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December 9, 2025
Amitabh Sharma | Grand Market – fuzzy, warm, on a crescendo
Grand Market – the mention of it brings fond memories for many. It is the time of the year when festivities are in the air, the breeze is cool ... and, of course, it’s the ‘most wonderful time of the…
December 9, 2025
Montel Gordon | Why does voter apathy persist in Jamaica’s elections?
The latest general election witnessed a historic third term for Andrew Holiness and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), overcoming Mark Golding and the People’s National Party (PNP) – the points of…
December 9, 2025
Helen Ann Brown | Snippets from the life of St Augustine
YOU MAY have heard of Saint Augustine. Let’s drop the title saint and call him Augustine. Before his conversion to Christianity, Augustine’s full name was Aurelius Augustinus. He was born in Tagaste,…
December 9, 2025
Helen Ann Brown | Raising great short men
RAISING GREAT short males is a unique feat. Only a few parents recognise the challenge raising short males presents. We live in a culture that has developed its own standards of acceptability and…
December 9, 2025
Jamaica’s first indoor skatepark launched at UTech
The Caribbean School of Architecture (CSA), University of Technology, has launched Jamaica’s first indoor mobile skatepark which is a fully transportable facility, equipped with a professional mini…
December 9, 2025
by Neil Armstrong
Jamaican-led men’s health interest group donates scholarship
TORONTO: A Jamaican-led men’s health interest and prostate cancer support group has chosen September, Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, to offer a scholarship to black medical students at the new…
December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | Call for leadership anchored in justice, compassion and righteousness
THE EDITOR, Madam: The Watchman Church Leaders Alliance (WCLA) congratulates all those elected to serve in political leadership. We commend the peaceful conduct of the elections and the efforts of…
December 9, 2025
NCU honours 99-y-o alumnus as Product Sample
FOR ALMOST a century, at 99 years old, Pastor Howard Holmes has lived a life defined by unwavering faith, exemplary service and a resolute commitment to ministry, igniting a spiritual legacy which has…
December 9, 2025
UWI summer camp shows youths they’re destined for greatness
Thirty-six young men from August Town, SOS Children’s Villages, and downtown Kingston, discovered a new vision for themselves during a four-day summer camp held August 19–22 at The University of the…