Latest News
December 9, 2025
Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie | Promises without timelines: Jamaica’s environmental future needs accountability
IN THE lead-up to the recent general elections, both political parties made promises about how they would manage and protect Jamaica’s natural environment. With the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) new…
December 9, 2025
Terran Wright’s journey to bring awareness to sickle cell disease
TERRAN WRIGHT is one of over 20 million people worldwide who live with sickle cell disease (SCD). He has been using triathlon as the vehicle to inspire people to see adversity as opportunity. On this…
December 9, 2025
Take the time you need to recover from depression
DEPRESSION CAN affect anyone, even those who seemingly have it all. The death of a loved one, loss of a job or the ending of a relationship are difficult experiences for a person to endure. It is…
December 9, 2025
by Keisha Hill
What is depression?
IF IT feels like we are all a bit more anxious or depressed, it might be because we are. A new national report, published by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),…
December 9, 2025
Elizabeth Morgan | 80th UN General Assembly: an unpredictable high-level week
THE 80TH session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) commenced on September 9. This should be a session commemorating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations in 1945 with…
December 9, 2025
Sean Major-Campbell | Letter to Gordon House
Dear Gordon House, Under Jamaica’s bicameral system our legislature comprises the upper house and the lower house which facilitates necessary oversight for good governance. Jamaica is depending on…
December 9, 2025
J’can repatriated from Eswatini after 2 months
A Jamaican man who was among five migrants deported by the United States to Eswatini in Africa has been repatriated to his home country, Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith confirmed last…
December 9, 2025
Jamaican man deported by US to Eswatini back home, says Johnson Smith
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kamina Johnson Smith says the Jamaican man who was deported by the US to Eswatini is now back home in Jamaica. Orville Etoria, was deported to Eswatini in July and held…
December 9, 2025
by Ashley Anguin
Tomlinson’s hat-trick gets Irwin’s season going
A HAT-TRICK from Nicardo Tomlinson helped carve out a much-needed win for Irwin High when they smashed Herbert Morrison Technical High 3-0 in their ISSA daCosta Cup Zone A clash at the Irwin High…