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25 Aug, 2026
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The Shipping Schedule
JAMAICA FREIGHT & SHIPPING CO LTD KINGSTON INDIGO I 25/08 CONTSHIP ART 25/08 SEABOARD VENTURE 26/08 CONTSHIP ART 26/08 COSCO HELLAS 27/08 CONTSHIP FOX 27/08 MAGELLAN STAR 27/08…
25 Aug, 2026
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Growth & Jobs | JN Foundation supports entrepreneurs rebuilding after Melissa
When Hurricane Melissa tore through sections of Jamaica last year, it left behind a trail of destruction - flattened homes, uprooted crops - and abruptly halted livelihoods. For many families, the…
25 Aug, 2026
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Shipping | SAJ urges shipping sector to prepare for high-value cheque changes
The Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) is urging shipping and maritime businesses to act quickly to prepare for changes to the processing of high-value cheques, warning that inadequate preparation…
25 Aug, 2026
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Michael Abrahams | Political weird stuff
Over the past few weeks, I inadvertently conducted a social experiment of sorts. I wrote newspaper articles and social media posts criticising both major political parties, the Jamaica Labour Party…
25 Aug, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | Memories by the score
In the wee hours of March 24, 2021, two days before her birthday, the Old Ball and Chain received a phone call that broke our hearts. Initially it was Liz on the phone. But she wasn’t able to continue…
25 Aug, 2026
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Readers’ reactions
Left in Limbo This home needs intervention, Grandma cannot manage these boys and, if help doesn’t happen now, we’re going to be reading about them in the news. OCA, CPFSA or whatever need to step…
25 Aug, 2026
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Letter of the Day | The burden of landlessness
THE EDITOR, Madam: The challenge of the lack of land ownership by the majority of Jamaicans has come to the fore once again with the treatment of the residents of Coopers Pen, Trelawny. The very…
25 Aug, 2026
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Hutchinson plans to rally Labourites for JLP’s fourth term
WESTERN BUREAU: While J.C. Hutchinson will be stepping down as the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) deputy leader in charge of Area Council Four come October, he has made it clear that he plans to remain…
25 Aug, 2026
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Editorial | The legitimate war on drugs
The Gleaner shares National Security Minister Horace Chang’s concern over the surge of cocaine seizures in Jamaica, which suggests a resurgence in the use of the island as a transshipment hub for…