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December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | Time to shift focus: growth, not just debt reduction
THE EDITOR, Madam:
December 9, 2025
Air most foul
THE EDITOR, Madam: Depending on factors like age, health and environmental conditions, the human body’s survival limits are as follows: without oxygen – three to five minutes; without water – three…
December 9, 2025
Gabriel Agbo | Just before you give up – Part 2
SOME OF the bitter experiences you will have at the verge of your breakthrough are betrayal, envy, injustice and abandonment. And if indeed you have a great destiny, you must go through all these and…
December 9, 2025
December 9, 2025
Basil Jarrett | Nagging nurturers: The role of women in our survival
LAST WEEK, I wrote about the perils of ignoring prostate health, and, in the days since, I’ve been stopped everywhere, from supermarket aisles to my favourite patty shop, by women, yes, women, who…
December 9, 2025
Three people shot at a Dallas ICE facility and the shooter is dead, official says
DALLAS (AP) — Three people, including detainees, have been shot at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas and the shooter is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, federal…
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December 9, 2025
Trinidad and Tobago celebrating 49th anniversary of being a republic
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC -Trinidad and Tobago is observing the 49th anniversary of Republicanism with President Christine Kangaloo noting that there were persons who had questioned whether the…
December 9, 2025
Typhoon Ragasa batters Hong Kong and south China after killing dozens in Taiwan and the Philippines
SHENZHEN, China (AP) — Typhoon Ragasa, one of the strongest storms to hit Asia in years, whipped waves taller than lampposts onto Hong Kong promenades and turned seas rough on the southern Chinese…
December 9, 2025
AK-47 rifle seized, man held in St James police operation
The St James police on Tuesday seized an assault rifle with a magazine containing one round of ammunition during an operation in Farm Hill district, Rose Heights, in the parish. The Mount Salem…