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December 30, 2025
Something Extra | Tuesday
New York’s pink event, Pic-Nic Festival, came to Kingston on Saturday, lighting up the UWI Mona Bowl with music, good vibes, and pink fashion moments. The Casamigos-sponsored event saw patrons making…
December 30, 2025
Govt to repair, rewire 800 storm-ravaged homes, says Vaz
WESTERN BUREAU: Energy Minister Daryl Vaz says the Government has diverted $372 million from its National Energy Poverty Reduction Programme to support households severely affected by Hurricane…
December 30, 2025
Curtis Ward | Evolution of European geopolitical and international security leadership
The internal dynamics aside, the European Union and the United Kingdom (EU+UK) are evolving as a major participant in global leadership–as a collective rather than as a unipolar focused power…
December 30, 2025
Editorial | Rescuing local government
In the reconstruction after the devastation by Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica’s ‘building back better’ shouldn’t only be about the island’s hard infrastructure. Government institutions – whose capacity…
December 30, 2025
Gordon Robinson | Local Domino Awards 2025
It’s time for Part Deux of the fourteenth annual Domino Awards – memorial for the Khooky Khast of Kharacters from my wasted youth. Congratulations to the winners especially of awards named for the…
December 30, 2025
by Albert Ferguson
Duke of Earle delivers hope, again
WESTERN BUREAU: For nearly four decades, Christmas Day in Barnett Town has meant more than celebration. It meant preparation, hope, and a fresh start for hundreds of children in the St James-based…
December 30, 2025
An opportunity to end chronic homelessness
THE EDITOR, Madam: Two months after Hurricane Melissa, the post-cabinet press briefing reported that there are approximately 100 shelters still active, housing approximately 1,107 displaced persons.…
December 30, 2025
Letter of the Day | When gold turns yellow, national pride and value fade
THE EDITOR: Madam: As we step into a new year, a personal dream that the post-Hurricane Melissa rebuilding will move beyond roads, bridges, and houses to the reconstruction of the very values that…
December 30, 2025
by Ruth
It was always you...
Dr Jordanne Lauren Levy and Brandon Anderson had crossed paths a few times since childhood, but it wasn’t until the timing was right that they truly connected. It all began with a playful debate over…