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The mangled remains of a house that was destroyed by Hurricane Melissa a year ago
01 Nov, 2026 0

Bent by the storm, never broken

Each year, as November begins, Jamaicans exhale a little. The Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30, begins its final stretch, and the island that has weathered so much…
 Fr. Sean Major-Campbell
01 Nov, 2026 0

Sean Major-Campbell | Poverty in our neighbourhood

Shelter poverty prevails where an individual or family exists at the mercy of the elements. A national poverty rate is not necessarily indicative of the critical structural integrity of the built…
01 Nov, 2026 0

Dwight Fletcher | Your excuses are not the final word

In last week’s article, we looked at how God chose Gideon, an unlikely candidate, to lead Israel out of oppression by the Midianites. Gideon did not see himself as a mighty warrior, but God saw beyond…
Agbo
01 Nov, 2026 0

Gabriel Agbo | Obedience is key to defying premature death

When we live a holy life and totally walk in obedience to God’s laws and leading, then, it will become almost impossible to die untimely through sickness, diseases, enemy’s attacks, demonic arrows,…

Primary school children carry flowers before throwing them out to sea on the anniversary of the death of Cuban revolutionary leader Camilo Cienfuegos in Regla.
01 Nov, 2026 0

Gordon Robinson | Love thy neighbour

I’ve repeatedly written that God issued no “Commandments” properly-so-called to Moses or anyone else. Not even the Old Testament, whose reliance on hellfire and brimstone is notorious, uses that word…

Representational image of students in STEM class.
01 Nov, 2026 0

Densil Williams | Modernise or die: It is that simple

The literature on economic competitiveness, both at the microeconomic and macroeconomic levels, was not born by accident. It is derived from deep analytical and reflective work on what we refer to as…
Dignitaries pose for a photo at the launch of the CHOGM 2026 in St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda on November 1.
01 Nov, 2026 0

Shirley Botchwey | The Commonwealth has 2.7 billion reasons to act

Ours is not a new realisation. The Commonwealth is responding to what world leaders have acknowledged for many years: ‘business as usual’ cannot reverse the unsustainable course on which the world…

Half of this home in Bog, Westmoreland crumbled during the passage of Hurricane Melissa last October.
01 Nov, 2026 0

Dayton Campbell | We survived the storm, but we are still waiting for the recovery

On October 28, 2025, the eye of Hurricane Melissa came ashore at New Hope, and for a few terrible hours the wind took everything that was not tied down and much that was. The roofs were gone, but the…
Rt Rev Leon Golding
01 Nov, 2026 0

Hillcrest Retreat Centre marks 25 years of ministry

The Hillcrest Diocesan Retreat Centre in Brown’s Town, St Ann, will mark 25 years of ministry on today, with a service celebrating its contribution to spiritual renewal and growth within the Diocese…