Lead Stories
December 9, 2025
by Edmond Campbell
‘A really serious time’
As tensions between the United States (US) and Venezuela build, a senior retired diplomat is cautioning that if it escalates into open conflict, trade in the region and tourism, on which most CARICOM…
December 9, 2025
by Kimone Francis
Stuck in poverty
Nearly 79,000 Jamaicans, or 2.8 per cent of the population, remain trapped in multidimensional poverty, the newly released 2025 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report has indicated. The…
December 9, 2025
Criminologist: Keep sexual offences out of expungement discussion
Criminologist Dr Jason McKay has opined that sexual offences should not be among consideration for expungement of criminal records, considering the lifelong effect on victims and high incidents of…
December 9, 2025
by Lester Hinds
Jamaica-born Winsome Earle-Sears hoping to continue making history in Virginia
With less than two weeks to go before voters cast ballots in the Virginia governor’s race in the United States (US), Jamaica-born Winsome Earle-Sears, who is running on the Republican Party’s ticket,…
December 9, 2025
by Lester Hinds
National healthcare body to receive US$300,000 worth of donated medical supplies
A trailer load of medical supplies, valued around US$300,000, is to be handed over this week to the National Healthcare Enhancement Foundation (NHEF). The handover ceremony is set to take place at the…
December 9, 2025
by Livern Barrett
‘Innocent right through’
J.D. Brown* visited the Oracabessa Police Station in St Mary on the night of July 8, 2016, to deliver food for a relative in custody. He chatted with the cops on duty at the time and described them as…
December 9, 2025
In limbo
A Supreme Court case has temporarily frozen the award of a government contract for the lease of medical diagnostic equipment, exposing apparent failings in Jamaica’s procurement oversight system. The…
December 9, 2025
by Sashana Small
SILENT SPREAD
When Ashley*, 53, started experiencing a sharp pain in her stomach and bleeding from the breast where she’d had a lump removed seven years earlier, she instinctively knew something was seriously…
December 9, 2025
by Karen Madden
Running for a greater cause
World champion, Olympic medallist, and a key part of Jamaica’s sprinting legacy – Yohan Blake’s accomplishments in athletics are well-documented. But in recent years, it’s his YB Afraid Foundation…