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December 9, 2025
Lawsuit seeks to stop Trump’s US$100,000 fee for H-1B visas
SEATTLE (AP) — In what appears to be the first major challenge to the new $100,000 fee required for H-1B visa applications, a coalition of health care providers, religious groups, university…
December 9, 2025
Orville Taylor | Rules matter
Sometimes, it is unimportant who one is; but more significant is the ‘where’, because external statuses can clash and one must be sensible enough to know where the respective lines end or begin. To…
December 9, 2025
Editorial | Fixing a lazy Parliament
The Gleaner notes, and welcomes, the undertaking by the Government and the Opposition that their members will be regular, and punctual, at meetings of the legislature, including its committees, during…
December 9, 2025
Garth Rattray | The agony of missing children
Several years ago, our two dogs went missing for a while. We went from a state of shock and confusion to stark panic, dismay, gut wrenching distress, emotional pain, and then elation when they were…
December 9, 2025
by Erica Virtue
‘When you have skills, you become free’
The granddaughter of Senegalese royalty, Lady Mariéme Jamme has one main objective and it’s to use her platform to impact the lives of disadvantaged girls worldwide. She wants to do this by empowering…
December 9, 2025
Tyrese Gibson booked into Georgia jail and released on bond following cruelty to animal charge
Actor Tyrese Gibson was booked into a Georgia jail early Friday, a week after he failed to turn himself in following an arrest warrant for cruelty to animals, police said. Gibson was released the…
December 9, 2025
Gov’t reviewing proposals to enhance telecoms services for persons with disabilities
The Government is currently reviewing proposals designed to enhance telecommunications services for persons with disabilities islandwide. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles Jr,…
December 9, 2025
by Robert Bailey
Wasteful JC held to draw by Vauxhall
Ian Forbes, manager of former champions Jamaica College (JC), was left disappointed after his team played out a 1-1 draw against hosts Vauxhall High in their ISSA/WATA Manning Cup Zone C match…
December 9, 2025
Advocates Association presses gov't to address overcrowded, unsanitary police lockups
The Advocates Association of Jamaica (AAJ) is calling for the Government to urgently address the deplorable state of the country’s police lockups, which it says has been long documented. The…