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December 21, 2025
Dennis Minott | Sunlight now is cheaper than scandal later
The arrival of 117 Canadian electrical linesmen to assist the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) in restoring power after Hurricane Melissa has been greeted with official smiles, airport photo-ops,…
December 21, 2025
Stephen Vasciannie | Assessing Accompong assertions
The Maroons are a distinct but divided people. Some Maroons find their national identity through full membership of Jamaican society as Jamaican nationals, engaging in Jamaican cultural life, sharing…
December 21, 2025
Mark Wignall | What a nerve!
This comes with the most bold-faced audacity; The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) claiming seven per cent increase in electricity rates. What makes this so jarring to the nerves is what went down before.…
December 21, 2025
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December 21, 2025
Sorrel stockpiling aids Trade Winds during Xmas
Hurricane Melissa might have wiped out more than 90 per cent of Jamaica’s sorrel crop, but at least one local company had the foresight to stockpile the product in anticipation of increased demand for…
December 21, 2025
by Paul H. Williams
Of St John’s Anglican Church and Allison Morris – Part III Urges, hope, and anguish
Allison Morris, nee Francis, has a long familial connection to Black River, where St John’s Anglican Parish Church is situated, in St Elizabeth. She was christened and grew up in St. John’s, which she…
December 21, 2025
Sean Major-Campbell | Jamaica is here for Christmas and beyond
Recently, a clergy colleague sent a meme to me depicting a manger scene. The image of the Holy Family was missing. In its place stood a sign which read. “ICE was here.” The message was palpable. The…
December 21, 2025
Local publisher partners with top US university in book deal
Kingston-based Ian Randle Publishers (IRP) has entered into a partnership agreement with the renowned Johns Hopkins University in the United States that will see the publication of two new books each…
December 21, 2025
Gabriel Agbo | It is Christmas!
It is Christmas! We are about celebrating the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Christmas is the most celebrated day in the world today. In fact, some people begin to plan for it as soon as…