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November 25, 2025

Continuity and confidence: SAJ re-elects Robertson-Sylvester at 2025 AGM

Imani Murdock created her own relief drive following her personal experience with Hurricane Beryl last year.
December 9, 2025 by Mickalia Kington

Supplies flow from diaspora to parishes ravaged by Hurricane Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU: When Hurricane Melissa battered Jamaica’s southern and western parishes nearly a month ago, the silence it left behind — dead phones, vanished roads, unanswered calls — sparked a wave…
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani
December 9, 2025

Norris R. McDonald | Zohran Mamdani and Gen-Z’s rebellion against US power brokers!

ZOHRAN MAMDANI, a self-declared democratic socialist, has achieved what many thought was impossible: he defeated the Democratic party’s old guards, including Andrew Cuomo, to become New York’s mayor.…
Letters
December 9, 2025

Building a sustainable future for Jamaica’s football

THE EDITOR, Madam:
No specific date was given for when the elections will be held.
December 9, 2025

Jamaica Diaspora Council elections postponed

Elections for members of the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council have been postponed until January next year. Voting for the council members was slated to run from November 20 until December 13 but a…
Letters
December 9, 2025

Protect against the deadly leptospirosis

THE EDITOR, Madam: Since the passing of the recent storm, we have tragically lost several Jamaicans to leptospirosis. As a public health specialist, I am compelled to write this letter to urge the…
Royalton Blue Waters.
December 9, 2025

Royalton Hotels & Resorts announces updated reopening timelines

Royalton Hotels & Resorts has confirmed updated reopening timelines for its Jamaican properties, while reaffirming it's commitment to the island following the passage of Hurricane Melissa. …
Danny Hawthorne
December 9, 2025 by Raymod Graham

Hawthorne humbled by lifetime award

VETERAN TRACK and field coach Danny Hawthorne is very humble after being among 15 coaches honoured last Saturday night at the Alhambra Inn in Kingston by the Jamaica Track and Field Coaches…
Pedestrians are reflected as they walk outside BBC Broadcasting House in London, Tuesday, November 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)
December 9, 2025

BBC leaders grilled by lawmakers over its standards after Trump threatened to sue

LONDON (AP) — The BBC's chairman acknowledged Monday that it was too slow in responding over a misleading edit of a speech by US President Donald Trump but rejected claims that the…