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December 9, 2025
Editorial | Do COVID-style transfers
Garnett Reid, the president of the Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ), succinctly encapsulated the argument this newspaper has been making since Hurricane Melissa devastated the western…
December 9, 2025
Climate-resilient housing not optional
THE EDITOR, Madam: The vulnerability of Jamaica’s building stock to hurricanes in the order of a Category 5 hurricane was dramatically exposed in the passage of Hurricane Melissa. The impact was…
December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | Re: Hurricane Melissa’s lesson for constitutional reform
THE EDITOR, Madam: Rosalea Hamilton’s article, ‘A Lesson for Constitutional Reform’, lands with precision. Hurricane Melissa did more than devastate the western parishes; it exposed the cracks in…
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December 9, 2025
by Mickalia Kington
Supplies flow from diaspora to parishes ravaged by Hurricane Melissa
WESTERN BUREAU: When Hurricane Melissa battered Jamaica’s southern and western parishes nearly a month ago, the silence it left behind — dead phones, vanished roads, unanswered calls — sparked a wave…
December 9, 2025
Norris R. McDonald | Zohran Mamdani and Gen-Z’s rebellion against US power brokers!
ZOHRAN MAMDANI, a self-declared democratic socialist, has achieved what many thought was impossible: he defeated the Democratic party’s old guards, including Andrew Cuomo, to become New York’s mayor.…
December 9, 2025
Building a sustainable future for Jamaica’s football
THE EDITOR, Madam:
December 9, 2025
Jamaica Diaspora Council elections postponed
Elections for members of the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council have been postponed until January next year. Voting for the council members was slated to run from November 20 until December 13 but a…
December 9, 2025
Protect against the deadly leptospirosis
THE EDITOR, Madam: Since the passing of the recent storm, we have tragically lost several Jamaicans to leptospirosis. As a public health specialist, I am compelled to write this letter to urge the…