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April 7, 2026
The 2026 Budget: Survive the squeeze or get left behind
If you were waiting for a ‘growth budget’ this year, you can stop. It isn’t coming. The Ministry of Finance already told us what this 2026-2027 Budget is: on their website it is aptly branded the…
April 4, 2026
Heather Morris returns to WWII with ‘The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse’
The next novel by the author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz will again take place during World War II, this time in Nazi-occupied Paris and based on the family of Grammy- and Emmy-nominated composer…
April 4, 2026
A rare look inside the Sistine Chapel
VATICAN CITY (AP): The Vatican’s Sistine Chapel hosted a concert on March 22, debuting a composition focused on interactions with angels found throughout the Bible. The Vatican sometimes hosts…
April 5, 2026
by Yasmine Peru
100 years of pioneering Rasta drummer Count Ossie
In the history of Jamaican music, there have been some outstanding counts, among them Count Matuchie, Count Shelly, Count C, and Oswald ‘Count Ossie’ Williams. A seminal figure in the development of…
April 4, 2026
Jamaica ranks 13th in regional AI index, UN body reports
Jamaica ranks 13th out of 19 countries in the latest edition of the Latin American Artificial Intelligence Index (ILIA), underscoring the challenges facing the island’s digital adoption.
April 4, 2026
by Dudley McLean II
When truth must compete
In a recent article published in The Telegraph, Elise Morrison revisits an ancient anxiety with striking contemporary force: the tension between truth and persuasion. Reflecting on the trial and…
April 4, 2026
Patricia Green | Embrace vernacular architecture for climate-resilient structures
Riddle-mi-dis/riddle-me dat, guess me this riddle and paraps not. “… A man mek him house an’ him sleep outside …”. Or say it another way, “… A man build a fine upstairs house, and he have to sleep…
April 4, 2026
Easter – Breath of the new season
The transition into April in Jamaica is more than just a change on the calendar. It isn’t just the subtle change in the humidity or the sharpening of the midday sun. It is a spiritual and cultural…
April 4, 2026
Metacognosis: The awareness behind ‘awareness’
Metacognosis can be understood as “thinking about thinking”. It is the ability to observe our own thoughts, emotions, and reactions with a sense of distance and clarity. While the mind is constantly…