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Yoni Epstein
25 Nov, 2025 0

Yoni Epstein | Outsourcing beyond the storm

On October 28, Jamaica witnessed a once-in-a-generation storm, a Category 5 hurricane, the largest to make landfall on the island since Hurricane Gilbert in 1988, and we are just beginning to…
This photo shows JPS crews carrying out restoration work in Montego Bay, St James.
25 Nov, 2025 0

JPS to use Bogue Island facility to help restore electricity in the west

In an effort to reconnect the remaining 25 per cent of Jamaica Public Service (JPS) customers who still remain without electricity, especially in the western parts of the island, the sole power…
Two Malay girls check a mobile phone at a fabric installation decoration at Kwai Chai Hong, the Chinatown area in downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)
25 Nov, 2025 0

Malaysia to ban social media for children under 16 next year

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia plans to ban social media accounts for people under 16 starting in 2026, joining Australia and a growing number of countries pushing tighter digital age limits…
South African President Cyril Ramaphos addresses the opening session of the G20 leaders’ summit, in Johannesburg, South Africa on November 22.
25 Nov, 2025 0

Elizabeth Morgan | COP30 and G20 outcomes – Disappointing

ON MONDAY morning with the announcement of the death of one of Jamaica’s most outstanding reggae music pioneers, Jimmy Cliff, the temptation was to focus on his career, his achievements, including his…
Garnett Reid, president of the Small Business Association of Jamaica.
25 Nov, 2025 0

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…
Letters
25 Nov, 2025 0

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…
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Fayval Williams (second right), listens to a point being made by Ambassador of Belgium to Jamaica, Ellen De Geest (right), while welcoming the arrival of 200 generators donated by the government of Belgium to sup
25 Nov, 2025 0

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…
Imani Murdock created her own relief drive following her personal experience with Hurricane Beryl last year.
24 Nov, 2025 0

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…