Art & Leisure
December 9, 2025
This orange flower cloaks Mexico during Day of the Dead
MEXICO CITY (AP) Lucia Ortiz trudges through endless fields of cempasúchil flowers, the luminescent orange petals of which will soon cloak everything from city streets to cemeteries across Mexico.…
December 9, 2025
Walking the path of resilience: The unbroken spirit
In the western parishes, the devastation by Hurricane Melissa has posed a brutal challenge to an equally formidable people. These lands carry deep roots. St Elizabeth, one of Jamaica’s oldest…
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December 9, 2025
Reclaiming peace from the electronic world
In today’s digital age, our lives revolve about screens, signals, and switches. From the moment we wake up to the time we fall asleep, technology remains one of our closest companion. We depend on it…
December 9, 2025
Terran Fielder | Art and renewable energy are a power couple
Art and climate action can coexist — and thrive. From solar sculptures to wind-powered light shows, creativity is lighting the path to a renewable future.
December 9, 2025
Jamaica’s signature – Lightness amid chaos
We all experienced nature’s brute strength. Some parts of Jamaica faced it more severely than others. Yet, what makes this island stand out is its spirit of lightness. Even in the face of destruction,…
December 9, 2025
Melissa’s wrath: The loudest warning yet
On the afternoon the winds came, I remember the sky darkening as though the earth itself were drawing a breath before the blow. When the storm, named Hurricane Melissa, struck Jamaica as a Category 5…
December 9, 2025
December 9, 2025
Poems
Jamaica Rising The stage curtain is drawn and the drums roll to reveal - a hurricane’s tragic toll the destruction - of extreme wind and rain laying bare our nation’s pain but, so too, our resolve…
December 9, 2025
Poems
Deadly intoxication A man named Mr. Set was driving his truck down the street His foot hit the gas like a boulder in water, rum, and beer in hand His thirst could not be quenched, one quart and four…