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December 24, 2025
Give priority to the issue of shelters
THE EDITOR, Madam: Given the current disruptions to the schools that are still facilitating Hurricane Melissa victims, permanent and practical solutions must be found. In this era of climate…
December 24, 2025
Letter of the Day | Whose oil is it – Venezuela’s or US’s?
THE EDITOR, Madam: ‘Trump’s ‘oily’ reasoning is not entirely unreasonable, as it is ExxonMobil that added their technology to the raw material to create Venezuela’s wealth from oil in the finding and…
December 24, 2025
Norris McDonald | Climate change, water poverty and rural crises we neglect!
Jamaica’s chronic water shortage in rural communities and the impact of neglect on food security is a ticking time bomb. Are we ready to address the crisis, or will history continue to repeat itself?…
December 24, 2025
by Neville Graham
Rum industry takes a shot
The Jamaican rum industry projects a double-digit decline in output for the 2025-2026 season, a blow reverberating across the sugar and spirits sectors due to the impact of Hurricane Melissa. …
December 24, 2025
Elizabeth Morgan | At Christmas, friction in CARICOM – T&T versus the rest
We are in Christmas week, a period that should be about joy, hope, generosity, peace and love. There has been a very strange build up to this Christmas. There has been the lingering pall of the…
December 24, 2025
JPS Foundation gives a helping hand to Brown’s Town Community College
Fourteen students at Brown’s Town Community College (BTCC) will benefit from a $1 million JPS Foundation partnership to support its electrical installation programme. Sophia Lewis, head of the…
December 24, 2025
Many Rivers to Cross Jamaica
THE EDITOR, Madam: The Jamaican governments do not wield the power people think it does. More than half of the expectations placed on it are beyond its control. The power lies with the two per cent…
December 24, 2025
Bank of England cuts rates by one vote
The Bank of England on Thursday cut its key interest rate for the first time in four months as stubbornly high inflation that has plagued British consumers and businesses starts to ease. The central…
December 24, 2025
by Nicola Cunningham
Jazz classics, carols blend at Jamaica Pegasus
It was an evening filled with smooth syncopated rhythms and clear improvisations as the Blend Bar at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel hosted a gathering of jazz enthusiasts who turned out to enjoy Thursday…