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Today's Issue Published: Monday, November 17, 2025
Lead Stories

WAKE-UP CALL

In the aftermath of the catastrophic damage caused by Hurricane Melissa, calls are growing for Jamaica to launch a serious national dialogue on decentralisation. The Category 5 storm made landfall in New Hope, Westmoreland, nearly three weeks ago...

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News

Former school football coach freed of sex assault convictions

The Court of Appeal has quashed the sex-assault convictions of former high school football coach Kevin Williams, ruling that the trial judge caused a “miscarriage of justice” by refusing to postpone the case when Williams chosen lawyer was...

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Sports

UNDAUNTED

JAMAICA FOOTBALL Federation (JFF) President Michael Ricketts says the Reggae Boyz are fully prepared to knock off Curaçao tomorrow night and deliver the countrys long-awaited return to the FIFA World Cup. The crucial Concacaf final-round Group B...

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Entertainment

Fraternity pays tribute to Joe Lickshot after his sudden death

When it comes to colourful, larger-than-life characters, the reggae-dancehall space has produced its fair share. And none was more colourful that the man named Harold Jackson, but known to all as Joe Lickshot, “the original pioneer from ancient day...

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Commentary

Editorial | Dodgy Olympics women's 100m plan

World Athletics decision to schedule the three rounds of the womens 100 metres race for the opening day of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics is a coup for marketers. For, as Sebastian Coe, the president of World Athletics, framed the development, it...

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Letters

Letter of the Day | The long journey back
THE EDITOR, Madam: The suffering caused by Hurricane Melissa is real, and it runs deep. I am especially burdened by the plight of our children and the elderly. The displacement, trauma and educational loss children now face cannot easily be...

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Lifestyle

Something Extra | Monday

GQ marked its 30th annual Men of the Year celebration with an intimate dinner inside the Châteaus famed Room 64, where headliners Hailey Bieber and fellow cover stars, including Stephen Colbert, Seth Rogen, SZA, and Clipses Pusha T and Malice,...

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World News

A new push to track cattle is key to slowing deforestation

BELEM (AP): Maria Gorete, who just began ranching three years ago, is doing something new with her 76 head of cattle in the Brazilian countryside near the town of Novo Repartimento. Shes piercing their ears. Their new jewellery – ear tags,...

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