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27 Dec, 2025
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Letter of the Day | Be a support system this holiday season
THE EDITOR, Madam:
27 Dec, 2025
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Behind every cloud of adversity, there’s a silver lining
THE EDITOR, Madam: Hardship is often seen as evidence of failure and unworthiness – especially when others with equal chances seem more positive and self-fulfilled than you. It may result in…
27 Dec, 2025
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Najae Murray | Strengthening TVET accreditation for national development
Jamaica’s economy depends on a workforce ready for change. Yet, our technical and vocational education and training (TVET) system remains segmented. A unified, high-standard accreditation framework is…
27 Dec, 2025
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Hybrid approach best suited for development
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to the letter ‘Many rivers to cross Jamaica’, published in The Gleaner on December 24. The phrase, many rivers to coss, was popularised by Jimmy Cliff…
27 Dec, 2025
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Tony Deyal | Christmas for a better new year
First of all, I should have gone earlier to put things together and make sure they worked, demanded and liked by my wife especially. Unfortunately, I waited too long. Going into the weekend…
27 Dec, 2025
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JPS lights up Treasure Beach
WESTERN BUREAU: A large Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Emergency Mobile Power Generation Unit now supplying electricity to Treasure Beach and surrounding communities was officially launched on…
27 Dec, 2025
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Hotelier praises JPS as Treasure Beach regains electricity
WESTERN BUREAU Treasure Beach hotelier Jason Henzell has welcomed the deployment of the Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd (JPS) Emergency Mobile Power Generation Unit, describing the response as…
27 Dec, 2025
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Standing firm amid fury
Western Bureau: As Hurricane Melissa tore across Jamaica on October 28, crippling power grids and shutting down water supply systems mainly in the western region, one machine high in the Cockpit…
27 Dec, 2025
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St James Health Department to launch $60m rodent, mosquito control programme
WESTERN BUREAU: Amid the ongoing restoration work in St James in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, the St James Health Department says it will be conducting an unprecedented $60-million rodent and…