Commentary
14 Nov, 2025
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Tony Deyal | Truth about dump and shallow brute
Jasmine Crockett, a 44-year-old American lawyer, focusing on legislation to improve the lives of everyday working people, said about Trump, the 47th President of the United States (US) made it clear,…
14 Nov, 2025
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Michael Taylor | From the weight of waiting to the agony of the aftermath
I first wrote these reflections while we were still waiting for Hurricane Melissa to make landfall – a nation caught between forecasts and fear. Now that it has passed, and the resulting devastation…
14 Nov, 2025
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Audrey Hinchcliffe | Cleaning and sanitisation critical after Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa’s disastrous effects on people, homes, businesses and communities heighten our awareness of the need for cleaning and sanitisation as an integral part of recovery. Foremost on our…
14 Nov, 2025
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Garth Rattray | Mental-health challenges after Hurricane Melissa
Although Hurricane Melissa tore a destructive path through the west of Jamaica and caused disruption across most of the island, every Jamaican - here and in the diaspora - was badly affected by its…
14 Nov, 2025
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Orville Taylor | Protecting the protectors
Just imagine that your mother is a doctor, on the frontline in the middle of a pandemic or national emergency, while her family is left wanting. Worse, while fighting to save the lives of many,…
13 Nov, 2025
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Editorial | Housing Melissa’s victims
Letter writer, Pastor Daniel Singh’s, suggestion that Jamaica lean on cruise shippers to use their vessels to temporarily accommodate people displaced by Hurricane Melissa is unlikely to gain…
13 Nov, 2025
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Peter Espeut | Doing the little we can
Last Wednesday, the same happy crew as last week (with two additions) journeyed to the west with relief supplies for some of those affected by the winds and rain of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa. This…
13 Nov, 2025
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Kristen Gyles | Not doing anything?
Over the weekend, I visited a hospital in Kingston and happened to have a discussion with a doctor who was on duty. The doctor was fully dressed in army gear and was clearly an employee of the JDF.…
12 Nov, 2025
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Editorial | Bolstering local government
Kingston’s mayor, Andrew Swaby, advanced a truism with his call this week for an update of Jamaica’s small building code in the wake of Hurricane Melissa that caused widespread devastation in the…