Commentary
15 Jan, 2026
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Janiel McEwan | Everyone is waiting
The problem is never hard to find. It announces itself every morning. In the road that has been patched and repatched until it resembles an apology rather than a solution. In the office where…
15 Jan, 2026
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Leroy Fearon | What Jamaica’s recent tremors mean for earthquake preparedness
In recent weeks, Jamaicans across the island have felt the unmistakable reminder that we live on restless ground. The tremors were brief, and in most cases harmless, but they were enough to send…
14 Jan, 2026
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Editorial | Protect against AI sex pics
Although there are yet no complaints of the problem infecting Jamaica, the authorities should move to place beyond doubt that using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to create, and distribute,…
14 Jan, 2026
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Elizabeth Morgan | Jamaica needs a principled position
Last week, the question was posed in this column: are countries in the Western Hemisphere to become more subjugated US satellites? Are all 34 countries to further cower in fear? Attention has turned…
14 Jan, 2026
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Samuel Braithwaite | Venezuela, Guyana, and US global dominance
On Saturday, January 3, 2026, the eyes of the world turned to Venezuela. The response of CARICOM was pilloried. I have no issue with CARICOM’s terse diplomatic statement which touched the right notes…
14 Jan, 2026
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Nand C. Bardouille | CARICOM faces a unity-defining moment
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is experiencing a difficult foreign policy-related moment, which variously impacts its 14 sovereign member states. America's use of military force in the…
14 Jan, 2026
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Why Apple and Google’s AI alliance changes how Jamaica is searched
When Apple and Google move in the same direction, the technology world pays attention. When they quietly align on artificial intelligence, it signals something much bigger than a product update. Apple…
13 Jan, 2026
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Editorial | Court should control budget
The central government’s continued control of where, when and how to undertake major capital works on courts cries out for a reform of, not only this anomaly, but of facets of the justice system.…
13 Jan, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | Law and theology
Two Fridays ago Peter Espeut wrote an entertaining column ( The new builds on the old) challenging my advice to throw away the Old Testament. I’ve always maintained that, among The Gleaner’s mostly…