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South African President Cyril Ramaphos addresses the opening session of the G20 leaders’ summit, in Johannesburg, South Africa on November 22.
December 9, 2025

Elizabeth Morgan | COP30 and G20 outcomes – Disappointing

ON MONDAY morning with the announcement of the death of one of Jamaica’s most outstanding reggae music pioneers, Jimmy Cliff, the temptation was to focus on his career, his achievements, including his…
Garnett Reid, president of the Small Business Association of Jamaica.
December 9, 2025

Editorial | Do COVID-style transfers

Garnett Reid, the president of the Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ), succinctly encapsulated the argument this newspaper has been making since Hurricane Melissa devastated the western…
Letters
December 9, 2025

Climate-resilient housing not optional

THE EDITOR, Madam: The vulnerability of Jamaica’s building stock to hurricanes in the order of a Category 5 hurricane was dramatically exposed in the passage of Hurricane Melissa. The impact was…
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Fayval Williams (second right), listens to a point being made by Ambassador of Belgium to Jamaica, Ellen De Geest (right), while welcoming the arrival of 200 generators donated by the government of Belgium to sup
December 9, 2025

Letter of the Day | Re: Hurricane Melissa’s lesson for constitutional reform

THE EDITOR, Madam: Rosalea Hamilton’s article, ‘A Lesson for Constitutional Reform’, lands with precision. Hurricane Melissa did more than devastate the western parishes; it exposed the cracks in…
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November 25, 2025

Continuity and confidence: SAJ re-elects Robertson-Sylvester at 2025 AGM

Imani Murdock created her own relief drive following her personal experience with Hurricane Beryl last year.
December 9, 2025 by Mickalia Kington

Supplies flow from diaspora to parishes ravaged by Hurricane Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU: When Hurricane Melissa battered Jamaica’s southern and western parishes nearly a month ago, the silence it left behind — dead phones, vanished roads, unanswered calls — sparked a wave…
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani
December 9, 2025

Norris R. McDonald | Zohran Mamdani and Gen-Z’s rebellion against US power brokers!

ZOHRAN MAMDANI, a self-declared democratic socialist, has achieved what many thought was impossible: he defeated the Democratic party’s old guards, including Andrew Cuomo, to become New York’s mayor.…
Letters
December 9, 2025

Building a sustainable future for Jamaica’s football

THE EDITOR, Madam:
No specific date was given for when the elections will be held.
December 9, 2025

Jamaica Diaspora Council elections postponed

Elections for members of the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council have been postponed until January next year. Voting for the council members was slated to run from November 20 until December 13 but a…