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December 28, 2025

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange weekly bulletin for the week ending December 26, 2025.
Ukrainian street artist Maxim Kilderov stands by his painting containing symbols and messages of resistance in his private museum that displays a collection of battlefield artefacts documenting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in Kyiv.
December 28, 2025

Artist captures lived experience of Ukraine’s resistance to invasion

KYIV (AP) Maxim Kilderov works among reminders of death — scorched metal, torn fabric, and the personal debris of lives cut short by war. In a basement near Kyiv’s Maidan Square, the Ukrainian street…
A stylish bedroom embracing the outdoors.
December 28, 2025

Dream House | A Renaissance woman’s retreat

The behavioural characteristics of a house are determined by how its architecture and interior layout have been influenced by the distinct personality of its owners, how they think, feel, and behave.
Beyond the boardroom, Adrian Reynolds finds joy in the outdoors and physical activity.
December 28, 2025

Balance is the ultimate measure of success for Adrian Reynolds

For Adrian Reynolds, success isn’t just measured in numbers or balance sheets. It is found in balance itself. Whether he is cycling through the hills of St Andrew, meditating at dawn, or hiking with…
Fernando Dávila, a colour-blind painter, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his gallery in Doral, Florida.
December 28, 2025

From red donkeys to vibrant art

DORAL, Florida. (AP) When Fernando Dávila was 8 years old in Colombia, he failed a drawing class because he painted donkeys red. There was a reason for that: He is colour-blind. Now the 72-year-old…
Mark Wignall writes: Nothing really surprises about the police reaching out to the residents in efforts to quell violence. In plain language, it makes sense.
December 28, 2025

Mark Wignall | Present me with real honour

In many ways, it has to be more than just what you feel about me and significantly deeper than that. It has to be much more than that. I want to feel an intense connection. Closer than it could ever…
Canada does need healthcare workers, but demand alone does not guarantee approval.
December 28, 2025

Sandra Latibeaudiere | Hurricane Melissa exposes vulnerable older adults

Hurricane Melissa’s vastly different human and infrastructural impact between eastern and western Jamaica has continued into the early recovery stages. There is another, far less obvious, disaster…
Gleaner editorial writes: The island has been ranked close to the 49th position in the World Happiness Report, though, according to this index, Jamaica may not be among the world’s happiest countries, but it is also not among the lowest.
December 28, 2025

Gordon Robinson | Make a change

Despite most of us having no clue where the time went it seems another new year is upon us. The thing about time is that it not only flies but changes direction, fortunes and perspectives while doing…
People walk through Santa Cruz, Jamaica, after Hurricane Melissa passed.
December 28, 2025

Dennis Minott | When self-interest is sacrificed

Jamaica’s prolonged mistreatment of Haitian migrants is often defended in the language of capacity, sovereignty, or political realism. Yet five years on — and now brutally exposed by Hurricane Melissa…