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18 Sep, 2026
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Rock Solid scales staff eightfold on tank demand
Rock Solid Plastics Ltd turns out up to 150 water tanks a day from its Kingston factory and now employs 40 people, up from five when it started in 2020. The company said demand has held steady as…
18 Sep, 2026
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Insurers, dealers face recovery-plan rules as FSC consultation closes
The Financial Services Commission (FSC) closed public consultation on Wednesday on guidelines that would require insurance companies and securities dealers to keep board-approved recovery plans…
18 Sep, 2026
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Self-satisfying approach colts the game
THE EDITOR, Madam: At their village in the foothills of the Bull Head Mountain, Farmer Joe and his compadres gathered for their usual libations. His, in welcoming them to his home, commented briefly…
18 Sep, 2026
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Kristen Gyles | Policing bathroom use
The recent bathroom incident involving a Grade Five George Headley Primary School student gave many of us unpleasant flashbacks. It is certainly not an unfamiliar occurrence. The child’s father told…
18 Sep, 2026
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Ibex cuts 1,405 Jamaican workstations, shuts half island centres
Outsourcing provider Ibex Ltd closed two of its four Jamaican delivery centres and cut 1,405 workstations from the island during the financial year to June, stripping out 37 per cent of its Jamaican…
18 Sep, 2026
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Movie Review | Zach Cregger, Austin Abrams find humour amid ‘Resident Evil’ gore
AP: “I only use guns in video games,” says Bryan ( Austin Abrams), our frustrated protagonist, trying to piece together a machine gun while his impatient companion urges him to hurry. “It’s confusing…
18 Sep, 2026
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Peter Espeut | Restorative justice and reparations
It is an established principle in ethics that, when a wrong is done, there must be reparations. On a personal level, God forgives sin but he also requires reparations for sin: extensive prayer and…
18 Sep, 2026
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Rehabilitation must drive prison planning
THE EDITOR, Madam: The word ‘security’ with reference to prisons refers, for most people, to the physical confinement of their inmates. It means that the confinement must be stringent, tight,…
18 Sep, 2026
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Letter of the Day | Every child deserves a family
THE EDITOR, Madam: I was elated to read the news item in The Gleaner, ‘Int’l experts to help fix adoption gaps’, and that Jamaica is moving to strengthen its adoption and foster-care systems with the…