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11 Jun, 2026 0

  SSP Diaries |  Airlines going ‘bust’ – cause for concern?

Commercial airlines are businesses and are subject to a multitude of conditions that cause some to fail and others to thrive. It seems to me, however, that in recent times there have been an unusual…
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10 Jun, 2026 0

Editorial | Inspiration from TCI 

Last month’s jailing of former Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) premier Michael Misick and two of his ministers brought to an end a long, complex, and expensive corruption trial. The people of the TCI…
10 Jun, 2026 0

Norris R. McDonald | Afro-Caribbean Culture, Garvey’s Vision and the fight for self-determination

The Government of Jamaica’s recent Green Paper on Culture, Entertainment and the Creative Economy is a positive, welcome, and necessary contribution to the national conversation about identity,…
09 Jun, 2026 0

Ruthlyn James | Emergence of a new qualification plan

Jamaica may be experiencing a cultural shift that is transforming how learners engage with curriculum and pedagogy. Young people are quietly being taught that influence is more valuable than…
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09 Jun, 2026 0

World Cup football in challenging times – Impacted by host country policies

Another FIFA World Cup competition is here. This is usually highly anticipated worldwide, and there is friendly rivalry among countries.   Believe it that international meetings can be interrupted to…
09 Jun, 2026 0

Maria Myers-Hamilton | Urgent case for road safety in Jamaica

Road traffic crashes remain one of Jamaica’s most persistent and preventable crises. Every year, families bury loved ones who left home and never returned - not because of violence or illness but…
09 Jun, 2026 0

Allan Bernard | When ‘milk’ no longer means milk

Recently, social media has been flooded with debate over allegations that some restaurants and international meat suppliers have been substituting kangaroo tail for the far more expensive beef oxtail.…
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09 Jun, 2026 0

Editorial | Revive impeachment debate

Former Prime Minister Bruce Golding’s reminder that the impeachment bill he first tabled a decade and a half ago remains in legislative limbo and deserves a response from Prime Minister Andrew Holness…
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09 Jun, 2026 0

Editorial | Chris Brown’s intervention 

Christopher Brown, the Opposition’s spokesman on science and technology, made compelling observations about the disengagement of Jamaicans from the political process and why legislators should be…