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14 Dec, 2025
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Gov’t regulator moves to shut down IC probe
The Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) has gone to court to block an ongoing investigation by the Integrity Commission (IC), accusing the anti-corruption body of acting illegally and abusing its…
14 Dec, 2025
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Garth Rattray | Standstill traffic causes standstill business
Nowadays, I find myself either quoting or referring to my father (of blessed memory). He was a visionary trapped in and limited by a flawed bureaucratic system ... a system that still exists today.…
14 Dec, 2025
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Editorial | Clarity on the recovery package
With impressive speed, the Jamaican Government and its international financial partners announced a US$6.7 billion package to finance the island’s reconstruction from the destruction from Hurricane…
14 Dec, 2025
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‘It’s a performance’
The Equality for All Foundation Jamaica, formerly the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG), has challenged what it describes as performative opposition from sections of Jamaica’s…
14 Dec, 2025
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Christopher Burgess | Upgrading insurance and infrastructure
Hurricanes are becoming more destructive. What cost Jamaica under US$1 billion in the 1950s now costs nearly US$9 billion in 2025 — damaging roads, water systems, cutting power to most of the island,…
14 Dec, 2025
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Hello mi neighbour | Want to be happy? Practise the golden rule daily
SO OVERWHELMING was *Erick’s love for *Erica at first sight, that marriage proposal was immediate. Couldn’t wait! Whether or not she was spoken for at that time didn’t seem to bother Erick at all.…
14 Dec, 2025
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Denise Eldemire-Shearer | Older persons and upside and flipside of technology
For older persons, technology covers a wide array of things, ranging from at-home devices to social media, especially WhatsApp, to financial management, and there are differing attitudes and responses…
14 Dec, 2025
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Oran Hall | Re-investing the proceeds of a matured bond in another
Recently, my friend shared with me that his wife wanted to know what to do with the proceeds of bonds she owned that were due to mature soon in light of calls she had received from her investment…
14 Dec, 2025
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Yaneek Page | Should Jamaicans turn to Amazon for income after Hurricane Melissa?
A reader from Westmoreland who wrote to me recently shared a question that many people across the western parishes are now asking as they try to rebuild their lives after Hurricane Melissa. “Hey…