Commentary
29 Jun, 2026
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Editorial | Warnings from Venezuela
Last week’s earthquake in Venezuela, which may have killed tens of thousands of people, is a horrific reminder of the dangers when you live atop, or near, tectonic fault lines that tend to jostle each…
29 Jun, 2026
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Christopher Burgess | No more rickety-tickety repairs to schools
Resilience is more than cash-based repairs. It is the ability of schools, hospitals, hotels, and communities to survive, recover quickly, and continue functioning after a disaster, thereby…
29 Jun, 2026
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Ronald Thwaites | Self delusion is slow suicide
At more than one of the high schools I observe carefully, the a number of the entering students are scored as “Proficient” in Language Arts in their Primary Exit Profile results. But when they are…
29 Jun, 2026
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Leroy Fearon | Poor customer service or scam?
There was a time when the word scam was reserved for elaborate schemes orchestrated by fraudsters seeking to separate unsuspecting individuals from their hard-earned money.
28 Jun, 2026
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Editorial | Vale Royal and red lines
The public controversy over Jamaica's decision to accept third country nationals being thrown out of the United States will soon dissipate. Which is what the government expects and is banking…
28 Jun, 2026
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Densil Williams | Unravelling growth: The efficiency agenda
Prime Minister Holness is on to something with his thesis of Efficiency as a Resource. Jamaica’s low and anaemic economic growth for the better part of 64 years since independence left us searching…
28 Jun, 2026
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Byron Blake | Hurricane and heat wave - What a message for CARICOM conference?
Europe has been experiencing a record heatwave in intensity, duration, and geographic coverage in June, not July or August. The Caribbean, specifically Jamaica, was struck by the strongest Atlantic…
28 Jun, 2026
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Garth Rattray | June is also road safety awareness month
We need to confront the fatal five traffic offences – speeding, distracted driving, driving while impaired, not wearing a seatbelt, and careless and inconsiderate driving. The authorities are carrying…
28 Jun, 2026
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Orville Taylor | Dem ‘Ghana’ second round
Their names might roll clumsily off your tongues, but at the end of 90 minutes and time added on, the words “Medaase pii me abusua!” poured from my lips. If the team with the black star, wearing the…