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Editorial | Extend water-party ban

Given the drought Jamaica has faced, bouts of showers in recent days, associated with a trough in the central Caribbean, are a welcome development. It, however, doesn’t mean that the island is out of the woods. Jamaica remains in a meteorological and hydrological drought. Rainfall is still below historic averages and aquifers are too low to be recharged by quick, sharp showers.

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Half of this home in Bog, Westmoreland crumbled during the passage of Hurricane Melissa last October.
16 Oct, 2026 0

Kristen Gyles | While Hurricane Melissa victims wait

Imagine there’s a large 10-storey building down the road that has caught fire. The building has people in it. The building has very expensive equipment in it. The building has furniture in it. The…
16 Oct, 2026 0

Peter Espeut | Slavery and chattel slavery

I recommend that you watch the video recording of a seminar by John Shorter, held Thursday (October 8) by the African-Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank titled ‘Asante Goldweights and…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at the Pnyx hill, where ancient Athenians held democratic assemblies, with the ancient Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis in the background, in Athens, Wednesday, October 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
15 Oct, 2026 0

Editorial | The politics of an execution

America’s planned livestreaming of the firing-squad execution of Muslim-American former Army officer Nidal Hasan in December seems, in the context of a liberal democracy in the 21st century, a…
People salvage the contents of their destroyed mini mart in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaias in Milton, Florida, Saturday, October 10, 2026.
15 Oct, 2026 0

Dalila Gonçalves/Nahuel Arenas | Investing in resilient infrastructure:

It takes less than two minutes to lose a home – and with it, a lifetime of hard work and savings. Viviana Gil knows this firsthand. On August 10, a 7.4 earthquake in Colombia destroyed the apartment…
Dwayne Vernon
15 Oct, 2026 0

Dwayne Vernon | NaRRA: Hubris on the waterfront

The ancient Greeks had a word for the moment a powerful man starts believing his own press releases: hubris. They also had a word for what comes next: nemesis. Between the two lies a long history of…
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14 Oct, 2026 0

Editorial | Who has it in for the CCJ?

Were this newspaper given to conspiracy theories, it might believe that there is a deliberate attempt to undermine and collapse the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) from within. Either that, or some…
SG Shirley Botchwey
14 Oct, 2026 0

Elizabeth Morgan | Major upcoming events – The Commonwealth Heads and the US mid-term elections

Amid continuing concerns about economic issues and water woes, there are two important events approaching at the end of October into the first week of November. These are the 28th Commonwealth Heads…
Norris McDonald
14 Oct, 2026 0

Norris R. McDonald | Jamaica’s NHT: Black pride to government ‘piggy bank’

“Where there is no vision, the people perish!” That biblical warning echoes the philosophy of our National Hero, the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey. Today, it stands as a haunting indictment of…
13 Oct, 2026 0

Editorial | Ideas for NIS campaign

The planned study by the island’s pension industry on how prepared Jamaicans are to face retirement will probably produce plenty of data of value to policymakers, even if most people feel they know,…