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March 29, 2026
by Robert Bailey
Douglas promises more to come
Holland High School standout Shanoya Douglas says there is much more to come from her even after a spectacular performance at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships at the…
March 29, 2026
by Mickalia Kington
Tangled and dangerous
Five months after the passage of Hurricane Melissa, the danger hasn’t passed. It’s hanging – literally – over nearly every road, sidewalk, and gate in Westmoreland, especially in the capital. What…
March 29, 2026
Garth Rattray | Death in milliseconds
Despite the annual carnage on our roads, many drivers are not considering the innumerable ways that they are endangering themselves and other road users.
March 29, 2026
Byron Blake | Hurricane Melissa: To sue or not to sue, that is the question
On October 28, 2025, Hurricane Melissa clobbered Jamaica with an uppercut, the ferocity of which has never been measured before. It was as straight as it was clean. There was no doubt about the source…
March 29, 2026
Editorial | Fixing the NaRRA Bill
The bill to establish the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA), the agency to lead Jamaica’s post-hurricane reconstruction, gets several important things right. But there are many…
March 29, 2026
Orville Taylor | Ghana leads with UN resolution
India and China said “Yes!” Only 330 million live in the US. In Israel there are around 10 million inhabitants. Abstaining is not the same as voting “No!” although in certain elections, it could count…
March 29, 2026
Foreign visitors aplenty raring to go for Carnival in Ja; Xodus touts focus on experience
The magnetic pull of Jamaica’s cultural charm keeps foreign carnival enthusiasts returning annually to play mas. Just ask European national Lavinia Laber, who plays mas locally with Xodus. “The…
March 29, 2026
by Dudley McLean II
The art of prayer: Learning to be still in a noisy faith
In an age where prayer is often reduced to hurried words, urgent requests, or public performance, we may have forgotten something essential: prayer is not first what we say to God, but how we respond…
March 29, 2026
Mickel Jackson | Climate justice beyond the rhetoric
There is no climate justice without social justice. Small island developing states like Jamaica, which emit a negligible fraction of the world’s greenhouse gases, bear a disproportionate brunt of the…