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20 Nov, 2025
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JDF Coast Guard seizes cocaine valued over $3.7 billion off coast of Jamaica
The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) says the Coast Guard seized a little over 990 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of $3.7 billion dollars following a successful joint counter-narcotics…
20 Nov, 2025
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Ohene Blake | Cauterising the adverse economic impacts of Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa has devastated the western third or more of Jamaica. This is the prime real sector for economic growth. It is the centre of agricultural food production for the entire Jamaican and…
20 Nov, 2025
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Peter Espeut | God is not like humanity
Many of us Jamaicans are Old Testament people – which is fine if we follow the Jewish faith tradition. But if we are children of the New Covenant – the New Testament – then we follow a different…
20 Nov, 2025
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Collective recovery and smart planning post-Melissa
THE EDITOR, Madam: The devastation wrought by Hurricane Melissa has left Jamaica at a critical juncture. As we mourn the losses and rebuild our communities, we must also embrace the lessons offered…
20 Nov, 2025
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Melissa exposes critical need for TVET training
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing further to Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness’ statement to Parliament on November 6, which laid out a recovery framework anchored by the principle of “building forward…
20 Nov, 2025
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Letter of the Day | Hanover – the bypassed parish
THE EDITOR, Madam: Hanover happens to be the parish in which I was born and where I received my education up to the secondary level. My navel string is there. Throughout my lifetime, Hanover has…
20 Nov, 2025
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Devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa on small businesses
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing to express my deep concern regarding the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa on small businesses in the affected parishes across Jamaica.
19 Nov, 2025
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Missouri seeks federal help in pressing China for US$25 billion in COVID damages
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri has escalated its attempt to seize Chinese government-owned property across the United States, asking the Trump administration for help collecting on a roughly $25…
19 Nov, 2025
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Gas prices up $3.06, diesel up $4.50
Motorists will pay more for gas come Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move up by $3.06 to sell for $155.42 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go up by $3.06 to…