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25 Oct, 2026
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Garth Rattray | Can Jamaica pattern Singapore?
I am very concerned about our little island and very worried about our future. It is extremely distressing to see the antecedents of societal decline slowly appear, become established, grow, and…
25 Oct, 2026
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Byron Blake | One year on: Hurricane Melissa and the Black River business community
Category 5 Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica just outside of Black River on October 28, 2025. The 195-mile-per-hour winds tore through everything in their path while tsunami-like waves washed…
25 Oct, 2026
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TPDCo launches Island Identity photography contest
Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo) is inviting Jamaicans to showcase the people, places, traditions, and experiences that define the nation’s character through the Island Identity…
25 Oct, 2026
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Dehring believes CWI public good status a given
Cricket West Indies (CWI) chief executive officer, Chris Dehring, is of the belief that his organisation has long since proved itself a public good. Dehring, in an exclusive interview with the…
25 Oct, 2026
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ZAMAR 2026 strikes a chord of praise at Swallowfield Chapel
Some of Jamaica’s celebrated instrumentalists took centre stage at Swallowfield Chapel on October 18, delivering an evening of musical praise as the church marked its 56th anniversary with ZAMAR 2026.…
25 Oct, 2026
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MELISSA RELIEF UNDER SCRUTINY - CAPRI report flags delays in spending donations, gaps in roof-repair records and lingering disruption to schools
Nearly a year after Hurricane Melissa devastated sections of Jamaica, a new Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI) report has raised questions about the country’s ability to turn disaster…
25 Oct, 2026
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Steven Golding | Karmic debt of Maafa and curse of reparations plaguing the British Government
Maafa is a Kiswahili term meaning “Great Disaster”. It is used by Pan-Africanists today to refer to the “African Holocaust”, which defines the centuries of horrific suffering, systemic destruction,…
25 Oct, 2026
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Patricia Green | Building resilient should entail preserving heritage architecture
The hurricane season returns to the Atlantic every year, from June till November, and Jamaica has been shaped by it for centuries, as the first anniversary of Hurricane Melissa approaches. Two…
25 Oct, 2026
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Fabio Barbosa dos Santos and Doreen Gordon | Brazil’s elections: What is at stake for the Caribbean and beyond
A significant electoral race is taking place in Brazil between Flávio Bolsonaro, son of the right-wing populist Jair Bolsonaro (currently under house arrest for his role in a 2022 coup attempt), and…