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23 Nov, 2025
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Ukraine and Western allies meet in Geneva to discuss US peace plan
GENEVA (AP) Talks between Ukraine and its Western allies on a US-proposed peace plan to end Russia's invasion got underway in Geneva on Sunday, Ukrainian officials. The head of the Ukrainian…
23 Nov, 2025
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Lloyd Barnett | Fixed dates for general and by-elections
The question of whether or not there should be fixed election dates has been one of long and intense debate. Section 64(2) of Jamaica’s Constitution provides that Parliament continues for five years…
23 Nov, 2025
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Ronald Thwaites | Paths to recovery?
Explain to us, simple folks, how economic recovery is engineered when probably half of our people have lost most everything and have no earnings to pay for food and provide shelter. Faced with this…
23 Nov, 2025
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Editorial | CARICOM resilience bond
The visit to hurricane-ravaged western Jamaica last week by a muster of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders was meant as a demonstration of regional solidarity.
23 Nov, 2025
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Letter of the Day | Understanding the need for NARA
THE EDITOR, Madam:
23 Nov, 2025
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Garbage pile-up in Bogue Village posing serious health hazard
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am a resident of Bogue Village in Montego Bay and I am deeply concerned about the growing pile-up of garbage in our community. Since Hurricane Melissa almost a month ago, no…
23 Nov, 2025
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This is no laughing matter
THE EDITOR, Madam: Soon after joining my first ship as a 16 year-old boy, I purchased a short-wave radio and can remember tuning into the international stations as the ship criss-crossed the oceans;…
22 Nov, 2025
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Patterson: Vulnerable countries must demand climate justice
Former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson says small island states like Jamaica, which are highly vulnerable to climate change despite contributing little to global emissions, must use every international…
22 Nov, 2025
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Mighty Gully, Prince Amaan upstage foreigners
LOCAL-BRED RUNNERS, MIGHTY GULLY and PRINCE AMAAN, yesterday turned back Americans, BULLETPROOFCOFFEE and CHAMPION BUBBLER, to win divisions one and two, respectively, of the Racehorse Aftercare…