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20 Sep, 2026
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Drought pushes NIC to pump more water
The National Irrigation Commission Limited (NIC) says it is pumping and distributing more water than usual to farmers as the prolonged drought continues to put pressure on agricultural production…
20 Sep, 2026
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Farmers facing price squeeze
A veteran farmer is pushing back against the perception that farmers are responsible for the high prices consumers pay for food. Angella Jones, a 53-year-old from Flagaman with more than 30 years…
20 Sep, 2026
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As schools ration water, farmers struggle to earn enough to keep children in class
The prolonged drought gripping St Elizabeth is reaching beyond the parish’s farms, disrupting family incomes and putting pressure on schools to conserve water while keeping classes in session. In some…
20 Sep, 2026
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Garth Rattray | My views on reparations for slavery
Culture Minister Olivia Grange led a Jamaican delegation to London to hand-deliver a petition addressed to King Charles III, asking him to “refer three legal questions to the Judicial Committee of the…
20 Sep, 2026
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Byron Blake | What does ‘consultation’ mean for the victims of Hurricane Melissa?
Consultation. A most-used, perhaps abused, term in modern democracies and media. Politicians and policymakers claim that they are always involved in it. Constituents are always demanding it. But…
20 Sep, 2026
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Mariame McIntosh Robinson | Is Jamaica facing a human capital crisis or opportunity?
A challenge often cited by businesses is access to capital, and Jamaica has made significant advances in deepening its sources of equity capital, while banks continue to be a staple of the financial…
20 Sep, 2026
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Orville Taylor | Worrying suicide rate
One of my favourite callers on Radio Jamaica 94 FM Hotline, in his usual fashion, pulled an item of national significance from the news. The topic was suicide, and the story appeared in the Jamaica…
20 Sep, 2026
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$11m passport penalty - Government ordered to pay as Supreme Court rules confiscation of passport violated businesswoman’s rights
The Supreme Court has ordered the Government to pay a Westmoreland woman over $11 million after it found that immigration authorities violated her constitutional rights when they took her off an…
20 Sep, 2026
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Kennedy tells anti-vaccine activists they have a friend in Trump’s White House
WASHINGTON (AP): Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave the keynote address at a conference of an anti-vaccine activist group he once chaired, telling the hundreds in…