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December 9, 2025
Earth Today | Fires driving air quality crisis
AT A time of prevailing concerns over air quality and public health, a recent publication of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has warned of the dangers of fire as a significant source of…
December 9, 2025
Cardi B is pregnant with her fourth child
NEW YORK (AP) — Cardi B is pregnant with her fourth child. It will be her first with boyfriend Stefon Diggs, the New England Patriots' wide receiver. The Grammy Award-winning rapper revealed…
December 9, 2025
Trump's second state visit to the UK meets with protests and arrests
LONDON (AP) — US President Donald Trump received a royal reception at Windsor Castle on Wednesday, but beyond the castle walls many others did not welcome his unprecedented second state visit. …
December 9, 2025
Haitians yearn for home as gangs welcome them and police warn it’s too dangerous
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): Naika and Erica Lafleur stared at a pile of rubble where their house once stood in Haiti’s capital and began to cry. Their mother had instructed the two sisters, ages 10 and 13,…
December 9, 2025
Trump’s second state visit to the UK meets with protests and arrests
LONDON (AP): US President Donald Trump received a royal reception at Windsor Castle on Wednesday, but beyond the castle walls many others did not welcome his unprecedented second state visit.…
December 9, 2025
INDECOM probing police fatal shooting in Lakes Pen, St Catherine
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has launched a probe into the fatal shooting of a man by the police following an alleged armed confrontation in St Catherine on Tuesday. He has…
December 9, 2025
Basil Jarrett | Don’t sit on it – your prostate will thank you
SOME DAYS ago, I had to visit a friend at the Tony Thwaites Wing (TTW) of the University Hospital of the West Indies. TTW has always puzzled me. For years, it had sort of developed a reputation as the…
December 9, 2025
Sean Major-Campbell | Enthronement of new Diocesan Bishop
THE SERVICE of Investiture and Enthronement of the Rt Rev Leon Golding, the 15th Diocesan Bishop of the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands is set for Sunday, September 28 at 3:30 p.m., in the…
December 9, 2025
by Janet Silvera
Japan’s Matsuya adds J’can jerk chicken to menus in 1,118 stores across Japan
TOKYO, JAPAN: Jamaica’s signature jerk chicken has found a new home in Japan, following a major partnership with restaurant giant Matsuya, which rolled out the dish across 1,118 outlets on September…