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December 9, 2025

Garth Rattray | Paradoxical desocialisation by social media – Part 1

Over the years, human beings have been extremely inventive and creative in discovering, inventing, or improving / developing things that are extremely useful to us as a race. Although we…
Jamaican vocalist Jodian Pantry.
December 9, 2025

Jodian Pantry drops holiday single ‘My Christmas’

Jamaican singer Jodian Pantry releases her new holiday single, My Christmas, a soulful love song produced by Paul ‘Patchy’ Wright for IslandYard Productions. With warm vocals and a contemporary…
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Fayval Williams
December 9, 2025

Editorial | When Fayval speaks

While her Cabinet colleagues have hogged the show, talking about everything – from its economic impact to plans for recovery, Fayval Williams, the finance minister, has been peculiarly quiet in the…
University of London Chancellor Princess Anne (left) speaks with Professor Sir Hilary Beckles during the conferment ceremony on November 19 in the United Kingdom.
December 9, 2025

University of London honours Beckles

The University of London has conferred the degree of Honorary Doctor of Social Sciences on Professor Sir Hilary Beckles. The award was presented during the university’s Foundation Day ceremony on…
Marvin Clowson, principal of Ocho Rios High School
December 9, 2025 by Carl Gilchrist

Ocho Rios High School welcomes 100 visiting students

Principal of Ocho Rios High School, Marvin Clowson, says while the school is accommodating students displaced by Hurricane Melissa, it will not be processing transfer requests at this time. Ocho Rios…
Old sign for the UK Border and Immigration Agency (now Border Agency) at the entrance to Home Office, Lunar House, Croydon. Image shot 2007. Exact date unknown.
December 9, 2025

Parents disappointed after UK Home Office reportedly rejects visa for 8-y-o daughter impacted by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica

The UK Guardian is reporting that a Jamaican woman and her British husband have been left disappointed after the Home Office rejected a visa application for their eight-year-old daughter. They had…
Finance Minister of Brazil, Fernando Haddad.
December 9, 2025

Brazilian police crack down on US$4.8b tax-evasion and money-laundering scheme

Brazilian police launched a police operation on Thursday to dismantle a major tax-evasion and money-laundering scheme in the fuel sector. The group under investigation is Brazil’s largest tax debtor,…
The authorities said it is encouraging the public to maintain confidence in the quality of their drinking water and to stay informed through official communication channels.
December 9, 2025

Belize gov’t assures public of safe drinking water

BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The Ministry of Health and Wellness in Belize on Thursday sought to assure the public that the water supply in the country is safe for drinking, even as it acknowledged recent…
An aerial view of Falmouth, in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Dom Rep positions for tourists rerouted from Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa

The Dominican Republic has authorised the arrival of 800 new flights to accommodate a surge in tourists who were originally planning to vacation in Jamaica and other nearby islands, but were rerouted…