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December 9, 2025
by Damian Levy
‘Him’– Football film fumbles
If the name Jordan Peele means anything to you, you’ve likely had some vague interest in the movie Him. Every bit of marketing has featured the horror mastermind’s name as producer. While not at the…
December 9, 2025
64-y-o man shot and injured by masked attacker in St Catherine
A 64-year-old man was shot and injured in Colbeck district, Old Harbour, St Catherine, on Tuesday night after being attacked by a masked man. Reports are that about 6:45 p.m., the complainant…
December 9, 2025
Crowning glory or school violation?
THE EDITOR, Madam: As we celebrate Heritage Week across Jamaica under the theme “Celebrating a Proud and Bold Heritage,” it is fitting that we pause to reflect on what that truly means – especially…
December 9, 2025
Trump threatens to yank World Cup games from Boston though it's up to FIFA to choose sites
WASHINGTON (AP) — US President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to relocate World Cup matches set to be played next year in suburban Boston, after suggesting that parts of the city had been…
December 9, 2025
US shutdown delays release of critical inflation figures
The United States government shutdown is delaying another major economic report, leaving policymakers at the Federal Reserve with a cloudier picture even as the economy enters a challenging phase of…
December 9, 2025
Basil Jarrett | From cholera to child soldiers: Remembering Haiti’s children
I REMEMBER my high-school history lessons on Haiti. Once proudly declared to be the first black republic and first independent state in the Caribbean, Haiti now owns the unenviable title of being the…
December 9, 2025
Doctors Without Borders permanently closes its emergency center in Haiti's capital
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday that ongoing violence in the capital of Haiti has forced it to permanently close its Port-au-Prince emergency care center, which had…
December 9, 2025
by Paul H. Williams
Marcus Garvey ‘the greatest black man ever’
THE CAMPAIGN against Marcus Garvey in the US came from the wider community and people within his own organisation. Chief among his detractors were W.E.B. DuBois, Wilfred Adolphus Domingo, and A.…
December 9, 2025
Former Suriname president hopes son's immigration status in the US will be treated 'fairly'
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC -Former Suriname president, Chandrikapersad Santokhi says he hopes that the detention of his son in the United States in connection with his immigration status “will be…