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Thumbs up! Front row: Carlos Maharaj, treasurer of United Trinbago West Indian Association (UNI-TnT), Councillor Michael Thompson, Mayor Olivia Chow, and Councillor Neethan Shan with representatives of the Jamaican Canadian Association, Consulate General o
December 9, 2025 by Neil Armstrong

City of Toronto supports Hurricane Melissa relief efforts

TORONTO: Torontonians may now donate essential items at 12 fire stations across the city and can provide financial assistance to the Jamaican Canadian Association’s Hurricane Melissa Relief Fund…
Miss Mexico Fatima Bosch (centre), is celebrated by other contesters after winning the 2025 Miss Universe pageant in Nonthaburi, north of Bangkok,Thailand.
December 9, 2025

Mexico’s president celebrates Bosch’s Miss Universe win

MEXICO CITY (AP): Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo celebrated Friday the victory of Fátima Bosch Fernández of Mexico as Miss Universe 2025, applauding her as an example for women. Bosch’s win…
Phillip Paulwell.
December 9, 2025

Paulwell urges Gov't not to make excessive licence concessions to JPS amid Hurricane Melissa devastation

Opposition Spokesman on Energy, Phillip Paulwell, is warning the Government not to make any excessive compromises to the Jamaica Public Service company (JPS) as it prepares to update the country on…
Pope Leo XIV meets with Spike Lee during an audience with and stars directors from the cinema at the Vatican, Saturday, November 15.
December 9, 2025 by Ruari Elkington

Why Pope Leo is making a plea to save our cinemas

To the best of my knowledge, Pope Leo XIV has never visited the town of Yass in New South Wales. Yet efforts by the Yass community to restore the town’s 1930s art deco Liberty Theatre are very much…
Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
December 9, 2025

Detention order issued for woman who posted picture of the Trinidad PM’s private residence

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A detention order has been issued for a woman who posted an image of Trinidadian Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s private residence on social media and urged…
An aerial view of Falmouth, in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Poems

There are moments the sky refuses to speak, when the wind steals every syllable before it ever leaves your tongue. You watch the horizon darken, and suddenly the world feels smaller than the space…
Participants lie on the ground holding signs that read: ‘Stop violence against women’, during a gender-based violence protest at the forecourt of the botanical gardens in Johannesburg, South Africa.
December 9, 2025

Roberta Clarke | Advancing women’s access to justice across the Americas

The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which is on November 25, reminds us that women’s right to justice is an essential component of the right to live free from violence…
Volunteers sort through hurricane relief supplies at one of the Silver Spring, Maryland, drop off centres.
December 9, 2025 by Lester Hinds

12-hour radiothon to raise funds for Hurricane Melissa relief efforts

NEW YORK, NYC: Howard University has partnered with the Jamaican Embassy in Washington DC, to host a 12-hour radiothon to raise funds to support people affected by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica. The…
Treasure Beach Food, Rum & Reggae Festival will still receive support from the CHASE Fund, alongside endorsement from Government leaders representing various sectors. Pictured here at the launch event held prior to Hurricane Melissa (from left) Omar Frith,
December 9, 2025

New date, format for Treasure Beach Festival

Treasure Beach Food, Rum and Reggae Festival has announced a reimagined format for this year’s event. It will now take place as a one-day benefit concert on Sunday, December 7, at the Ranny Williams…