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Tim Gackstatter (left) and Dirk Gissel lead sheep past the Frauenkirche and the main market square in Nuremberg’s city centre, Germany.
16 Nov, 2025 0

Make way for the flock! Hundreds of sheep head to their winter pastures

BERLIN (AP): Pedestrians in the German city of Nuremberg made way for hundreds of bleating sheep on Sunday as a flock of the animals was herded through downtown on its way to its winter quarters.…
Members of the religious sect Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) shout slogans during a three-day anti-corruption rally at Manila’s Rizal Park, Philippines.
16 Nov, 2025 0

Hundreds of thousands rally in Manila against flood-control corruption scandal

MANILA (AP): Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos gathered Sunday in the capital in the largest rally so far to demand accountability for a flood-control corruption scandal that has implicated powerful…
Cattle graze on land burned and deforested by cattle farmers near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil.
16 Nov, 2025 0

A new push to track cattle is key to slowing deforestation

BELEM (AP): Maria Gorete, who just began ranching three years ago, is doing something new with her 76 head of cattle in the Brazilian countryside near the town of Novo Repartimento. She’s piercing…
This October 2025 photo shows a portion of Belmont Academy in Westmoreland destroyed by Hurricane Melissa.
16 Nov, 2025 0

Ruthlyn James | The neurodevelopmental cost of Jamaica’s climate future

Jamaica is not simply surviving hurricanes; we are quietly growing a population shaped by them. We speak about damage and repair funds but those are surface wounds. The deeper injury is neurological,…
This November 2020 shows a sitting of the Senate in Gordon House
16 Nov, 2025 0

Lloyd Barnett | Retaining and reforming the Senate

Since the adoption of universal adult suffrage and a representative system of government in 1944, Jamaica has always had two legislative chambers. In 1944, there were established the elected House of…
From left: Shericka Jackson, Marie-Josee Ta Lou, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and Elaine Thompson-Herah compete in the 100m women’s finals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
16 Nov, 2025 0

Editorial | Dodgy Olympics women’s 100m plan

World Athletics’ decision to schedule the three rounds of the women’s 100 metres race for the opening day of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics is a coup for marketers. For, as Sebastian Coe, the president…
Letters
16 Nov, 2025 0

A reality check on damage in schools

THE EDITOR, Madam: The recent comments by Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon – expressing disbelief that schools repaired after Hurricane Beryl in 2024 were again severely damaged during…
Letters
16 Nov, 2025 0

Indiscipline on the roads: A symptom of moral decay

THE EDITOR, Madam: I write with deep concern about the overwhelming breakdown of discipline that now characterises the behaviour of many motorists on our roads – an alarming reflection of the wider…
Letters
16 Nov, 2025 0

Letter of the Day | The long journey back

THE EDITOR, Madam: The suffering caused by Hurricane Melissa is real, and it runs deep. I am especially burdened by the plight of our children and the elderly. The displacement, trauma and…