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Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis
December 9, 2025

Editorial | Real-time audits warranted

The decision by the auditor general (AuG) to conduct real-time audits of foreign aid to Jamaica in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa is a welcome move that need not add bureaucracy to, or delay, the…
From left: Dr Dahlia Blake of Memorial Healthcare System; Captain Barrington Irving Jr, pilot and educator; and Dr Je‑Anne Beaufort of Memorial Healthcare System, after delivering more than 100,000 pounds of medical supplies to Jamaica in the wake of Hur
December 9, 2025 by Keisha Hill

Captain Barrington Irving Jr delivers medical supplies, equipment

Jamaica-born pilot Captain Barrington Irving Jr and his non-profit Experience Aviation team, in partnership with Florida-based Memorial Healthcare System and the Buju Banton Foundation, have delivered…
Steve Mahon, the caretaker at the Sir Alexander Bustamante Monument in Blenheim, Hanover
December 9, 2025

Blenheim battered but Busta’s monument escapes Melissa’s wrath

WESTERN BUREAU: Amid the widespread destruction left behind in Hanover, one remarkable symbol of resilience remains: the monument to Jamaica’s first prime minister and National Hero, Sir Alexander…
People walk outside BBC Broadcasting House in London, Tuesday, November 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
December 9, 2025

UK government defends the BBC as critics circle and Trump threatens to sue

LONDON (AP) — Britain's government rallied to the defence of the BBC on Tuesday after allegations of bias from its critics and the threat of a lawsuit from US President Donald Trump over the way…
Actor Tyrese Gibson (left) dances with the Iberostar team, which included entertainment manager at JOIA Rose Hall by Iberostar, Deivy Noel (right), and the entertainment dance group in the background.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Iberostar reopens in high spirits, welcomes Tyrese Gibson on relief mission

WESTERN BUREAU: Two weeks after Hurricane Melissa battered Jamaica’s tourism belt, the Iberostar Rose Hall complex in Montego Bay, St James, roared back to life on Monday, welcoming its first new…
Hungarian-British author David Szalay poses for photographers with the trophy after winning the Booker Prize 2025 for his book ‘Flesh’ during a ceremony at Old Billingsgate in London, Monday.
December 9, 2025

Writer David Szalay wins Booker Prize for fiction for ‘Flesh’

LONDON (AP): Canadian-Hungarian-British writer David Szalay won the Booker Prize for fiction on Monday for Flesh, the story of one man’s life from working-class origins in Hungary to mega-wealth in…
A woman walks in front of a SoftBank store in the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, January 20, 2020.
December 9, 2025

Japan’s SoftBank sells shares in Nvidia for US$5.8b, turning its focus to OpenAI

Japanese technology giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its stake in Nvidia, raising US$5.8 billion to pour into other investments. It also reported its profit nearly tripled in the first half of…
Arsenio Dominguez, secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization, speaks at an event on the energy transition of global shipping during the COP30 UN Climate Summit on Monday, November 10, 2025, in Belem, Brazil.
December 9, 2025

UN shipping regulator advocates for industry emissions fee at COP30

The head of the International Maritime Organization, an agency of the United Nations, said Monday he was continuing to “advocate and campaign” for global regulations to move the shipping industry away…
Berger Paints Jamaica General Manager, Dwaine Williams, inspects the buckets before their deployment to support Hurricane Melissa recovery efforts.
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | BPJL partners with private sectors’ hurricane relief programme to provide water relief to central and western parishes

Berger Paints Jamaica Limited (BPJL) has joined forces with the private sectors’ hurricane relief programme to provide essential water relief to communities across central and western Jamaica affected…