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Updated 10 hours ago

Editorial | Troy Bridge to NaRRA accountability 

Taken together, the reopening of the Troy bridge, the auditor general’s findings on the National Water Commission (NWC), and the intense debate surrounding NaRRA tell a remarkably consistent story about Jamaica’s public sector.

It is a story of a state that has become very weak at implementation and execution.

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Updated 16 hours ago

Peter Espeut | A human rights or an English problem?
In his contribution to the sectoral debate in Parliament last week Wednesday (June 10), Minister of Justice, Delroy Chuck, stated, inter alia, that “Jamaica does not – and I hope will never have – a…
Updated 16 hours ago

Kristen Gyles | Rat race to extinction
A few decades ago, John Calhoun, an expert in animal behaviour, set up an experiment involving eight white mice. He put them in what we can call ‘mouse heaven’.  On day one of the experiment, the four…
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Updated 3 hours ago

Wayne Campbell | Closing the survival gap equity in Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder. That means it is passed down from a parent’s genes. It causes the body to make abnormal hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the protein in red blood…
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June 18, 2026

Editorial | The residue of war
The downward drift in oil prices since the United States and Iran halted hostilities ahead of negotiations to end their war, is good news for Jamaica. The island’s economy will hopefully get a…
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June 18, 2026

SSP Diaries | Shaping the Future Government vs Integrity Commission and others
Our democracy has been tried and tested since we gained Independence in 1962. In recent times, the Government appears to be at war with an instrument of its own creation, namely the Integrity…
Updated 16 hours ago

Montel Gordon | Belfast riots: Are the same scripts being revived?
The year 2016 will always be remembered as a watershed moment in the West. Brexit and Trump’s election signified a widespread shift toward right-wing populism
June 17, 2026

Karyl Peart | Intercepting the burden to shape a better future: - The role of the medical social worker in sickle cell care
A warm smile can often conceal a life shaped by pain, uncertainty, and endurance. In my role as a medical social worker (MSW), I am constantly reminded that what is visible in the clinic is only a…
June 18, 2026

Elizabeth Morgan | G7 Summit, France
This year’s G7 Summit is being held in Évian-les-Bains, France, June 15–17, hosted by President Emmanuel Macron, who will be presiding over his last summit. As presidents of France can serve only two…
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June 18, 2026

Editorial | Beyond the vision