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December 9, 2025
Barbara McDaniel: Three decades of dance and discipline
For more than 30 years, Barbara McDaniel has been a commanding force in Jamaica’s dance theatre. Affectionately called ‘Miss B’, she is founder and artistic director of Dance Theatre Xaymaca (DTX) and…
December 9, 2025
Terror-related charge against rap artiste thrown out
LOS ANGELES (AP): A London court on Friday threw out a terror-related charge against a member of controversial Irish rap group, Kneecap, basing its decision on a technical error in the way the charge…
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December 9, 2025
Poem
Actors on a stage We are all actors on a stage. Working for a reasonable wage. Playing a role in the show called life. Are you the star of the show? Are you the leading act? Are you the villain?…
December 9, 2025
Authors triumph in copyright case against AI company
A federal judge on Thursday approved a US$1.5 billion settlement between artificial intelligence company Anthropic and authors who allege nearly half a million books had been illegally pirated to…
December 9, 2025
Assata Shakur, a fugitive Black militant sought by the US since 1979, dies in Cuba
Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a US prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has…
December 9, 2025
UN blacklists another 68 companies over Israeli settlements
The United Nations has added nearly 70 more companies to a blacklist of firms from 11 countries that it says are complicit in violating Palestinian human rights through their business ties to Israeli…
December 9, 2025
Rabbi Yaakov Raskin | I believe in G-d—or do I trust Him?
On all American coins and paper currency, the country’s national motto of “In G-d We Trust” is famously written. As we approach Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, taking place Sept 22-24, I want to…
December 9, 2025
Fisherman drowns in Treasure Beach
The Pedro Plains police in St Elizabeth have launched an investigation into the death of a fisherman who drowned in the parish on Thursday. He has been identified as 29-year-old Damian Davis of…
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December 9, 2025
Gordon Robinson | Change is in the air
At 20 Belmont Road and a stone’s throw (well, maybe two throws) away, at 89 Old Hope Road, winds of change are blowing. JLP’s focus on change was signalled by dissolution of an ill-advised Legal and…