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Diane Coyle
December 9, 2025

Diane Coyle | Measuring AI’s economic impact

Is AI transforming the economy in any real sense, or is the promise of rapid growth mere hype? US stock markets certainly favour the former view: shares of AI and tech companies have accounted for…
This NOAA image shows Tropical Storm Melissa's projected path through the Central Caribbean Sea. (NOAA via AP)
December 9, 2025

Update | Tropical storm watch now in effect for Jamaica as TS Melissa forms

A Tropical Storm watch is now in effect for Jamaica, the Meteorological Service has announced. The watch was issued as Tropical Storm (TS) Melissa formed in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday amid…
British-Jamaican designer Grace Wales Bonner walks the blue carpet at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala on May 5, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Deeply honoured – Grace Wales Bonner

British-Jamaican designer Grace Wales Bonner said she is feeling "deeply honoured" following the announcement of her appointment as new creative director for Hermès men's ready-to-wear…
From left: Morgan ‘Marz’ Marson, Jody-Ann ‘Drummy-Jo’ Brown, Justice McKenzie and Erica-Louise ‘Rica G’ Richards, some of the women involved with Well Ample Productions at the recent Kingston Creative’s ‘Demo Day’.
December 9, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Well Ample Productions giving female creatives a safe space to prosper

“Our first event, ‘Our Love’, was held in February 2022, and that really marked the beginning of our journey. We officially registered Well Ample Productions in 2023, after realising how much impact…
The system is expected to produce heavy rainfall and strong, gusty winds locally, primarily over eastern and southern parishes late Wednesday and Thursday.
December 9, 2025

Severe Weather Alert issued for Jamaica

The Meteorological Service has issued a Severe Weather Alert for Jamaica, effective until 6 a.m. Wednesday, while warning that tropical storm conditions could pose a possible threat to the island…
Family members (from left) Anita Watson, Naomi Barrett-Davis, Andrene Montague, Macrena Brandford, Marlene Bremmer, Lorna McDonald, Leslie-Ann Brandford and Cynthia Watson gather following a successful staging of the Cedar Valley Community Health Fair in
December 9, 2025

Cedar Valley Community benefits from health fair

RESIDENTS OF Cedar Valley in Sligoville, St Catherine, recently benefited from a community health fair that included health screening, wellness workshops and giveaways, courtesy of the event sponsors.…
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December 9, 2025

Three men killed, two cops injured in alleged St Catherine shootout

A dramatic late-night gunbattle between police and gunmen along the Linstead Bypass in St Catherine has left three men dead and two members of the police force injured. Reports are that about 10:30…
Dr Ana Cecilia Botero, radiation oncologist, Baptist Health Miami Center.
December 9, 2025

The role of screening and treatment in beating breast cancer

BREAST CANCER remains the most common cancer among women worldwide as well as in Jamaica, where it is the number one cause of cancer-related deaths. In 2022, an estimated 2.3 million women were…
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December 9, 2025

Elizabeth Morgan | Reasons for increasing concern about developments in this hemisphere

IN THIS column on August 27, concern was raised about the US military build-up in the Caribbean Sea. The US, we have been told, has declared war on cartels supplying drugs, as it had declared war on…