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06 Dec, 2025
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Canadians among several arrested in St Elizabeth cocaine bust
A quantity of cocaine has been seized and several persons, including two Canadians, have been arrested in a major operation now under way in St Elizabeth, sources have disclosed. The amount of…
06 Dec, 2025
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Christopher Burgess | Rebuild housing in western Jamaica
Almost six weeks ago, Hurricane Melissa devastated western Jamaica and exposed long-standing inequalities. It damaged 190,000 homes and hit the most vulnerable — families in board houses on leased and…
06 Dec, 2025
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Editorial | Kishore Shallow must go
Kishore Shallow, the president of Cricket West Indies, clearly doesn’t get it.
06 Dec, 2025
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Don Anderson | WI batters show value of applying themselves
Current West Indies cricket captain Roston Chase was recently quoted as saying, after a series of poor batting performances by the WI test team, that the real challenge for the team was the weaknesses…
06 Dec, 2025
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Orville Taylor | Delicate balances
Sometimes the lines between competing positions can become so blurred, that one wonders if the ultimate objective can be accomplished. Two persons jumped to the front of the news last week. Member of…
06 Dec, 2025
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Garth Rattray | The paradoxical desocialisation by social media – Part 2
I am a huge fan of the WhatsApp social media platform. I’m somewhat embarrassed to admit that I get hundreds of messages daily. WhatsApp was especially helpful in maintaining stability, connectivity,…
06 Dec, 2025
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Springs to the rescue as St James water crisis deepens
A worsening water crisis in St James has forced residents across the parish to depend on roadside springs and makeshift catchments for basic household needs, even as health officials warn that the…
06 Dec, 2025
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Edmund Ridge fury
Less than a year after moving into his new two-bedroom home at Edmund Ridge Estates in St James, homeowner Anthony Davis has begun extensive interior renovations. The house was among several severely…
06 Dec, 2025
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NO VOTE ON GAY UNION BLESSINGS
The Boulevard Baptist Church membership last month voted down a proposal from its pastor, Reverend Devon Dick, to add to the agenda of a business meeting a discussion and vote on whether same-sex…