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Dr Andrew Wheatley
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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 challenge of the IC’s findings in an investigation of his finances is, on its face, hardly surprising.

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JCDC Festival Song competition winner, dBURNZ, performs at the finals at the Ranny WIlliams Entertainment Centre on Hope Road.
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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…
Members of the Spain national team celebrate winning the World Cup yesterday in New York.
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Michael Abrahams | A win for Spain – a win for football

Yamal to Porro to Williams to Torres to … GOOOOOAL!
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August 3, 2026

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…
August 3, 2026

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…
August 3, 2026

Massia Bailey | Why connection matters for autistic children

Since autism is primarily a social-communication difference, parents and practitioners may have asked the question whether relationships are important to a child who prefers solitary activities,…
Director general of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Commander Alvin Gayle.
August 2, 2026

Editorial | ODPEM’s Hurricane Melissa-size spin

The clarification by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) to clarify the question of ownership of, and access to, the Support Jamaica website is in need of…
August 2, 2026

Mickel Jackson | When the public is shut out

Participatory governance is not a polite invitation the state issues when convenient. It is the non-negotiable foundation of legitimate power in any democracy that claims to serve its people. It means…
Garth Rattray
August 2, 2026

Garth Rattray | Democratic socialism then and now – Part 1

On July 4, the United States president pulled the communist rabbit out of his hat of political tricks. With democratic socialist politicians succeeding at the polls, he did his best to conflate…
Orville Taylor
August 2, 2026

Orville Taylor | ‘Emancipendence’: an incomplete project

Emancipation Day was yesterday. The athletics programme at the Commonwealth Games ends today. Apart from Mozambique, Gabon, and Togo, all members of the Commonwealth are former British colonies.…