The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) stands as a beacon of healthcare and medical education for the Caribbean. Yet, a recent performance audit by the Auditor General’s Department has exposed deep-rooted…
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Dena Spence Hyatt | Supporting women beyond career versus motherhood debate
As a society, we repeatedly stress the importance of women bearing children, often warning that “time is running out”. At the same time, recent demographic data show declining fertility rates, prompting concerns about…
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL: It Wasn’t About the Water
Jesus chose to go through Samaria (John 4:4-30), a decision that appears ordinary on the surface but carries deep significance. Others often avoided that route to bypass cultural tension and long-standing hostility, yet…
AI + Retail: Walmart’s Gemini Partnership Signals a New Era of “Agent-Led Commerce”
Walmart and Google recently announced a strategic expansion that may fundamentally change how people shop online: customers will soon be able to use Google’s AI assistant Gemini to discover and buy products directly…
How Chef Anthony Dacres Opened Suriname’s First Jamaican Restaurant
When COVID hit, private chef Anthony Dacres lost all his clients. Not one to stay down for long, he pivoted into marketing and began running a marketing agency for restaurants. Over time, his…
Jamaican-Born Roger Harriott Named 2025 National Football Coach of the Year
St. Thomas Aquinas head football coach Roger Harriott has been named the 2025 National Football Coach of the Year by the National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA), in partnership with High School Football…
Jamaica Among 11 Caribbean Countries Affected by U.S. Immigrant Visa Processing Suspension
The United States has announced a pause in immigrant visa processing for nationals of 75 countries, including 11 Caribbean nations, alongside countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. The…
Mickel Jackson | Jamaica’s historic crime reduction amid security forces killing surge
As we enter 2026, Jamaica confronts a stark paradox. In 2025, the nation achieved a historic breakthrough: murders fell to a provisional 673, the lowest annual total in over three decades and a…
Jalil Dabdoub | The goat, sheep, and the world order – The fall of principle
Bruce Golding’s recent article in the Jamaica Observer, titled ‘Things fall apart’ in almost every respect, is a truthful and courageous reckoning with the collapse of the post-WWII rules-based international order. The article,…
Mickel Jackson | Jamaica’s historic crime reduction amid extra-judicial killings
As we enter 2026, Jamaica confronts a stark paradox. In 2025, the nation achieved a historic breakthrough: murders fell to a provisional 673, the lowest annual total in over three decades and a…