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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly via video.
December 9, 2025

Ronald Sanders | A new world order — or formal admission of the old?

The world has long spoken of a “rules-based order” as though the law itself held dominion over power. Yet, behind the diplomatic courtesies and the fine print of charters, it was power that wrote the…
Rikki Jai
December 9, 2025

Tony Deyal | Calypso festival, light and spirit

There was a young woman called Starkie. Who had an affair with a darky. The result of her sins. Was quadruplets, not twins One black and one white and two khaki.
A man fishes in Cocorite, Trinidad and Tobago.
December 9, 2025

Curtis Ward | Implications of US military operations in the southern Caribbean

At the time of writing this article, US military strikes blew up five small boats in the southern Caribbean Sea between Venezuela and Trinidad and killed nearly 30 people. No evidence has been offered…
President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Oval Office at the White House.
December 9, 2025

Mark Wignall | Do you know that politician?

Unless he was socially premature and thus not fully formed at the beginning, just about every politician is made with two essential major parts. The first is the need to rev the ego while on…
In this Thursday, February 14, 2019, file photo, Nestle’s logo is displayed on a window, during the 2018 full-year results press conference of the food and drinks giant Nestle, in Vevey.
December 9, 2025

Nestlé cuts 16,000 jobs globally as part of intensifying cost-cutting campaign

Nestlé is cutting 16,000 jobs globally as the Swiss food giant cuts costs as part of its efforts to revive its financial performance. Nestlé, which makes Nescafé, KitKats, pet foods and many other…
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December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Defence seeks dismissal of Reid trial, citing fatal flaw

Senior Parish Judge Sanchia Burrell is expected to deliver a ruling today on an application by the defence seeking to have the fraud trial involving former Education Minister Ruel Reid thrown out,…
In this 2021 photo a woman is seen arguing with others over the allocation of yellow split peas after it was distributed by the Relief Society of Tigray in the town of Agula, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia.
December 9, 2025

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | The existence of hunger is a political choice

In 2024, the wealthiest nations helped drive the largest surge in military spending since the end of the Cold War, reaching US$2.7 trillion that year. Yet, they failed to deliver on their own…
Rashaun Small (left) of Portmore United battles for the ball with Cavalier’s Denzel McKenzie during their Jamaica Premier League match at the Stadium East field on October 12. Portmore won 4-2.
December 9, 2025

Portmore’s Austin has sights set on lifting JPL title

Portmore United head coach Rodolph Austin is confident that his team can win the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) title this season but insists that they will be taking things one step at a time. Portmore…
A man walks by a line of JUTC buses at the JUTC Portmore Depot.
December 9, 2025 by Luke Douglas

JUTA Tours lobbying for rollback of JUTC rural service

JUTA Tours is planning to relaunch its Kingston-Montego Bay express bus route before year end, but now has to contend with one more rival – the Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited, JUTC, operator of…