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December 28, 2025

Yaakov Raskin | When life takes an unexpected turn: finding strength through divine providence

After Hurricane Melissa, many people’s realities got flipped 180 degrees. Familiar locations and routines were disrupted overnight. Not only were homes damaged, but work was halted, and families,…
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December 28, 2025

Dwight Fletcher | How do I build resiliency?

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I pray that you will experience the true hope of God in this holiday season. As we look towards 2026, it’s clear that we all need greater resilience. Wherever you…
December 28, 2025

Gabriel Agbo | What shall we do?

“... Ah, my lord, what will we do now?’ he cried out to Elisha. ‘Don’t be afraid!’ Elisha told him. ‘For there are more on our side than on theirs!’ ‘O LORD, open his eyes and let him see!” 2 Kings 6:…
People wait to refill their cooking gas canisters in Alamar, Havana province, Cuba, late on Saturday, May 31, 2025.
December 28, 2025

Sean Major-Campbell | Cuba’s Christmas and CARICOM’s New Year

It has been a difficult year for geopolitical dynamics and concerns around xenophobia, immigration, war, climate justice, and food security. Minorities are among the most vulnerable anywhere in the…
December 28, 2025

‘Happy New Year’ by being ‘Happy you’

As the new year arrives, greetings, resolutions, and hopes fill the air. We wish each other happiness, success, and peace, believing that a change of date may change life. But a deeper truth quietly…

In this 2021 photo people are seen shopping at the Grand Market in Linstead.
December 28, 2025

Share your gifts

A Jamaican Christmas has always been more than a date on the calendar. Long before the glitter of imported décor and the rush of modern commerce, Christmas in Jamaica was anchored in service,…

CIBC Bank Jamaica branch in New Kingston, Jamaica.
December 28, 2025

CIBC Jamaica profit plunges 88 per cent amid Hurricane

CIBC Caribbean Bank Jamaica Ltd made $45.9 million profit for its October 2025 year end or four-fifths less than a year earlier, as the bank grappled with the impact of Hurricane Melissa. It also…

Kevin Richards, CEO of Kingston Properties, speaks at the Kingston Properties Limited 15th annual general meeting in 2024.
December 28, 2025

Kingston Properties expands UK footprint, buys Dartford property

The listed entity, Kingston Properties Limited (KPREIT), has completed the acquisition of its third property in the United Kingdom for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition adds to its growing portfolio…

A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing the market indexes of Shanghai, Tokyo and New York Dow at a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan.
December 28, 2025

Asian shares were mixed and thin

Asian shares were mixed Thursday in thin holiday trading, with most markets in the region and elsewhere closed for Christmas. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 edged 0.1 per cent higher to 50,407.79. It has…