Commentary
08 Nov, 2026
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Orville Taylor | Trumped but not dumped
Yes, it was a blue wave. At last count, the House of Representatives and the Senate in the American Congress shifted in a major way in the midterm elections. Final counts have not yet been made…
07 Nov, 2026
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Editorial | Turning health investment into health outcomes
The recently released Jamaica Health Public Expenditure Review is both encouraging and sobering: though there has been significant investment made in healthcare, higher spending has not necessarily…
07 Nov, 2026
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Tony Deyal | Books and more books
In considering the best books throughout the world, I started with Elizabeth Bennet, a fictional character and the protagonist of the 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
07 Nov, 2026
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Ronald Sanders | New Congress in Washington: What Changes for the Caribbean?
The American electorate has changed the political balance in Washington. In the midterm elections, Democrats won majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. They will assume…
06 Nov, 2026
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Editorial | CARICOM post-US midterm elections
The shellacking of the Republican Party in the US midterm elections suggests that while it may have been badly stressed, America’s institutions didn’t collapse. The country’s democracy remained…
06 Nov, 2026
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Peter Espeut | Pretend I’m on the ballot
“Pretend I’m on the ballot”. The Washington Post, on Wednesday, November 4, reported that President Donald Trump, on the campaign trail over the last few weeks, told voters more than 41 times to vote…
06 Nov, 2026
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Kristen Gyles | Antidote to hurricane relief misinformation
Recently, while speaking at the handover of a house to a beneficiary under the New Social Housing Programme, the prime minister (PM) expressed concern that false narratives were being spread…
06 Nov, 2026
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David R. Salmon | Kemi Badenoch is right
Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right. Ahead of this week’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, the UK Conservative Party leader and leader of the Opposition, shared some words of wisdom for her…
05 Nov, 2026
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Editorial | Mental health at work
Whether it becomes a clause in work contracts is a detail, but Senator Kavan Gayle’s call for mental health support to become an integral part of workplace practice is an issue that is long overdue…