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December 9, 2025
MoBay hotel opens media base in MoBay to support journalists after Hurricane Melissa
The S Hotel in Montego Bay has converted its entertainment lounge into a media base to assist journalists in western Jamaica struggling with communication and connectivity issues following the passage…
December 9, 2025
Chasm of star-spangled bewilderment
THE EDITOR, Madam: Whether we like it or not, Washington, DC, is the epicentre of politics for the rest of the world, with so much hypocrisy, utter confusion and vainglorious rhetoric emanating from…
December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | Build trust through real-time audit of post-Melissa expenditure
THE EDITOR, Madam: Since the passage of Hurricane Melissa, there have been public concerns about accountability in the spending of recovery funds. The Jamaica Accountability Meter Portal recalls how,…
December 9, 2025
A love letter to Jamaica
THE EDITOR, Madam: My beloved island home has gone through a lot over centuries, but Hurricane Melissa was more than we could have bargained for. We faced that monster together and we have survived.…
December 9, 2025
by Marcia Thomas
A requiem for historic buildings in Black River
I have always been interested in the history of the parish of St Elizabeth, which was the parish of my mother. Her family roots run deep in the parish. Her grandmother, Adelaide Shaw, was born in Ivor…
December 9, 2025
Stephen Vasciannie | Shiprider agreement should safeguard Jamaica’s national self-respect
Some of the main aspects of Jamaica’s relationship with the United States of America within the Caribbean Sea are governed by the Agreement Concerning Cooperation in Suppressing Illicit Maritime Drug…
December 9, 2025
Orville Taylor | John Crows to the rescue
Sunday is a day of rest for them, because the popular Jamaican folk song reports; our turkey vultures, “John Crow, say him no wuk pon Sunday.” Her logic might sound as if sucked into the eye of…
December 9, 2025
Garth Rattray | What if Hurricane Melissa landed in Kingston?
Category 5 hurricane Melissa was described as “catastrophic” as it approached our shores, and then rapidly transformed from a tropical storm into a monstrous hurricane packing wind gusts of up to…
December 9, 2025
Woman killed in St Thomas hit and run
The Bath police in St Thomas are searching for the driver of a motor car who failed to stop after their vehicle killed a 68-year-old woman on Thursday. The victim has been identified as Paulette…