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From earthquakes to financial scandals and the hiccups of implementing a new law and restructuring public sector wages, the narratives that took centre stage in 2023 have influenced our trajectory as we step into the upcoming year. Here’s a...

Rashaed Esson Staff Writer  #Jamaica, December 15, 2023 – After the October 30th 5.6 magnitude earthquake, some Jamaicans are left with symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, (PTSD), worsened by the aftershocks that followed, the latest occurring earlier this week.   Featured in a report by Television Jamaica, Jamaicans opened up about how the earthquake affected […]

John Godfrey Saxe wrote in 1872 a very telling poem based on a Indian fable about six blind men examining an elephant they could not see. “... It was six men of Indostan (another name given to India – a variant of Hindustan – land where River...

KINGSTON, Jamaica— Head of the Jamaica’s Earthquake Unit, Professor Simon Mitchell says there is no evidence of an earthquake occurring in the island on Friday morning. In an interview with Nationwid...

MINUTES AFTER the 5.6-magnitude earthquake that shook Jamaica on Monday, people beset by panic and asthmatic attacks fled to Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) located in downtown Kingston. According to media reports, the situation was overwhelming for...

Jamaica again dodged the bullet. Monday’s 5.6-magnitude earthquake, whose epicentre was 10 kilometres south of the town of Buff Bay in the eastern parish of Portland, caused only minor damage, and no injuries. But for the five or so seconds that...

The continual and/or continuous inhalation of political poll results is a most dangerous fixation for the leader and/or leaders of a political party. Recall that, in late June this year, a People...

The multifamily housing developments taking place in Jack’s Hill, St Andrew, have been flagged as “potentially problematic” by Professor Simon Mitchell, the country’s foremost geologist. Mitchell’s position follows concerns raised by residents of...

Two Wednesdays ago, October 5, Prime Minister Andrew Holness said this, among other things, in Parliament: "The National Security Council, in reviewing the development plan, has observed an insidi...

SEVEN days from today Mark Golding will be observing — some may say celebrating &#8...