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December 21, 2025
Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie | Disaster debris isn’t just garbage
Drone footage and satellite images taken after Hurricane Melissa revealed a landscape littered with wreckage - trees stripped bare, vegetation ripped from the ground, roofing sheets, doors, windows,…
December 21, 2025
Hello mi neighbour | Remember victims of another sort
As we pour into the lives of Melissa’s victims especially those in western Jamaica, let’s remember victims of another sort residing in other sections of the island. “Poorness” prevents them from…
December 21, 2025
by Kimone Francis
Hunter takes aim at Tufton
Neurosurgeon Dr Roger Hunter has filed an application in the Supreme Court for an emergency judicial review, accusing Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton of dereliction of duty. At the…
December 21, 2025
Imani Tafari-Ama | Hurricane Melissa didn’t end — It moved inside us
When the winds died down and the floodwaters receded, what remained was not only broken infrastructure, but broken routines, broken security and broken peace of mind. And yet, our recovery discourse…
December 21, 2025
Dennis Minott | Sunlight now is cheaper than scandal later
The arrival of 117 Canadian electrical linesmen to assist the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) in restoring power after Hurricane Melissa has been greeted with official smiles, airport photo-ops,…
December 21, 2025
Stephen Vasciannie | Assessing Accompong assertions
The Maroons are a distinct but divided people. Some Maroons find their national identity through full membership of Jamaican society as Jamaican nationals, engaging in Jamaican cultural life, sharing…
December 21, 2025
Mark Wignall | What a nerve!
This comes with the most bold-faced audacity; The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) claiming seven per cent increase in electricity rates. What makes this so jarring to the nerves is what went down before.…
December 21, 2025
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December 21, 2025
Sorrel stockpiling aids Trade Winds during Xmas
Hurricane Melissa might have wiped out more than 90 per cent of Jamaica’s sorrel crop, but at least one local company had the foresight to stockpile the product in anticipation of increased demand for…