Commentary
06 Aug, 2026
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SSP Diaries | Red card for Giovanni Infantino
Giovanni Vincenzo Infantino, a Swiss football administrator, served as Secretary General of UEFA, European football’s governing body, from 2009 to 2016. He became FIFA’s ninth president in 2016,…
05 Aug, 2026
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Editorial | The value of Mahama’s idea
The value of Ghanaian President John Mahama’s proposal for the integration of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) into the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) lies not in its immediate economic…
05 Aug, 2026
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Elizabeth Morgan | Emancipendence and strengthening relations with African countries
By a coincidence of dates, Emancipation Day, August 1, and Independence Day, August 6, are in the first week of August here in Jamaica. It allows for an informal linkage of this holiday season now…
05 Aug, 2026
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Norris R. McDonald | The CIA and Jamaica’s vote-buying ‘bag a money’ politricks!’
Jamaica’s political culture of vote-buying and vote-selling did not emerge overnight. While patronage politics has long been part of the island’s political tradition, the commercialisation of ‘bag a…
04 Aug, 2026
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Editorial | Prioritise corruption matters
Justice David Batts’ injunction on Friday barring the Integrity Commission (IC) from laying corruption-related charges against government minister Andrew Wheatley until the resolution of Dr Wheatley’s…
04 Aug, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | Creativity is relevance
In the midst of Jamaica’s 64th independence celebrations my distress is that the iconic Festival Song contest has become a snooze fest. It began in 1966 as Edward Seaga’s brainchild. He wanted a…
04 Aug, 2026
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Michael Abrahams | A win for Spain – a win for football
Yamal to Porro to Williams to Torres to … GOOOOOAL!
03 Aug, 2026
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Editorial | Revive partnership council
With less than two months before the expiry of the partnership agreement between the Government, political Opposition and other societal stakeholders, the Holness administration should not only…
03 Aug, 2026
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Christopher Burgess | Education for economic growth
Jamaica’s ease of registering a business is often praised and mistakenly equated with growth. But growth is much more than ease of entry and is constrained by the limited available technical skills…