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Misgana African Art founder and curator Seble Asfaw is the woman in the middle of Karl Parboosingh’s ‘Jamaican Gothic’ (1968), oil on hard board (at left) and Carl Abrahams’s ‘Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah’ (1965), oil on hard board.
December 9, 2025 by Omar Tomlinson

Embracing her destiny

Familial tragedy nudged Seble Asfaw to turn a passion side-project into a full-time pursuit. “I lost my father, uncle, and nephew all within a three-month span,” the Ethiopian-American recalls of the…
Athlete, entrepreneur and philanthropist Yohan Blake admires one of his many awards received over the years. This one he received for partnering with Food For The Poor to build at least 10 houses annually for families in need.
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

Running for a greater cause

World champion, Olympic medallist, and a key part of Jamaica’s sprinting legacy – Yohan Blake’s accomplishments in athletics are well-documented. But in recent years, it’s his YB Afraid Foundation…
People get caught in a stampede as they attend the state funeral of former Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga at Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, October 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Samson Otieno)
December 9, 2025

Stampede at funeral of Kenya’s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga kills 2

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A stampede at a football stadium Friday during the state funeral service for Kenya’s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga killed two people and injured more than 100 others. …
People walk past the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
December 9, 2025

US sanctions former Haitian security head, gang leader for aiding gang coalition

The US Treasury Department slapped sanctions on the former head of Haitian presidential security when the leader of the Caribbean nation was assassinated, and the leader of a Haitian gang Friday. The…
SUPERNATURAL POWER, ridden by Raddesh Roman, wins The Thunderbird Trophy over seven furlongs at Caymanas Park on Saturday, September 13.
December 9, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

Supernatural Power ready for big run

SUPERNATURAL POWER’S first brush with grade-one horses, two Saturday’s ago in the seven-furlong Gold Cup, took her within a length and a quarter of Mouttet Mile runner-up, LEGACY ISLE, with whom she…
Investigators said that in total more than 200 firearms were smuggled during the three-year conspiracy.
December 9, 2025

Alleged St James gang leader ‘Toots’ remanded on ammunition charge

Alleged St James gang leader Shamarah Forrester, otherwise called ‘Toots’, who the police believe is the head of a robbery syndicate, has been remanded for return to the Western Regional Gun Court on…
Sizzla Kalonji and his musical friends will take the stage at Sabina Park today.
December 9, 2025 by Yasmine Peru

Two decades later, Sizzla’s ‘Rise to the Occasion’ is still inspiring

Rise to the Occasion, Sizzla’s 18th studio album, was released on September 30, 2003. Twenty-two years later, Rise to the Occasion is the theme of the reggae and dancehall legend’s 30 years in music…
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December 9, 2025

Cave Valley main road in St Ann blocked due to flooding

The police are advising the public that the main road in Cave Valley, St Ann, which leads to Spaldings, Clarendon, is currently impassable. This is due to the heavy downpour of rain and rising water…
Dr Rushell White
December 9, 2025 by Lester Hinds

Third Jamaican appointed school superintendent in NYC

Jamaica-born educator Dr Rushell White has been promoted to interim acting superintendent in the New York City (NYC) school system. White becomes the third Jamaican to rise to and currently hold the…