomposing at home

The father of 14-year-old Shantina Sergeant, whose burnt and partially decomposed body was found behind her home in Clarendon, has been charged with murder. Lawrence Sergeant, 46, who has been in…
The church of Lacovia Tombstone sits damaged in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Sea Major-Campbell | Hurricane Melissa: God or nature?

EVERYONE SHOULD spend some time sitting with the newspapers. Engage a necessary processing of the raw truth of a catastrophic event in our country, from which many of us were spared. And yet, we are…
Demario Phillips (right)  of Mount Pleasant controls the ball as Jelani Felix of Defence Force FC tries to tackle during the Concacaf Caribbean Cup second leg semi-final match at the National Stadium on Wednesday night. Defence Force won 1-0.
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

Jamaica, T&T clubs looking to compete among the best

Theodore ‘Tappa’ Whitmore, head coach of Mount Pleasant Football Academy, and Devorn Jorsling, head coach of Defence Force, said it is important for Jamaican and Trinidadian clubs to be represented in…