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August 29, 2026
How can firefighters fight major blazes amid water shortages?
THE EDITOR, Madam: The massive fire at Superior Auto Parts Hagley Park Road has highlighted a potentially serious vulnerability in Jamaica’s emergency response system: what happens when firefighters…
August 29, 2026
Letter of the Day | The magnificence of Dolly Parton
THE EDITOR, Madam: A confession: I was a latecomer to appreciating Dolly Parton. While I have always been a lover of classic country music, her drag-queen costume of rhinestones, wigs and surgical…
August 30, 2026
Something Extra | Saturday
More than 750 runners and walkers laced up on Sunday for the Forestry Department’s inaugural 5K, turning a morning of fitness and family fun into a show of support for the restoration of Jamaica’s…
August 30, 2026
Music Review | Busta Rhymes, J Dilla’s ‘Dillagence II’ sees two giants together again
NEW YORK (AP): Twenty years ago, in 2006, Detroit producer J Dilla died from complications from lupus. He was 32. The hip-hop visionary, born James Dewitt Yancey, left behind an unimpeachable legacy,…
August 29, 2026
Ronald Sanders | Pledges and promises don’t stop the killing in Haiti
For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in…
August 29, 2026
Ukraine’s war gives new meaning to Homer’s Odyssey
KYIV, Ukraine (AP): War’s timeless ache – death, captivity, the agonising wait and the pull of home – has found a new stage in wartime Kyiv, with Homer’s epic reimagined as a contemporary Ukrainian…
August 29, 2026
Tony Deyal | Is age just a number or two?
The English writer and barrister, John Mortimer, who famously joked about ageing, wrote, “The ageing process is not gradual or gentle. It rushes up, pushes you over, and runs off laughing.” He also…
August 30, 2026
by Janet Silvera
GoodHeart | Stellar Foundation opens new worlds for youth
WESTERN BUREAU: Romulus Deenah just wanted to take his new friends sailing. But there was one problem: some of them couldn’t swim. It was an ironic, though not uncommon, reality on an island…
August 29, 2026
by Erica Virtue
Rural parishes shine at JLS National Awards
Rural parishes swept the national awards at the Jamaica Library Service (JLS) 2026 National Reading Competition finale, with Portland copping two top honours and a mother and her son being named…