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December 9, 2025
Mohamed El-Erian | Powell’s last chance to protect the Fed
As Jerome Powell approaches the end of his term as chair of the US Federal Reserve in May 2026, the central bank’s standing is lower – and its vulnerability greater – than it has been in decades. This…
December 9, 2025
A new Whitney Houston duet? How Calum Scott made a song with late star
NEW YORK (AP): It sounds impossible, but that’s the magic of it. On Thursday, a new Whitney Houston song arrives 13 years after her death. English singer Calum Scott is responsible. The single is a…
December 9, 2025
Music Review: Ed Sheeran returns to his roots on ‘Play’
NEW YORK (AP): Ed Sheeran has long sought to bring people together with his music, whether it be his emotionally resonant acoustic ballads or unproblematic, danceable pop hits. Play, his eighth studio…
December 9, 2025
Gordon Robinson | Vazland breached!
Post election, the loudest public kerfuffle surrounded the query “how cum ‘Action Ann’ lose to ‘Little Youth’ in East Portland?” I was among those pre-election pundits who carelessly placed Portland…
December 9, 2025
Zimbabwean homeowners face land sales and demolitions dilemma
THE EDITOR, Madam: It’s sad and painful that ZANU-PF has historically used land as a means of consolidating political loyalty. Stands are sometimes handed out at rallies or through party-linked…
December 9, 2025
Discrimination against Trinidad and Tobago travellers
THE EDITOR, Madam: There is a troubling inconsistency in Jamaica’s travel health policies that deserves urgent attention. Passengers arriving from Trinidad and Tobago are currently required to…
December 9, 2025
The neem tree: Quiet healer and ancient inspiration
Standing under the generous shade of a neem tree ( Azadirachta Indica), one senses more than just relief from the mid-day sun. Here is a living symbol of history, health, culture, and inspiration.…
December 9, 2025
by Dave Rodney
Audley Davidson: 25 years at the organ at St Andrew Parish Church
When the extraordinarily talented organist and choir director Audley Davidson walks into the sanctuary and sits at the pipe organ console at the St Andrew Parish Church, his commanding presence is…
December 9, 2025
by Keisha Hill
2025 Carlton Alexander Memorial Bursary awards excellence
‘Lights, Camera, Legacy’, was a powerful reminder to the 2025 Carlton Alexander Memorial Bursary recipients, as they were encouraged to step out into the spotlight, during the 35th staging of the…