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Shoppers swipe their MetroCards as they enter the subway turnstiles, in November 2024, in New York.
29 Dec, 2025 0

New York subway ends MetroCard era, switches fully to tap-and-go fares

NEW YORK (AP): When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world’s oldest and largest transit systems.…
Letters
29 Dec, 2025 0

Concerned about unqualified solar power professionals

THE EDITOR, Madam: In the wake of Hurricane Melissa and the ongoing challenges with our electricity supply, more people are turning to solar power. Unfortunately, the rapid growth of the solar…
A second-hand clothes retailer folds second-hand jeans at his stall at Owino Market in Kampala, Uganda.
29 Dec, 2025 0

Angela Lekan | Time to let nature walk the runway

When it’s New York Fashion Week, and before we stop to admire the glitz and glamour, we need to celebrate fashion and beauty’s ultimate, timeless inspiration: Nature. For centuries, designers have…
Kerrie Symmonds, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade of Barbados
29 Dec, 2025 0

Editorial | Mr Symmonds is right

Barbados’ foreign minister, Kerrie Symmonds, has given his “superiors” – as he refers to Caribbean Community (CARICOM) heads of government – very sound advice. He has urged them to gather “behind…
Students from Holy Trinity High School gather near the school gate after they were not permitted on ther school compound for a number of reasons ranging from bleaching and their pants being too tight.
29 Dec, 2025 0

Ruthlyn James | Assessment queue is new locked school gate

In Jamaica today, children are not just being excluded at the school gates, they are being excluded in the assessment queue. A child may be fully enrolled, with fees paid yet still be functionally…
This aerial photo shows a traffic gridlock in Lacovia, St Elizabeth after Hurricane Melissa hit in October.
29 Dec, 2025 0

Ronald Thwaites | Spotlight on accountability

This means being responsible for and responsive to each other. The redeeming national virtue of 2025 has been the generosity of spirit, that most sacred civic faculty, shown by so many Jamaicans to…
Letters
29 Dec, 2025 0

Letter of the Day | Transparency crucial for oil exploration

THE EDITOR, Madam: On December 19, the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) attended what appeared to be United Oil & Gas’s third stakeholder session, at which the company discussed the next phase of…
Letters
29 Dec, 2025 0

Christmas messages, New Year regrets

THE EDITOR, Madam: The Caribbean is awash during the December festivities with messages from our leadership that do not reflect the reality of the homeless, the unemployed and poor finances. This…
Naudia Crosskill, chief executive officer, St James Municipal Corporation, sharing pleasantries with a female ward at the Mustard Seed Children’s Home in Moore Park, St James at their annual Christmas treat.
29 Dec, 2025 0

StJMC CEO urges compassion for the less-fortunate

WESTERN BUREAU: Chief Executive Officer of the St James Municipal Corporation Naudia Crosskill has issued a powerful reminder that wealth and status offer no immunity from life’s uncertainties, as she…