Commentary
29 Jan, 2026
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Adekeye Adebajo | Pax Americana: More continuity than change
The United States’ abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his subsequent transfer to New York to face drug-trafficking charges has inflicted grave damage on the United Nations-centred…
29 Jan, 2026
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Lance Neita | World Cup under pressure
When the referee blows his whistle at 1 p.m. on June 11 to kick off the 2026 World Cup football tournament in the Estadio Azteca, Mexico, it will be the start of four weeks of football excitement that…
29 Jan, 2026
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Kijana Johnson | One Road Authority must be rejected
The Government of Jamaica has announced plans to create a One Road Authority, a centralised mega agency that would absorb the National Works Agency (NWA) and the parochial road units within Municipal…
29 Jan, 2026
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Housing discrimination abroad raises questions for Jamaica’s rental market
Recent findings from France showing that nearly half of real estate agencies enabled racial discrimination in housing access have sparked predictable outrage. In France, such practices are illegal,…
28 Jan, 2026
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Editorial | Move quickly on settlements regime
In remarks little noticed outside of Europe, Aurore Lalucq, the chair of the European Parliament’s economic and monetary affairs committee, warned last week of the dangers of the European Union’s…
28 Jan, 2026
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Elizabeth Morgan | Tariffs as an instrument of coercion
Since 2024, this column has been addressing the tariff proposals from the Trump administration, moving from a system of free trade to protectionism applying tariffs. From April 2025, a 10 per cent…
28 Jan, 2026
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Tiffany McLeggon | Education is more than a report card
What do we really mean when we say a child is doing well in school? For many Jamaicans, the answer is – passes, grades, subjects, rankings. From an early age, children learn that success is counted,…
28 Jan, 2026
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Joe Aldred | Transcending obstacles and embracing opportunities
My starting point for doing theology is that God created humankind in the divine image, Imago Dei. This means human beings of, as in the words of the book of Revelation (7:9), “every nation, tribe,…
28 Jan, 2026
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Charlotte Carlson | All foods can fit in a balanced diet
Eat this, not that. This one food will cure everything. That food is poison. Cut this food out. Try this diet. Don't eat at these times. Eat this food and you'll lose weight. With…