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08 Feb, 2026
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Garth Rattray | Don’t allow fear to kill you
The feeling of fear is perfectly natural. It is hardwired into our nervous system as a protective measure. It’s an unpleasant subjective emotional state arising in response to perceived dangers or…
08 Feb, 2026
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Orville Taylor | Black history
Yesterday was 100 years since American ‘Blackademic’ Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH) initiated the celebration of Negro History Week (NHW). Not a…
08 Feb, 2026
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Ruthlyn James | Jamaica’s early childhood paradox
Long before early childhood education became global jargon, Jamaica understood that learning does not begin at primary school. Community-based basic schools laid the foundation for generations of…
08 Feb, 2026
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Dangerous precedent
Accountability advocates are warning that accepting good intentions as justification for breaching procurement laws could undermine Jamaica’s system of public administration, following an auditor…
08 Feb, 2026
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Dr Reddy’s pharmaceutical brand exporting to oil-rich territories in region
Indian pharmaceutical brand Dr Reddy’s Laboratories shipped its first batch of exports from Jamaica to Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana valued at some US$300,000 - about J$50 million.
08 Feb, 2026
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Dennis Minott | Jamaica is courting an educational depression – and the clock is ticking
The Gleaner’s recent editorial on restoring education ought to trouble every Jamaican who claims to care about the country’s future. The attendance figures it reports are not merely disappointing;…
08 Feb, 2026
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Imani Tafari-Ama | US immigration policy and the old wounds of separation
What if you had invested approximately US$1,500 to apply for an immigrant visa – or US$500 for a non-immigrant visa – believing that this was your lawful passage from a constrained local economy into…
08 Feb, 2026
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Jeremiah Knight turns global culinary journey into memoir
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07 Feb, 2026
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Double murder on Fairfield Avenue in St Andrew
Two men were shot and killed during a brazen gun attack along Fairfield Avenue in St Andrew this afternoon. The deceased have been identified as Tyrese McKenzie, otherwise called 'City…