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28 Dec, 2025
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CLASH OF THE TITANS
Montego Bay United will attempt to halt their deteriorating form in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) when they face Caribbean champions, Mount Pleasant, in the feature game at Jarrett Park, starting…
28 Dec, 2025
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Editorial | Widen discussions on US-Jamaica relations
It is noted that the Jamaican and US governments have provided only scanty details of the December 11 talks in Kingston between Prime Minister Andrew Holness and senior officials of the US Department…
28 Dec, 2025
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Richard Amenyah | The end of an era, but the fight against HIV is not over
The HIV response in the Caribbean stands at a critical crossroad. Global funding is contracting, foreign aid cuts are accelerating, and a UN reform report has even proposed folding the Joint Programme…
28 Dec, 2025
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Orville Taylor | What a year!
No Jamaican child born in 2025 or 2026 should be named Melissa. Never mind that the name means ‘honey bee’ or the bearer of honey. She is the story of the year. Wreaking havoc, more than 40 persons…
28 Dec, 2025
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Garth Rattray | New Year, ageing bodies
The advent of every new year reminds us that we are ageing. According to WHO 2020 data, the life expectancy of Jamaican males is around 74.4 years (the worldwide life expectancy for males is 70 to 71…
28 Dec, 2025
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Trump overturned decades of US trade policy in 2025
Since returning to the White House in January, President Donald Trump has overturned decades of US trade policy - building a wall of tariffs around what used to be a wide open economy. His…
28 Dec, 2025
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Of St John’s Anglican Church and Allison Morris Part IV – Picking up the pieces
Category 5 Hurricane Melissa left Jamaica before nightfall, leaving people in the path on which she swirled violently in utter disbelief over the great extent of the destruction she had created. In…
28 Dec, 2025
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Why your holiday gift returns might go to a landfill
The holiday season will soon come to a close, but the busiest time of the year for product returns is just beginning. The US National Retail Federation estimates 17 per cent of holiday purchases will…