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Paul Scott, chairman of General Accident Insurance Company Jamaica Limited.
December 9, 2025

GENAC to enter new Caribbean markets, rebalance property and motor portfolios

General Accident Insurance Company Jamaica Limited, GENAC, is in the process of expanding further into the Caribbean, and is also looking to grow its share of the motor insurance market while…
Founder of the MistyBlue Cancer Care Foundation, Dorothy Satchwell, is accompanied by Gerald Miller, Westmoreland health promotion and education officer, as she engages in a lively discussion on cancer treatment.
December 9, 2025 by Mickalia Kington

Westmoreland taking aim at prostate cancer and breaking cultural barriers

Western Bureau: The fight against prostate cancer takes centre stage this month in Westmoreland as the parish gears up for a major health fair aimed at mobilising men to take their health seriously.…
December 9, 2025

The nest is empty

It’s that time of year when many parents see their kids head off to college or leave home to start their working lives. For parents and guardians, experts say, the separation from their children can…
December 9, 2025

Poems

Set me free I am walking out because I must flee Before sadness opens the grave and swallow me I am leaving not to be with someone else I am leaving you for me, its time to uproot the tree Because the…
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…