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Parris Lyew-Ayee (second left), chairman, JN Foundation exchanges pleasantries with Dr. Tiou Clarke (left), lecturer at the University of Technology, Jamaica; Dr Ricardo Anderson (centre), lecturer in the Department of Computing, The University of the West
December 23, 2025

Growth & Jobs | Embrace AI in Early Childhood Education with caution – tech experts

Educators with knowledge of artificial intelligence (AI) are urging their colleagues at the early childhood level to move past scepticism and embrace the technology as part of modern teaching methods.…
For this couple, together is the best place to be.
December 23, 2025 by Krysta Anderson

Kimberly finds love in Leon Wellington

Kimberley Titus made a beautiful entrance at Caymanas Golf Club in St Catherine, walking up the aisle to meet her groom, Leon Wellington, before family and close friends earlier this year. Although…
Letters
December 23, 2025

What’s in a name?

THE EDITOR, Madam: Alex Haley’s TV series Roots casts his slavery re-enactment story around the renaming of an enslaved young man through cruel flogging. Kunta Kinte – called ‘Kunta’ by his parents…
Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
December 23, 2025

Editorial | CARICOM’s new crisis

In times of crisis a good place to start the search for answers is in history – looking for how similar, or relevant, situations were handled in the past.
Letters
December 23, 2025

Letter of the Day | When public works becomes public inconvenience

THE EDITOR, Madam: Government institutions such as the National Water Commission (NWC) have perfected the art of turning necessary infrastructure upgrades into exercises in human suffering. Too…
Assistant Commissioner Dr Gary McKenzie, head of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Jamaica Constabulary Force.
December 22, 2025

JCF offers escort services in delivery of relief supplies

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is offering escort services for persons who wish to deliver relief supplies to communities impacted by Hurricane Melissa in the western end of the island. Head of…
One of Zampella's crowning achievements was the creation of the Call of Duty franchise, which has sold more than half a billion games worldwide.
December 22, 2025

Vince Zampella, video game pioneer behind 'Call of Duty' dies

Vince Zampella, one of the creators behind best-selling video games such as “Call of Duty,” has died. He was 55. Video game company Electronic Arts said Zampella died Sunday. The company did not…
Dr Christopher Tufton, Member of Parliament for St Catherine West Central, speaks with vendor Annmarie Reid about cucumbers during the Green Acres Farmer’s Market in St Catherine on December 22, 2025. 
December 22, 2025

Hurricane Melissa's impact felt at Green Acres Farmer’s Market in St Catherine

This year’s staging of the Green Acres Farmers’ Market in St Catherine was scaled down, with fewer people in attendance and limited produce due to the impact of the deadly Hurricane Melissa. The…
Police say the security measure forms part of ongoing law enforcement operations aimed at maintaining public order and reducing criminal activity in the affected areas.
December 22, 2025

Police extend curfew in sections of St Andrew

The 48-hour curfew imposed on the communities of Park and 100 Lane, Red Hills Road in St Andrew has been extended by the St Andrew North police. The extension takes effect from 6 p.m. today to 6 p.m.…