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December 9, 2025

Caribbean Airlines to cut flights between Ja and Ft Lauderdale in November

Caribbean Airlines will discontinue its Fort Lauderdale to Montego Bay and Fort Lauderdale to Kingston routes effective November 2, 2025, just a few months after resuming the service following a…
Bulla is defined as “a small, round, flat cake from Jamaica, made with flour, molasses, brown sugar, and various spices and flavourings such as ginger, nutmeg, coconut, and pineapple”.
December 9, 2025

From ‘bulla’ to ‘carry-go-bring-come’

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP): The Caribbean has elbowed its way into the Oxford English Dictionary with 12 new words commonly used in the region that officials publicly recognised on Wednesday. The…
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December 9, 2025

How a mother’s vision grew into St Ann’s trusted family bookstore

Twenty years ago in Brown’s Town, St Ann, Sandra DaCosta opened a small bookstore with a simple goal: to provide for her family. What began as a small venture quickly blossomed into Direct Books &…
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December 9, 2025

Scotia Insurance powers 22 students back to school with scholarships

Almost two dozen families began the new school year with a financial boost, thanks to Scotia Insurance. Twenty-two outstanding students, representing Scotiabank branches islandwide, have each been…
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December 9, 2025 by Neil Armstrong

Five selected for inaugural Jamaica Diaspora Impact Awards

TORONTO: Five outstanding Jamaican-Canadians will be celebrated by the Consulate General of Jamaica in Toronto for their contributions to justice, business, education, health, community and youth…
Amina Taylor
December 9, 2025

Stop platforming those who seek to divide us

Charlie Kirk’s memorial service last Sunday galvanised a touchstone moment for far-right conservatism and American nationalism. If you previously had no idea who the right-wing pundit was, you’d be…
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December 9, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Enslaved African converted by the Moravians

THE SERIES started with, among other things, the question of how a formerly enslaved African, Aniaso, renamed Archibald John Monteath, came to be buried in the Carmel Moravian Churchyard in…
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December 9, 2025

Growth & Jobs | Preparation, negotiating and grit touted as MSME success drivers

MICRO, SMALL and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are being urged to put compliance, governance and financing at the centre of their growth strategies, with experts stressing that early preparation…
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December 9, 2025

Public pressure

The public defender has demanded that police make body-worn cameras mandatory in all operations, joining rights groups in calling for urgent reforms after the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Jahmar…