Commentary
15 Feb, 2026
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Garth Rattray | Intimacy versus ‘intermessy’
Yesterday was Valentine’s Day. It is celebrated every February 14. On Valentine’s Day people overtly express their affection to that special someone, or even to friends with flowers, chocolate, other…
15 Feb, 2026
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Floyd Morris | Language-disability and society
Words matter. Undeniably, the language that we use to refer to persons with disabilities has an impact, as it shapes our perception of the world. This language has evolved over time, and terms that…
15 Feb, 2026
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Orville Taylor | Islam’s slavery debt
The expression varies from as salaam aleikum to something like as salaam waleikum. Black populations such as Tanzania and its territory Zanzibar, the common salutation vary somewhat from the Arabic.
14 Feb, 2026
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Editorial | Opening doors for girls in science and technology
In Jamaica, girls, as they do almost every sphere of education, outperform boys in maths and science in primary and high school. By age 15 – according to the OECD’s Programme for International…
14 Feb, 2026
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Tony Deyal and Zeno Constance | Pan and Kaiso
I was just over four-years old and was heading to the village standpipes with two of my young neighbour’s carrying “pans” or buckets to go to the village standpipe when we heard big men shouting,…
14 Feb, 2026
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Africka Stephens | When will unchecked power in our schools be addressed
Recent reports, from a primary school in Spanish Town, St Catherine, where students’ jackets were reportedly confiscated by school administrators during a cold weather front, have ignited public…
13 Feb, 2026
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Editorial | Fix local government divisions
Moral and ethical considerations notwithstanding, there is little doubt that the People’s National Party (PNP) members of the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) were on sound legal…
13 Feb, 2026
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Peter Espeut | Marcus Garvey, black history-maker
Much is publicly known about The Rt Hon Marcus Mosiah Garvey ONH (1887-1940) – Jamaica’s first National Hero, so in this article I will focus on what I think are not so well-known details of Garvey’s…
13 Feb, 2026
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Kristen Gyles | Public sector now leading the way
I think it would be fair to say the public sector now sets the standard. The public sector wage restructuring exercise which saw public sector salaries increasing by as much as 300 per cent in some…