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A sign that reads “Closed due to federal government shutdown”, is seen outside of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, October 6, 2025.
December 9, 2025

US shutdown delays release of critical inflation figures

The United States government shutdown is delaying another major economic report, leaving policymakers at the Federal Reserve with a cloudier picture even as the economy enters a challenging phase of…
A woman carrying a child walks away with food from the World Food Program (WFP) at the Jean Marie Vincent High School which has been turned into a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in the Tabarre neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
December 9, 2025

Basil Jarrett | From cholera to child soldiers: Remembering Haiti’s children

I REMEMBER my high-school history lessons on Haiti. Once proudly declared to be the first black republic and first independent state in the Caribbean, Haiti now owns the unenviable title of being the…
A malnourished child is checked on by a doctor from a travelling pharmacy at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, October 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrice Noel)
December 9, 2025

Doctors Without Borders permanently closes its emergency center in Haiti's capital

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday that ongoing violence in the capital of Haiti has forced it to permanently close its Port-au-Prince emergency care center, which had…
Governor General Sir Patrick Allen laying a wreath at the monument of National Hero Marcus Garvey in National Heroes Park on the occasion of Garvey’s 130th birthday in August 2017.
December 9, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Marcus Garvey ‘the greatest black man ever’

THE CAMPAIGN against Marcus Garvey in the US came from the wider community and people within his own organisation. Chief among his detractors were W.E.B. DuBois, Wilfred Adolphus Domingo, and A.…
Former Suriname President, Chandrikapersad Santokhi (Right) and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
December 9, 2025

Former Suriname president hopes son's immigration status in the US will be treated 'fairly'

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC -Former Suriname president, Chandrikapersad Santokhi says he hopes that the detention of his son in the United States in connection with his immigration status “will be…
Radley Reid (left) and Donald Patterson (right), directors of the Rotary Club of St Andrew North Education Foundation, present education grants to Lilly Anne Douglas and Victor Stewart of The University of the West Indies. The recipients were two of four s
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Rotary Club of St Andrew North Education Foundation awards $280,000 in grants to needy students

Some of the team members from Jamaica Broilers Group and its Best Dressed Chicken and Hi-Pro divisions, alongside NEPA’s Leonard Francis (second right), chief executive officer, and Monique Curtis (right), manager of Ecosystems Management Branch, after t
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | JBG removes over 400 pounds of waste from Hellshire Bay Beach

More than 30 volunteers from Jamaica Broilers Group (JBG) joined forces with the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) to remove over 400 pounds of waste from Hellshire Bay Beach in St…
Some of the more than 300 young people who participated in the MultiCare Youth Foundation series of empowerment and development activities under the European Union-sponsored BRIDGE Project, at the graduation and close out ceremony, held at The Jamaica Pega
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands| Hundreds of youth benefit from BRIDGE Project

Close to 60 young people attended the graduation and close-out ceremony for the European Union (EU)-sponsored BRIDGE Project, on October 9 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. These graduates…
Immediate Past President of the Rotary Club of Kingston East & Port Royal Melissa Anderson (second left, front row) and Andrea Livingstone-Prince (second right), cohort chair and member of the club with trainers from TPDCo and TeenHub.
December 9, 2025

Growth & Jobs | Rotary Club of Kingston East & Port Royal prepares St Thomas youth for jobs

IN RESPONSE to the urgent need for more skilled workers to fill jobs that have and will be created by the rapid economic and community development, the Rotary Club of Kingston East & Port Royal is…