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December 11, 2025
Earth Today | ‘We choose’
THE LATEST publication of the Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7) has identified “five interconnected solution pathways” to achieve transformation it describes as being necessary for human and…
December 18, 2025
Father Bull steps up for St James
When Hurricane Melissa swept across Jamaica, the Father Bull Restaurant in Greenwood, St James, faced damage unlike anything in its history. Solar panels were torn away, the outdoor deck buckled, and…
December 11, 2025
by Paul H. Williams
An artful Christmas from Olympia Gallery
Olympia Gallery, at 202 Old Hope Road, Kingston 6, is one of Jamaica’s best-known art spaces, with works always on sale. The gallery is housed in a distinctive building designed by Jamaican engineer,…
December 11, 2025
Audrey Stewart-Hinchcliffe | After Hurricane Melissa: Environmental impact on public health and safety
After the hurricane, the environment is impacted by flooding, erosion, and contamination from sewage, dead animals, debris, agricultural waste and chemical substances. The effect is already being…
December 11, 2025
Letter of the Day | Caribbean Cassandra Complex – failure or not ?
THE EDITOR, Madam: Cassandra, the Greek myth of a woman cursed to tell truths that no one believes, must resonate throughout the islands of the Caribbean. A United Nations Development Programme…
December 11, 2025
Seya Wilson | Hurricane Melissa and the climate future we cannot ignore
Hurricanes of Melissa’s intensity are not meant to appear with such frequency, nor develop such destructive force just moments before landfall. Yet here we are, facing the climate reality scientists…
December 11, 2025
Mystic Thai team launches Mezza Luna Mediterranean restaurant
The Kingston and St Andrew dining scene welcomed a new restaurant this week as Mezza Luna opened its doors on Tuesday. This restaurant introduces locals to an exciting array of Mediterranean fusion…
December 11, 2025
What rule of law is being celebrated?
JLP hails ‘victory for rule of law’ after court rejects election challenge by Paul Buchanan THE EDITOR, Madam: Regarding the above captioned article in your publication, when judges make…
December 11, 2025
SSP Diaries | Setting the stage for global destruction – Part 1
IN TODAY’S world many of us are losing sight of the fact that modern conflicts have negative impacts upon our own well-being and make it even more difficult for small island developing states to…