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Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 Dr Gabrielle Henry.
December 9, 2025

Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 falls from stage in Thailand

Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 Dr Gabrielle Henry experienced a fall from the main stage during the evening gown round of the preliminary competition, ahead of the Miss Universe Finals on Friday in…
Boxes of Fiber One cereal on a supermarket shelf.
December 9, 2025

The benefits of fibre

Consumers who have had their fill of finding protein added to everything from cereal to ice cream are about to meet the next big food fad: fibre. There’s even a term for trying to meet or exceed the…
Scotia Group Jamaica has donated approximately $18 million to Food For The Poor Jamaica to support the organisation’s ongoing relief and recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. The funds will help provide essential food, care packages, and oth
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Scotia Group donates $18m to Food For The Poor

Earl Whyte, left, shares a patty on November 11 at the field hospital in Black River operated by Samaritan’s Purse in St Elizabeth.
December 9, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Good Samaritan spirit alive in St Elizabeth

Outside the Samaritan’s Purse field hospital on the grounds of Black River High School, a small act of kindness recently unfolded, capturing the spirit of resilience following Hurricane Melissa. …
Schools, hospitals and clinics were levelled or badly mangled by the hurricane’s 185 mph winds.
December 9, 2025

Editorial | Specific body for rebuilding

There is no question that Hurricane Melissa severely battered western Jamaica. Indeed, even as the assessment becomes more granular, what is known so far of the impact of the Category 5 storm is…
Ministry of Labour building on North Street, Kingston.
December 9, 2025

Labour ministry calls meeting with BITU and Bahia Principe management over redundancy exercise

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is to meet with representatives of the Bahia Principe resorts and the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) on Monday following concerns about a planned…
Letters
December 9, 2025

Caribbean banks – shot in the foot

THE EDITOR, Madam: My brother in Belize shot himself in the foot while trying to kill a snake that was minding its own business. Shooting oneself in the foot has a sister expression, ‘cutting off…
Michelle Bowman, vice-chair for supervision, Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
December 9, 2025

Federal Reserve loosens reins on banks

The United States Federal Reserve’s top banking regulator on Tuesday released new guidelines for the agency’s supervision of the financial system, earning praise from industry trade groups and…
A flooded farm in Bog Hole, Clarendon, days after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica.
December 9, 2025

Monique Oates | Replanting hope: Feeding Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa

Hurricane Melissa did more than upend lives, destroy the housing stock and sever the road network, she uprooted Jamaica’s food security. The once-fertile parishes of St Elizabeth and Manchester, long…