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December 9, 2025
Howard Beckford | Urgent need to decentralise post Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa did more than devastate homes, infrastructure, and livelihoods across Jamaica. It exposed a weakness we have ignored for far too long. Our highly centralised system of government…
December 9, 2025
by Tanesha Mundle
SBAJ SOUNDS SOS
Charging that the Government is moving too slowly while hundreds of livelihoods hang in the balance, the Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ) is calling on the Government to provide immediate…
December 9, 2025
IDB, CAF, and CDB launch Caribbean debt-for-resilience joint initiative
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) launched at COP30 on November 13 the Caribbean…
December 9, 2025
Grenada to host Connected Caribbean Summit 2025
The Government of Grenada will host the Connected Caribbean Summit 2025 (CCS2025) from December 1–5 at the Radisson Grenada Beach Resort, Grand Anse. The summit will bring together more than 200…
December 9, 2025
US signals broader efforts to protect Christians following Trump’s military threat
WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump’s administration is promoting efforts to work with Nigeria’s government to counter violence against Christians, signalling a broader strategy since he ordered…
December 9, 2025
More men seek DNA paternity tests, often with heartbreaking results
NABUMALI (AP): Among the most sensitive family disputes Moses Kutoi mediates are those involving upset men questioning why some of their children don’t resemble them. For the Ugandan clan leader…
December 9, 2025
Ukraine and Western allies meet in Geneva to discuss US peace plan
GENEVA (AP) Talks between Ukraine and its Western allies on a US-proposed peace plan to end Russia's invasion got underway in Geneva on Sunday, Ukrainian officials. The head of the Ukrainian…
December 9, 2025
Lloyd Barnett | Fixed dates for general and by-elections
The question of whether or not there should be fixed election dates has been one of long and intense debate. Section 64(2) of Jamaica’s Constitution provides that Parliament continues for five years…
December 9, 2025
Ronald Thwaites | Paths to recovery?
Explain to us, simple folks, how economic recovery is engineered when probably half of our people have lost most everything and have no earnings to pay for food and provide shelter. Faced with this…