Commentary
16 Aug, 2026
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Editorial | What’s the new pact with the United States?
The Andrew Holness administration must provide further and better particulars on its reported “new military partnership” with the United States to fight alleged narco-terrorists in the Caribbean.…
16 Aug, 2026
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Dennis Zulu | Jamaica’s digital future begins in the classroom
Jamaica has entered the final year of implementation of the Government of Jamaica and United Nations SDG Joint Programme on Digital Transformation for Education, a flagship initiative supported…
16 Aug, 2026
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Douglas Orane | Jamaica’s source of competitive advantage in athletics
“How is it that Jamaican high school athletes go to the Penn Relays and consistently outperform North American teams that have vastly more financial resources?” This was a question asked of me…
16 Aug, 2026
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Orville Taylor | I stand with Bert et al
If you missed it, never mind. It has no expiry date. On July 5, veteran attorney and pan-Africanist Bert Samuels launched the Kumasi Museum. The name, derived from the capital of Ghana’s Ashanti…
16 Aug, 2026
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Garth Rattray | We are depleting and damaging our aquifers
There aren’t enough green spaces being provided and preserved. Urban development, expansion, deforestation, paving, and other changes to the land prevent rainfall from soaking into the ground. The…
15 Aug, 2026
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Editorial | Empower youth to succeed
Jamaica’s youth, who comprise 28 per cent of the island’s population, remain disproportionately at risk. For example, at 11.7 per cent, youth unemployment is nearly three times the national average.…
15 Aug, 2026
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Tony Deyal | Cats are funny too
Many years ago, I read about Shakespeare’s Hamlet when Polonius enjoined his son, Laertes, saying, “Be thou familiar but by no means vulgar.” In other words, there is a very fine line dividing both…
15 Aug, 2026
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Ronald Sanders | Haiti – Stop the money flow to organised crime
Haiti’s plight must not be forgotten simply because it no longer features regularly in international headlines. The suffering has not diminished. Between January and early June 2026, at least 2,310…
14 Aug, 2026
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Editorial | PM Gaston Browne must apologise
It is unfortunate that Gaston Browne’s attempted walk-back of his assault on the judiciary this week did not include an unambiguous apology for his threat to deport and declare persona non grata a…