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Troops loyal to CAPSAT military unit commander Col. Michael Randrianirina make their way to the presidency to announce that the armed forces are taking control of the country in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Tuesday, October14, 2025. (AP Photo/ Brian Inganga)
December 9, 2025

Madagascar’s president ousted in military coup after weeks of youth-led protests

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina was toppled Tuesday in a military coup that capped weeks of youth protests over poverty, power outages and a lack of opportunity in…
Sutay Kameka, JN Foundation scholar
December 9, 2025

Scholarship opens doors for aspiring mathematician

At 12 years old, Sutay Kameka, a bright and determined 2025 JN Foundation PEP Scholar, has her eyes firmly set on becoming a mathematician. Her love for numbers, combined with discipline and support…
A huge pothole at the junction of Slipe Road and Studio One Boulevard in Kingston. Motorists complain that the pothole has been there for more than six months and has got wider as a result of recent rains.
December 9, 2025

Pothole plea

The recent rains in the Corporate Area have increased the road hazard associated with a number of potholes that had already been creating headaches for road users for several months. Here are just a…
Professor William ‘Bill’ Aiken, district governor of Rotary International District 7020, addressing Rotarians and guests at the Rotary Club of Montego Bay’s weekly meeting on October 14, 2025.
December 9, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Rotary governor calls for nationwide defibrillator rollout to save lives

WESTERN BUREAU: Professor William Aiken, district governor of Rotary International District 7020, is calling for the widespread installation of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) across Jamaica,…
Team Leader Ian Manderson (left) pays careful attention to the work being done by the students – (front to back) Givaughn Jobson, Demar Lewis and Nichol Coleman – during the Leak Detection practical training session recently.
December 9, 2025

NWC staff receive leak detection training from UTech

Twenty employees at the National Water Commission (NWC) are now enrolled at the University of Technology Jamaica (UTech), where they are completing a course in Leak Detection Technologies. The…
Danellia Aitcheson (left), manager of the National Conservation Trust Fund of Jamaica, and Tanja Lieuw, Conservation Finance Programme Manager at the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund, affix their signatures to the partnership document.
December 9, 2025

Jamaica joins regional effort to support women in climate projects

Jamaica is among eight Caribbean countries to join a Gender Smart Facility led by the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) and Global Affairs Canada to transform how climate finance reaches women and…
From left: Roy Cardoso, MD, orthopaedic surgeon at Baptist Health Orthopaedic Care; Nicola O’Connor, in-country manager, Baptist Health International, and Yamala Zabala, physician relations specialist, Baptist Health International, engage Ann-Dawn Young
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | AmCham, Baptist Health strengthen US-Jamaica links

Recognised among the leading healthcare systems in the United States, Baptist Health South Florida, through Baptist Health International, joined forces with the American Chamber of Commerce of Jamaica…
December 9, 2025

Gabriel Agbo | No cross, no crown

“Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, in as much as you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings;…
Dr Parag Bhargava
December 9, 2025 by Dr Kumar Mahabir and Shalima Mohammed

Matchmaking and marriage services: Do Indians in the diaspora need them?

ACCORDING TO Rao Prakasa (1982), the traditional arranged Indian marriage matchmaker is called anag-waa, or nayan. The matchmaker is normally a family friend or distant relative, or maulvi, imam or…