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Looking at the Queer Agenda after its unveiling are (from left) Belgian Ambassador Ellen De Geest; Louise McCollin, head of political affairs and communications of the British High Commission; Glenroy Murray, executive director of Equality for All Foundat
December 14, 2025 by Erica Virtue

‘It’s a performance’

The Equality for All Foundation Jamaica, formerly the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG), has challenged what it describes as performative opposition from sections of Jamaica’s…
Dr Maria Myers-Hamilton, managing director of Spectrum Management Authority.
December 14, 2025

Gov’t regulator moves to shut down IC probe

The Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) has gone to court to block an ongoing investigation by the Integrity Commission (IC), accusing the anti-corruption body of acting illegally and abusing its…
Teacher Juliet Ellis (left) with former student Tonielia Rowe and her mother. Toniecia Pollock.
December 14, 2025 by Erica Virtue

A cut above

Tonielia Rowe’s eighth-place regional finish in textiles, clothing and fashion in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations feels like a first-place victory for Greater…
Amelia McKnight, the now-grade 12 Old Harbour High student who placed ninth regionally in the family and resource management CSEC exam.
December 14, 2025 by Erica Virtue

Shy student becomes regional standout

Amelia McKnight has achieved regional and national success in a subject she admits her family had neither the skills nor resources to fully practise: budgeting. Her ninth-place regional finish in…
A ‘PEACE ON EARTH?’ sign is posted on the top of a nativity display, which features an ICE WAS HERE sign in the spot for the baby Jesus, outside St Susanna Church in Dedham, Mass on December 9.
December 14, 2025

Church Nativity scenes add zip ties, gas masks and ICE to protest immigration raids

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP): One baby Jesus lays in a manger in the snow, wrapped in a silver emergency blanket with his wrists zip-tied. Mary stands nearby outside the Lake Street Church in Evanston,…
Tracy Herrmann says the four tattoos getting lasered are part of her past and that’s where she wants them to stay.
December 14, 2025

If you want that tattoo erased, it’s going to hurt and it’s going to cost you

DETROIT (AP): Colin Farrell’s had it done – many times. So have Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox. Heck, even Bart Simpson did. Whether it’s Marilyn Monroe’s face, Billy Bob Thornton’s name, a sultry rose…
Emergency workers standby at Bondi Beach after a reported shooting in Sydney, Australia on December 14, 2025.
December 14, 2025

Gunmen kill at least 11 people in attack on Jewish holiday event in Australia

Two gunmen attacked a Jewish celebration on a Sydney beach Sunday, killing at least 11 people in what Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an act of antisemitism and terrorism. The…
December 14, 2025

Suspended sentence for man caught stealing oranges from St Catherine-based juice company

St Catherine resident Jermaine Deer has been handed a two-year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to stealing oranges from Trade Winds Citrus Limited, a juice manufacturer based in the parish. …
December 14, 2025

Two men held in St Thomas murder of St Catherine truck driver

Swift action by the St Thomas police has led to the apprehension of two men suspected of killing a St Catherine truck driver in Wheelersfield, Golden Grove, on Friday night. The deceased has been…