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December 9, 2025
Rights group warns Jamaica at ‘critical juncture’ in mental health response
Rights group Stand Up for Jamaica says the country is now at a critical juncture in its response to mental illness as, despite years of advocacy, thousands of Jamaicans -including children, the…
December 9, 2025
Sean Major-Campbell | Healing in the balmyard
MY RECENT obeah piece certainly triggered many comments, questions, and some condemnation both for obeah and for me. I decided to ask AI Overview about obeah!
December 9, 2025
by Yasmine Peru
Nadine Blair ‘surprised’ by honour from City of Tamarac in Florida
If ever there was a poster child for ‘gospel royalty’, then radio personality, singer, worship leader, actress, author, poet, emcee, speaker and “lover of Christ Jesus” Nadine Blair would be it. The…
December 9, 2025
Peter Espeut | Old ways die hard
“Slavery is indeed scotched in our colonies, but it is not killed; its name is changed: its character remains to be changed hereafter”. [Special Magistrate Richard Robert…
December 9, 2025
Police fire tear gas at thousands of mourners at former Kenyan PM Raila Odinga's public viewing
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya fired tear gas Thursday at thousands of mourners at a public viewing of the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, an influential politician who died a day…
December 9, 2025
Editorial | Serious Vale Royal Talks
Happily, it was all a misunderstanding. Everyone misapprehended Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ intention when he appeared to relegate Opposition Leader Mark Golding, negotiating first with the justice…
December 9, 2025
Kristen Gyles | Prince charming and the damsel in financial distress
Recently, I had a conversation with a colleague that forced me to rethink the way I view gender roles especially within the context of a rapidly changing society. He asked me, “If you were married to…
December 9, 2025
Locals dreading party at Puerto Seco Beach
THE EDITOR, Madam: Entertainment centres are buzzing with events this weekend and it appears that Puerto Seco Beach in Discovery Bay is not to be left out. Despite the noise and traffic confusion at…
December 9, 2025
Schools need to embrace transformational leadership
THE EDITOR, Madam: It is important that more principals move away form traditional leadership of bureaucratic and autocratic styles to become transformational leaders if they are to improve their…