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Zeney Van Der Walt of South Africa dips for the finish line ahead of Sanique Walker of Jamaica to win gold in the final of the girls 400m hurdles at IAAF U18 World Championships at the Kasarani Stadium in July 2017 in Nairobi, Kenya.
December 9, 2025

Editorial | It’s the JAAA again …

The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) is prone to unforced error and own-goals that disenfranchise athletes. And unless the JAAA can mount a compelling case to the contrary, it seems…
Dr Patrick Antoine, chief executive officer and technical director, Caribbean Private Sector Organization (CPSO), addresses the audience during a joint CPSO and Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica Business Breakfast Forum in St James last July.
December 9, 2025

Study identifies US$1.3b in potential savings through CARICOM import diversification amid US tariffs

The CARICOM Private Sector Organization (CPSO) has estimated that CARICOM member states could achieve annual savings of US$1.3 billion by diversifying their import sources away from the United States,…
A romantic, intriguing and restful place to call home.
December 9, 2025

Dream House | Bengal Beach Beauty: A childhood dream restored

A beachfront home is considered worldwide as the most romantic, intriguing and restful place to call home, and this one, occupying part of Bengal Beach, in Rio Bueno, near the border of Trelawny and…
Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon.
December 9, 2025 by Christopher Thomas

Permits required to rear animals within MoBay’s city limits, says mayor

WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon has indicated that residents may rear animals within the city’s limits but they must do so in a way that does not disrupt their communities and only…
Michelle Williams, VP Records’ regional director of Caribbean and Latin America, and Professor Densil Williams, principal of the UWI, Mona campus, at the launch of the VP Foundation ECEM Scholarship.
December 9, 2025

VP Foundation and UWI launch ECEM Scholarship

On Tuesday, the Vincent and Patricia VP Foundation, in partnership with the Institute of Caribbean Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Education at the University of the West Indies, Mona, officially…
Senior Superintendent Eron Samuels, police commander for St James.
December 9, 2025 by Adrian Frater

Crime down to a trickle

Western Bureau: With 55 fewer murders than the corresponding period last year, Senior Superintendent Eron Samuels, the police commander for St James, drew appreciative laughter at Thursday’s monthly…
Archibald Monteath’s grave at Carmel Moravian Church in Westmoreland.
December 9, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Captured, and arrived in Jamaica

TWO SUNDAYS ago, we conclude Part I with: “The distinction of his funeral was conveyed not only by the attendance of white landowners, who turned up at the funerals of black elites, such as…
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December 9, 2025 by Christopher Thomas

WRHA blames miscommunication for issue with pharmacy interns, says matter settled

WESTERN BUREAU: St Andrade Sinclair, the regional director of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), says poor communication was responsible for last Thursday’s outcry by pharmacy interns, who…
Winnie Harlow dons an off-the-shoulder SRVC jumpsuit with a statement curly ‘fro.
December 9, 2025

Something Extra | Saturday

The Kering Foundation’s Caring for Women dinner took centrestage on Thursday, during New York Fashion Week. Stars including Dakota Johnson; Anna Wintour; Chloe Malle, Vogue US’s new head of editorial…