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December 14, 2025

Hello mi neighbour | Want to be happy? Practise the golden rule daily

SO OVERWHELMING was *Erick’s love for *Erica at first sight, that marriage proposal was immediate. Couldn’t wait! Whether or not she was spoken for at that time didn’t seem to bother Erick at all.…
December 14, 2025

Gabriel Agbo | Healing is for you

“Dear friend, I am praying that all is well with you and that YOUR BODY IS AS HEALTHY as I know your soul is.” 3 John 2
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December 14, 2025

Dwight Fletcher | Tis the season for resilience

THIS IS a very interesting time in the history of the world. Life, in general, has never been this good. I know that statement might shock or offend you, but hear me out. The technology that exists…
December 14, 2025

Sean Major-Campbell | Blessing gay unions

LAST SUNDAY saw the Annual Human Rights Service held at Christ Church Vineyard Town, on the Sunday closest to World Human Rights Day (December 10 every year). The Sunday Gleaner carried the headline,…
Paul Williams Photos Allison Morris points to the marble plaque mounted in honour of her parents and grandmother in St John’s Parish Church in Black River, St Elizabeth.
December 14, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Of St John’s Anglican Church and Allison Morris – Part II Way back when

ALLISON MORRIS is mourning the destruction of Black River, Elizabeth, by Category 5 Hurricane Melissa. It is like a loved one has passed. There was substantial damage to her own family house and yard.…
Eighty-five-year-old Myrtle Coke, who died on November 9, days after being airlifted by JDF relief team from her home in Springfield, St Elizabeth, where she was injured during Hurricane Melissa.
December 13, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Senior siblings triple tragedy

WESTERN BUREAU: She could not run when Hurricane Melissa tore apart the tiny house in Springfield, St Elizabeth. The disabled daughter survived, but her mother and two uncles, inseparable siblings who…
Professor Michael Taylor (right), dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona, is greeted by Courtney Campbell, CEO of the VM Group, at the UWI MONA/VM GROUP Distinguished Lecture held on Thursday at the UW
December 13, 2025 by Karen Madden

Climate shock warning

One of the Caribbean’s leading experts on climate change and its devastating effects is sounding a warning that, if Jamaica does not increase its resilience it will continue to suffer economic and…
Government Senator, Dr Elon Thompson.
December 13, 2025 by Erica Virtue

Shoreline shift

The future, long-term viability and resilience of government-operated facilities situated near the shoreline in Jamaica are now under scrutiny following severe devastation inflicted on several as a…
December 13, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Attorney urges ‘humble forgiveness’ as judge prepares to sentence murder convict

The man who was found guilty for the 2018 murder of businessman Jean-Pierre Rhone, after he went missing, is to know his fate on Monday. Twenty-six-year-old Shamar Clarke, a former employee of Rhone,…