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Kemar Ricketts, head coach of Treasure Beach FC.
24 Dec, 2025 0

LONG ROAD BACK

“It was a light in the darkness.” Those were the words of Treasure Beach head coach Kemar Ricketts following their return to Wray and Nephew-sponsored Jamaica Premier League (JPL) action on Sunday,…
Letters
24 Dec, 2025 0

Give priority to the issue of shelters

THE EDITOR, Madam: Given the current disruptions to the schools that are still facilitating Hurricane Melissa victims, permanent and practical solutions must be found. In this era of climate…
Letters
24 Dec, 2025 0

Letter of the Day | Whose oil is it – Venezuela’s or US’s?

THE EDITOR, Madam: ‘Trump’s ‘oily’ reasoning is not entirely unreasonable, as it is ExxonMobil that added their technology to the raw material to create Venezuela’s wealth from oil in the finding and…
Water poverty is not just inconvenience; it’s a matter of life and death
24 Dec, 2025 0

Norris McDonald | Climate change, water poverty and rural crises we neglect!

Jamaica’s chronic water shortage in rural communities and the impact of neglect on food security is a ticking time bomb. Are we ready to address the crisis, or will history continue to repeat itself?…
24 Dec, 2025 0

Rum industry takes a shot

The Jamaican rum industry projects a double-digit decline in output for the 2025-2026 season, a blow reverberating across the sugar and spirits sectors due to the impact of Hurricane Melissa. …
Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar
24 Dec, 2025 0

Elizabeth Morgan | At Christmas, friction in CARICOM – T&T versus the rest

We are in Christmas week, a period that should be about joy, hope, generosity, peace and love. There has been a very strange build up to this Christmas. There has been the lingering pall of the…
JPS Foundation Head Sophia Lewis (right) and Brown’s Town Community College Claudeth Haughton look on as Electrical Installation Level II student Rajaunie White unpacks items in his electrical toolkit donated by the foundation.
24 Dec, 2025 0

JPS Foundation gives a helping hand to Brown’s Town Community College

Fourteen students at Brown’s Town Community College (BTCC) will benefit from a $1 million JPS Foundation partnership to support its electrical installation programme. Sophia Lewis, head of the…
Letters
24 Dec, 2025 0

Many Rivers to Cross Jamaica

THE EDITOR, Madam: The Jamaican governments do not wield the power people think it does. More than half of the expectations placed on it are beyond its control. The power lies with the two per cent…
Pedestrians pass the Bank of England in London, as the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will publish their decision on interest rates, Thursday, December 18, 2025.
24 Dec, 2025 0

Bank of England cuts rates by one vote

The Bank of England on Thursday cut its key interest rate for the first time in four months as stubbornly high inflation that has plagued British consumers and businesses starts to ease. The central…