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December 9, 2025

Oran Hall | Bonds are risky too

Bonds are popular with investors who are keen on the safety of their principal, expecting to receive all of their principal on the maturity date. The experience of some investors, including the…
December 9, 2025

Cedric Stephens | A new play book needed to boost regional financial resilience

One of my more faithful readers, a former country head of a global American insurance giant, shared an article with me last month that forms part of today’s content. Its bona fides were excellent: an…
December 9, 2025

Francis Wade | The hidden danger for companies in falling crime

You have undoubtedly heard the good news: major crime has fallen in Jamaica. Perhaps you have your doubts about these reports, but as a corporate leader, you may be missing something important. Could…

A pan of a section of the Grand Market at CARIFESTA XV in Barbados.
December 9, 2025

Amitabh Sharma | Grand Market – fuzzy, warm, on a crescendo

Grand Market – the mention of it brings fond memories for many. It is the time of the year when festivities are in the air, the breeze is cool ... and, of course, it’s the ‘most wonderful time of the…
Montel Gordon
December 9, 2025

Montel Gordon | Why does voter apathy persist in Jamaica’s elections?

The latest general election witnessed a historic third term for Andrew Holiness and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), overcoming Mark Golding and the People’s National Party (PNP) – the points of…
Pastor Helen Ann Brown
December 9, 2025

Helen Ann Brown | Snippets from the life of St Augustine

YOU MAY have heard of Saint Augustine. Let’s drop the title saint and call him Augustine. Before his conversion to Christianity, Augustine’s full name was Aurelius Augustinus. He was born in Tagaste,…
Pastor Helen Ann Brown
December 9, 2025

Helen Ann Brown | Raising great short men

RAISING GREAT short males is a unique feat. Only a few parents recognise the challenge raising short males presents. We live in a culture that has developed its own standards of acceptability and…
Remy Walter (right), founder, Jamaica Skate Culture Foundation, presents Dr Kevin Brown (centre), president, University of Technology, Jamaica, with a Skate Culture branded skateboard on August 7, inside the Alfred Sangster Auditorium. Participating in the
December 9, 2025

Jamaica’s first indoor skatepark launched at UTech

The Caribbean School of Architecture (CSA), University of Technology, has launched Jamaica’s first indoor mobile skatepark which is a fully transportable facility, equipped with a professional mini…
Dr Trudy McFarlane
December 9, 2025 by Neil Armstrong

Jamaican-led men’s health interest group donates scholarship

TORONTO: A Jamaican-led men’s health interest and prostate cancer support group has chosen September, Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, to offer a scholarship to black medical students at the new…