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December 9, 2025
Kick-starting a healthier lifestyle? Start small
NEW YORK (AP): Wellness advice seems to be everywhere these days, but change can be hard. How do you start a journey toward better health that you can stick with, and not be overwhelmed? Among the…
December 9, 2025
What to know about the H-1B visa Trump has targeted with US$100,000 fees, generating confusion, fear
The Trump administration’s abrupt decision to slap a US$100,000 fee on H-1B visas has stunned and confused employers, students and workers from the United States to India and beyond. Since announcing…
December 9, 2025
King Charles to make delayed state visit to Vatican 6 months after death of Pope Francis
LONDON (AP): Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla are set to make a state visit to the Vatican in late October, six months after the trip was postponed due to the illness of the late Pope Francis.…
December 9, 2025
Rabbi Yaakov Raskin | I believe in G-d—or do I trust Him?
On all American coins and paper currency, the country’s national motto of “In G-d We Trust” is famously written. As we approach Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, taking place Sept 22-24, I want to…
December 9, 2025
Follow the Master’s command: Love your neighbour as you love yourself
How’s your day so far? Enjoyable, miserable or poko-poko. Caribbean definition of poko-poko: to take it easy. If you can’t say how yuh feeling right now, no problem, that’s a common response. Have…
December 9, 2025
by Andre Williams
1,000 BWCs coming
Under growing public pressure, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) on Thursday broke its silence on the controversial police killing of 22-year-old Jamar Farquharson while also taking aim at the…
December 9, 2025
by Leon Jackson
Cyberbullying a major concern in schools
WESTERN BUREAU: Darien Henry, principal of Montego Bay Community College, is urging parents to closely monitor their children’s use of tablets and mobile phones, warning that these devices can serve…
December 9, 2025
by Albert Ferguson
All J’cans, 50 Chinese laid off as Western children’s hospital almost finished
WESTERN BUREAU: Errol Greene, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, has confirmed that all Jamaican workers and 50 unskilled Chinese workers are no longer employed on the…
December 9, 2025
by Tanesha Mundle
Court hears Maitland paid deposit to clean sofa at car wash
A former supervisor at a Kingston car wash testified on Thursday that Constable Noel Maitland paid her a $2,000 deposit at the business in July 2022 after bringing in a sofa for cleaning.