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In this 2019 photo, revellers celebrate as fireworks explode over the Metropolitan Cathedral after then president Andrés Manuel López Obrador gave the annual independence shout from the balcony of the National Palace to kick off Independence Day celebrat
December 9, 2025

Cecilia Barros Ruiz | Mexican independence – celebrating the spirit of Grito de Dolores

EVERY YEAR across the world the ‘Grito de Dolores’ is re-enacted on the eve of Mexico’s Independence Day. The CCXV Anniversary of the Independence of Mexico on September 16, is of the utmost value…
Armen Kirakosian, Global Senior Manager, Learning & Development, TTEC, in Athens, Greece, August 21, 2025.
December 9, 2025

AI shaking up call centre industry

Armen Kirakosian remembers the frustrations of his first job as a call centre agent nearly 10 years ago: the aggravated customers, the constant searching through menus for information and the notes he…
December 9, 2025

SSP Diaries | The matter of reparations

IN SCHOOL, we learnt of our discovery and subsequent colonisation by a number of European nations, the chief of which was the British. Caribbean history, as explained, then chronicled the escapades of…
The happy couple, Michael and Yvonne, skipped out of The Presbyterian Church of Morristown after exchanging vows.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Faith, Heritage and Forever: Michael and Yvonne’s love story sealed in New Jersey

WESTERN BUREAU: On a summer day in Morristown, New Jersey, Michael Grant and Yvonne Anderson pledged their love inside The Presbyterian Church of Morristown.
Robbins’ project, ‘Spark Your Art’, began at age 12 when she swapped birthday gifts for an Amazon wish list of art supplies, sending a barrel of brushes, paints, and sketch pads to children in Jamaica.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

GoodHeart | Bridget Robbins sparks creativity among J’can students

WESTERN BUREAU: “If we didn’t have this competition, we would never have known how many creative children we had.” That is how Acting Principal Lorraine Campbell Hartley describes the impact of…
Director and Co Founder of First Rock Group Dr Michael Banbury (right) shares a moment with Mayberry Chairman Chris Berry (left) during the funeral for Doris ‘May’ Berry, founding director of Mayberry Investments Limited at the Webster Memorial United
December 9, 2025

‘May’ Berry leaves behind legacy of love

Family, friends, colleagues, and members of the business community gathered at Webster Memorial United Church in St Andrew on Monday to celebrate the life of Doris ‘May’ Berry, founding director of…
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December 9, 2025 by Ruth

Mikhail and Jolan’s faith-anchored union

With faith in Jehovah and a deep love for each other, Mikhail Ranklin and Jolan Laing’s journey to marriage is a true testament to their devotion. Childhood friends through their parents, they were…
A section of Wisynco Group’s complex in St Catherine.
December 9, 2025

Wisynco profit chopped one-fifth by slowdown

Increased costs and a general slowdown in consumer demand spliced into Wisynco Group Limited’s bottom line at year ending June, but the beverage manufacturer and consumer goods distributor says it has…
December 9, 2025

Immigration Corner | Does the Express Entry System make sense?

Dear Miss Powell, I am interested in Canada, but everyone I talk to are saying Express Entry is the best route. I want to know the truth about the Express Entry System. Does it make sense? Do I need a…