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December 9, 2025
GoodHeart | Tishauna Mullings stays rooted in community
Tishauna Mullings speaks with the calm assurance of someone who has lived the lessons she shares. Born and raised in St Thomas, she understands what it means to start small and work steadily toward…
December 9, 2025
by Paul H. Williams
Bustamante and Norman Manley – the fathers of Jamaica’s political Independence
ALEXANDER BUSTAMANTE and Norman Washington Manley are widely regarded as the fathers of Jamaica’s political independence, the process of which ended on August 6, 1962 when Jamaica officially ceased to…
December 9, 2025
US blocks a global fee on shipping emissions as international meeting ends without new regulations
The US has succeeded in blocking a global fee on shipping emissions as an international maritime meeting adjourned Friday without adopting regulations. The world's largest maritime nations had…
December 9, 2025
Security guard implicated in Beryllium theft caught
The security guard who reportedly made off with over $15 million from a Beryllium money courier vehicle has been caught after a seven-day manhunt, the police have confirmed. The 42-year-old guard…
December 9, 2025
Shinique Walters | Role of the MP in nation-building
The 2025 general election spotlight was turned to Eastern Portland and the surprising defeat of Ann Marie Vaz. Despite her highly publicised community intervention, most notably road repairs and other…
December 9, 2025
T&T Gov't urges relatives of those killed in US military strike to come forward
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government on Friday urged relatives of two men allegedly killed when the United States bombed a small vessel in international waters near the…
December 9, 2025
Gordon Robinson | Always market me!
There has been much public discussion, most of it uninformed, about a recent report from Integrity Commission’s (IC’s) Director of Investigation (DI). IC began by recording what it investigated: “DI…
December 9, 2025
David Salmon | Pragmatic foreign policy is not moral bankruptcy
A new sport has emerged among commentators where each battles to see who can repeat trite comparisons between Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness and Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley. Sometimes this…
December 9, 2025
Controlled population growth key to sustainable development
THE EDITOR, Madam: