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December 9, 2025

Yaneek Page | Mental health, a major business risk we keep ignoring

Every October the world pauses to observe Mental Health Awareness Month. In Jamaica, it sometimes feels like we barely take time to blink, as messages are drowned out by sirens of crime, violence,…
The wellness centre was launched in 2023 by Sandra Christie Brown and has served as a haven for residents dealing with mental and emotional troubles.
December 9, 2025

Appeal made for greater support for Maverley mental health centre following drive-by shooting

A month after gunmen shot and killed two people, including a two-year-old in Maverley, St Andrew, there are calls for greater support for a mental health centre in the community, which is reportedly…
Governor General Sir Patrick Allen
December 9, 2025

Editorial | Questions for GG, IC

Now that Sir Patrick Allen is ready to proceed with the instruments of appointment for two critical jobs at the Integrity Commission (IC), the agency can, on its face, proceed with the important work…
D’Angelo refused to be boxed in, blending the sacred and the soulful to redefine what black expression could sound like.
December 9, 2025 by J. T. Davy

When the music became ceremony: D’Angelo’s Caribbean connection

Born Michael Eugene Archer in Richmond, Virginia, D’Angelo’s legacy is largely tied up with music that emerged in the mid- to late ‘90s that would be marketed as ‘neo soul’. His 1995 Grammy-nominated…
United States Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth addresses a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, October 15, 2025 (AP Photo/Omar Havana)
December 9, 2025

US has seized survivors after Thursday strike on suspected drug-carrying vessel in Caribbean, AP source says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The US has seized survivors after a strike Thursday on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, the first since President Donald Trump began launching deadly attacks in the…
A striking waterfront estate designed as a series of connected gazebo pavilions.
December 9, 2025 by Barry Rattray

Dream House | The home that Sol Atlas built

The late New York tycoon Sol Atlas built this house. He was a leading real estate developer and builder of shopping centres and skyscrapers in America, who also lectured at Yale Law School. Atlas even…
Tishauna Mullings (right) is joined by Chloleen Daley-Muschett, assistant vice-president of public relations and corporate affairs, for a quick photo during the Supreme Ventures Foundation Supreme Community Hero Programme finale.
December 9, 2025

GoodHeart | Tishauna Mullings stays rooted in community

Tishauna Mullings speaks with the calm assurance of someone who has lived the lessons she shares. Born and raised in St Thomas, she understands what it means to start small and work steadily toward…
The two famous cousins, Sir Alexander Bustamante (right) and Norman Manley, in a photograph taken at the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation’s building in Kingston in 1969.
December 9, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Bustamante and Norman Manley – the fathers of Jamaica’s political Independence

ALEXANDER BUSTAMANTE and Norman Washington Manley are widely regarded as the fathers of Jamaica’s political independence, the process of which ended on August 6, 1962 when Jamaica officially ceased to…
AP Tokyo Tower is visible amid tall buildings as a container ship leaves a cargo terminal in Tokyo, April 2025.
December 9, 2025

US blocks a global fee on shipping emissions as international meeting ends without new regulations

The US has succeeded in blocking a global fee on shipping emissions as an international maritime meeting adjourned Friday without adopting regulations. The world's largest maritime nations had…