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December 9, 2025
Body found afloat near beach in Hellshire
An investigation is under way to ascertain the identity of a man whose body was found floating near a beach along the Hellshire main road in St Catherine on Friday. According to police reports,…
December 9, 2025
Mechanic charged after allegedly hitting policeman with vehicle in Half-Way Tree
A St Catherine mechanic has been charged after allegedly using his motor vehicle to hit a police officer who attempted to stop him for an alleged traffic breach in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew on…
December 9, 2025
by Karen Madden
‘Look at wi road now’
EXCITEMENT HAS been permeating Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Drive in St Andrew, renamed for the little girl who ran on the former Ashoka Road, now celebrated as the greatest female sprinter of all time.…
December 9, 2025
by Corey Robinson
ONE STEP FROM DISASTER
For over 30 years, Dorey McPherson sold goods at the Morant Bay Market in St Thomas, stepping countless times on the deteriorating manhole cover beside her stall – always without incident. But last…
December 9, 2025
Position Ja as a value-added partner in supply chain
Jamaica is pursuing sustainable development in line with Vision 2030, which aims to secure developed country status by that year. The government highlights recent progress such as new roads, housing,…
December 9, 2025
by Erica Virtue
‘A clean voters’ list is a moral safeguard’
Failure by successive administrations to declare an enumeration period in Jamaica, for a complete reverification and purging of the voters’ list has fuelled concerns about the low percentage of the…
December 9, 2025
Mayank Joshi | India’s GST 2.0: For simpler tax, stronger growth
When India first rolled out the goods and services tax (GST) in July 2017, country’s biggest economic reform since liberalisation, it was hailed as a “path-breaking legislation for New India.” Eight…
December 9, 2025
Offniel Lamont | Physiotherapy and Jamaica’s ageing population
This year’s theme of World Physiotherapy Day was the role of physiotherapy and physical activity in healthy ageing, places the spotlight on preventing frailty and falls, two challenges that determine…
December 9, 2025
Ronald Thwaites | Defeating ourselves
When expediency trumps principle, when selfishness or drunken power overtake self-restraint and mutuality, tragic damage is done to the human experience. Share with me some local and international…