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December 9, 2025
The life of the West India Regiment
For almost two centuries, the West India Regiment stood as a proud symbol of Caribbean resilience, courage, and service. Britain needed to strengthen its military presence in the Caribbean amid…
December 9, 2025
Negril: History, beauty, and the road to recovery
Negril has always carried a certain mystique. Situated in Jamaica’s far-western tip, stretching across the parishes of Westmoreland and Hanover, it is a place where time seems to move differently, the…
December 9, 2025
Tony Deyal | Naughty, nice and Santa
Three weeks before Christmas and already my family and friends are getting ready for what I will give them and, as important, what I will write for each of the weeks before Thursday, December 25. This…
December 9, 2025
Ronald Sanders | The UN is fading — we should worry
The United Nations is being starved quietly. This month in New York, the Secretary-General, António Guterres, warned the General Assembly’s budget committee that the UN is entering a “race to…
December 9, 2025
Farmers among suspects in Alligator Pond water sabotage, says NWC
The National Water Commission (NWC) is condemning what it describes as “rising incidents of illegal water connections and deliberate valve tampering” that are disrupting water supply in Alligator Pond…
December 9, 2025
A supersized World Cup field begins taking shape at today’s draw
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP): FIFA has invited more teams than ever for a World Cup priced largely for fans in the one per cent. The process of figuring out which teams in the expanded 48-nation field will…
December 9, 2025
$1b already released to banks to kickstart business recovery, says DBJ
Managing director of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) Dr David Lowe says the first phase of the institution’s M5 Business Recovery Programme will be launched in the fourth quarter of the current…
December 9, 2025
Man United waste chance to reach EPL top five
MANCHESTER, England (AP): Manchester United blew the chance to move up to fifth in the English Premier League (EPL) yesterday when West Ham salvaged a late 1-1 draw at Old Trafford. Soungoutou…
December 9, 2025
Hislop reveals prostate cancer diagnosis
Former Newcastle goal-keeper Shaka Hislop said yesterday that he has prostate cancer. The 56-year-old Hislop, who also played in the Premier League for West Ham and Portsmouth, said he had been…