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29 Dec, 2025
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Ruthlyn James | Assessment queue is new locked school gate
In Jamaica today, children are not just being excluded at the school gates, they are being excluded in the assessment queue. A child may be fully enrolled, with fees paid yet still be functionally…
29 Dec, 2025
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Ronald Thwaites | Spotlight on accountability
This means being responsible for and responsive to each other. The redeeming national virtue of 2025 has been the generosity of spirit, that most sacred civic faculty, shown by so many Jamaicans to…
29 Dec, 2025
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Letter of the Day | Transparency crucial for oil exploration
THE EDITOR, Madam: On December 19, the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) attended what appeared to be United Oil & Gas’s third stakeholder session, at which the company discussed the next phase of…
29 Dec, 2025
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Christmas messages, New Year regrets
THE EDITOR, Madam: The Caribbean is awash during the December festivities with messages from our leadership that do not reflect the reality of the homeless, the unemployed and poor finances. This…
29 Dec, 2025
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StJMC CEO urges compassion for the less-fortunate
WESTERN BUREAU: Chief Executive Officer of the St James Municipal Corporation Naudia Crosskill has issued a powerful reminder that wealth and status offer no immunity from life’s uncertainties, as she…
29 Dec, 2025
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Finalists in JCDC FIWI Short Film Competition named
The top eight finalists in the JCDC FIWI Short Film Competition for 2025 have been named. They are: Paris Taylor – How to Not Gossip; Robert Tyme – Bun Dem; Seyvonnie Campbell – Signs of Inclusion;…
29 Dec, 2025
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For the Love of Jamaica
Music Executive Portia Clarke-Mellanaise and reggae and R&B star Maxi Priest display a symbolic cheque made out to the JN Foundation to assist in its Hurricane Melissa relief efforts. The funds…
28 Dec, 2025
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'Work of this nature takes time,' inspector says as criminal charges hit former SSL execs
The Constabulary Financial Unit (CFU) of the police force has acknowledged public expectations for "swift results" in the Stocks & Securities Limited (SSL) fraud probe but insisted that…
28 Dec, 2025
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Police credit operations, forensics for 59% drop in murders in Kingston East
The Kingston Eastern Police Division has recorded a 59 per cent reduction in murders so far this year, amid a general national decline in violent crime, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has…