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This image released by Voracious shows ‘The Talisman of Happiness’ by Ada Boni.
11 Dec, 2025 0

A classic Italian cookbook finally gets an English edition

NEW YORK (AP): As a child growing up in Italy, Lidia Bastianich recalls seeing one particular cookbook in just about everyone's kitchen. It was called The Talisman of Happiness, and it was often…
11 Dec, 2025 0

Earth Today | ‘We choose’

THE LATEST publication of the Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7) has identified “five interconnected solution pathways” to achieve transformation it describes as being necessary for human and…
Romone Robinson, owner of Father Bull Restaurant.
11 Dec, 2025 0

Father Bull steps up for St James

When Hurricane Melissa swept across Jamaica, the Father Bull Restaurant in Greenwood, St James, faced damage unlike anything in its history. Solar panels were torn away, the outdoor deck buckled, and…
The Art Centre at Olympia Gallery on Old Hope Road.
11 Dec, 2025 0

An artful Christmas from Olympia Gallery

Olympia Gallery, at 202 Old Hope Road, Kingston 6, is one of Jamaica’s best-known art spaces, with works always on sale. The gallery is housed in a distinctive building designed by Jamaican engineer,…
Dr. M. Audrey Stewart-Hinchcliffe, CD, JP, BA, M.Sc., DBE (h.c.), Chairman of Manpower & Maintenance Services (MMS) Limited Group
11 Dec, 2025 0

Audrey Stewart-Hinchcliffe | After Hurricane Melissa: Environmental impact on public health and safety

After the hurricane, the environment is impacted by flooding, erosion, and contamination from sewage, dead animals, debris, agricultural waste and chemical substances. The effect is already being…
Letters
11 Dec, 2025 0

Letter of the Day | Caribbean Cassandra Complex – failure or not ?

THE EDITOR, Madam: Cassandra, the Greek myth of a woman cursed to tell truths that no one believes, must resonate throughout the islands of the Caribbean. A United Nations Development Programme…
Mangled metal frame of Black River Market after Hurricane Melissa on October 28, 2025
11 Dec, 2025 0

Seya Wilson | Hurricane Melissa and the climate future we cannot ignore

Hurricanes of Melissa’s intensity are not meant to appear with such frequency, nor develop such destructive force just moments before landfall. Yet here we are, facing the climate reality scientists…
Servers made the rounds with flavour-packed chicken shawarma wraps, neatly rolled and bursting with fresh vegetables and spiced savoury chicken.
11 Dec, 2025 0

Mystic Thai team launches Mezza Luna Mediterranean restaurant

The Kingston and St Andrew dining scene welcomed a new restaurant this week as Mezza Luna opened its doors on Tuesday. This restaurant introduces locals to an exciting array of Mediterranean fusion…
Letters
11 Dec, 2025 0

What rule of law is being celebrated?

JLP hails ‘victory for rule of law’ after court rejects election challenge by Paul Buchanan THE EDITOR, Madam: Regarding the above captioned article in your publication, when judges make…