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08 Nov, 2025
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Greta Merrill | The world unites in the face of crisis
In these trying times for the environmental movement, it can sometimes feel impossible to find the (solar-powered) light. In September the International Day of Preservation of the Ozone Layer (or…
08 Nov, 2025
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Lloyd Barnett | Identification and status of the head of state
In the previous articles in this series, I expressed the opinion that at present it appears that Jamaica will change from a monarchical form of Constitution to a republican form but that the…
08 Nov, 2025
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Ronald Thwaites | Choices have consequences
The Minister is right. Each local school board has the practical and legal responsibility to determine how and when to resume school after Melissa.The role of government is to harvest the most urgent…
08 Nov, 2025
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DIVIDED WE STAND
A NUMBER of ISSA/WATA Manning Cup coaches have expressed mixed views on whether the Corporate Area schoolboy football competition should resume following the devastating passage of Category 5…
08 Nov, 2025
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Rico Henry earns first Reggae Boyz call-up as McClaren names 26-man squad for final World Cup qualifiers
Rico Henry, defender for English football club Brentford, has earned his first call-up to the Reggae Boyz as preparations intensify for Jamaica’s final two matches in the Concacaf World Cup…
08 Nov, 2025
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Alsion Roach-Wilson, who rose from homelessness to lead Jamaica’s diplomatic mission in New York, has died
Jamaica’s diplomatic community is mourning the passing of Alsion Roach-Wilson, Consul General to New York, who died on Saturday at her home. She had been battling breast cancer Foreign Affairs…
08 Nov, 2025
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Edwin Allen and Clarendon NW’s fight to recovery
Before Hurricane Melissa made landfall, administrators at Edwin Allen High School decided to send home some 120 students who boarded on campus. Now, in the aftermath of the Category Five storm – which…
08 Nov, 2025
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Apprentice jockey charged in armed robbery of Portmore business
The police have have charged a 21-year-old apprentice jockey in connection with the armed robbery of a business establishment in Newlands, Portmore, last month. He is Delroy Eric Walker, a…
08 Nov, 2025
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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…