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Flooded farmland in Bog Hole, Clarendon, following the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
April 28, 2026 by Olivia Brown

Hurricane losses still bite Clarendon farmers

Six months after Hurricane Melissa sowed devastation across sections of Jamaica, leaving flooded fields, shattered infrastructure and livelihoods in ruins, farmers in Clarendon are still reaping the…
A section of the Claremont Market remains roofless months after Hurricane Melissa.
April 28, 2026 by Carl Gilchrist

Claremont Market still roofless

Vendors and customers who use the Claremont Market in St Ann continue to endure disruption as the building remains without a roof, six months after Hurricane Melissa tore through the parish in October…
Deidre Powell
April 28, 2026

Immigration Corner | Work permits and age: Is 57 too late?

Dear Ms. Powell, I am 57 years old. At my age, is it possible for me to get a work permit to work in Canada? Thanks, C.G. Dear CG, Yes. It is possible to obtain a Canadian work permit at age 57. Age…
Dahlia Walker-Huntington
April 28, 2026

Immigration Corner | Can my daughter live with someone else?

Good day Mrs Walker-Huntington. My daughter’s father was filed for, and she was on her father’s filling. They went to the United States but my daughter never met the family before so the living…
April 28, 2026

Immigration Corner | How to correct an error on a British citizenship certificate

Dear Mr Bassie, I need to correct an error on my British citizenship certificate. Any information that you can provide on how this should be done would be welcomed. Thanks in advance. E.P. Dear E.P.,…
Reggae singer Yaksta.
April 28, 2026

Yaksta gets real on ‘Roar’

Recording artiste, Yaksta, says that his latest single, Roar, calls for structure and authenticity in an era where many things are counterfeit. “Yaksta is cutting straight through the noise,” a…
Fadi Al Zein, who lost both his homes in Israeli strikes in his village of Khiam and in Dahiyeh, smokes a water pipe inside his heavily damaged home in Beirut’s southern suburbs of Lebanon.
April 28, 2026

Gordon Robinson | A luta continua

Pundits worldwide are speculating on who’s winning the war between USA/Israel and Iran/Lebanon. Donald Dumdum keeps saying he obliterated Iran’s military assets and already won the war. Yet, long…
Representational image of a youngster chatting online with an anonymous person.
April 28, 2026

Michael Abrahams | Exposing a ‘rape academy’

In September 2020, French police arrested a man named Dominique Pelicot for secretly taking photographs beneath women’s clothing (upskirting) in a supermarket. Unfortunately, that was just the tip of…
April 28, 2026

Letter of the Day | Jamaica’s cannabis industry needs realism, not hype

THE EDITOR, Madam: Jamaica’s cannabis industry deserves serious discussion, not easy slogans. Too often, we speak as if domestic reform automatically created wide export access. It did not. Jamaica…