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December 9, 2025
Mayank Joshi | India’s GST 2.0: For simpler tax, stronger growth
When India first rolled out the goods and services tax (GST) in July 2017, country’s biggest economic reform since liberalisation, it was hailed as a “path-breaking legislation for New India.” Eight…
December 9, 2025
Offniel Lamont | Physiotherapy and Jamaica’s ageing population
This year’s theme of World Physiotherapy Day was the role of physiotherapy and physical activity in healthy ageing, places the spotlight on preventing frailty and falls, two challenges that determine…
December 9, 2025
Ronald Thwaites | Defeating ourselves
When expediency trumps principle, when selfishness or drunken power overtake self-restraint and mutuality, tragic damage is done to the human experience. Share with me some local and international…
December 9, 2025
St Andrew landscaper charged after stolen Mercedes-Benz recovered
Police have charged a St Andrew landscaper after a stolen Mercedes-Benz motor car and other valuables were recovered in Junction in the parish on September 7. Charged with burglary, receiving stolen…
December 9, 2025
Trump calls on all NATO countries to stop buying Russian oil, threatens up to 100% tariffs on China
United States President Donald Trump said Saturday he believes the Russia-Ukraine war would end if all NATO countries stopped buying oil from Russia and placed tariffs on China of 50% to 100% for its…
December 9, 2025
‘Salla Bagga’ facing gun charges over Manchester shooting spree
A Clarendon labourer has been charged with multiple firearm-related offences after three men were shot and injured during a gun attack at a business place in neighbouring Manchester in March. The…
December 9, 2025
Stop live streaming acts of violence
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing to express my deep concern about a troubling trend that has emerged in our society, the live broadcasting of violent crimes for clicks and views. Recent incidents,…
December 9, 2025
Police hunt man accused of raping 15-year-old in St Catherine
Police in St Catherine are searching for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl during a break-in at her home on Thursday. The Centre for Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child…
December 9, 2025
Don’t vilify, rally around Calabar
THE EDITOR, Madam: As a graduate of Calabar High School and former member of Calabar Cadet Unit, I feel compelled to respond to Dale Britton’s letter ‘Those Calabar lockouts’. Calabar is not merely…