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December 9, 2025
Kristen Gyles | Better safe than sorry
Jamaica is very highly prone to natural disasters and specifically hurricanes, considering its position in the Atlantic hurricane belt. Although the last time we got a direct hit from a hurricane…
December 9, 2025
Peter Espeut | Hope springs eternal
Two days ago (last Wednesday) my wife and I accompanied a few friends on a journey to the isolated community of Seaford Town in deep rural Westmoreland on a mission of mercy. Hurricane Melissa made…
December 9, 2025
Editorial | A subterranean grid
Andrew Holness has put the issue of subterranean power lines back on Jamaica’s agenda, but the matter, in the current circumstances, insists on a deeper, and more urgent, discussion than the prime…
December 9, 2025
Doing the right thing
THE EDITOR, Madam: Hurricane Melissa has passed but her impact remains etched into our lives (and will be for eons to come) – in the broken homes, the grieving hearts, and the quiet resilience of…
December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | Let ‘...justice, truth, be ours forever…’
THE EDITOR, Madam: As the relief supplies come into the island from the many sources of concern and assistance, both those directly connected to Jamaica and others simply wanting to help, it is…
December 9, 2025
Police await further analysis after autopsy finds UWI student died from asphyxia
The police are awaiting further analysis of evidence in the death of University Of the West Indies, Mona, student Victoria Hanley-Brown following an autopsy on Wednesday which said the primary cause…
December 9, 2025
FAA reducing air traffic by 10 per cent across 40 'high-volume' markets during government shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that it was taking the extraordinary step of reducing air traffic by 10 per cent across 40 "high-volume" markets…
December 9, 2025
by Neville Graham
Caribbean Chemicals batting for more farming in the east
Caribbean Chemicals & Agencies Jamaica Limited is urging farmers in eastern Jamaica to intensify production and adopt more efficient practices in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, which devastated…
December 9, 2025
by Gregory Bryce
JOB DONE BUT ...
DESPITE FALLING 0-1 to Trinidad and Tobago’s Defence Force yesterday in the second leg of the Concacaf Caribbean Cup semi-finals at the National Stadium, Mount Pleasant Football Academy advanced to…