Commentary
25 Sep, 2025
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Kristen Gyles | AI makes it as a minister
A few days ago, the world reached a historic milestone – its first-ever AI cabinet minister. The Prime Minister of Albania introduced to the Albanian parliament, a female avatar dressed in traditional…
24 Sep, 2025
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Editorial | Errald Miller’s gift
If you don’t, or no longer, have an ethical obligation to allow public scrutiny of your private affairs, then being open about the state of your health is a sensitive, and likely difficult, decision. …
24 Sep, 2025
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Basil Jarrett | Nagging nurturers: The role of women in our survival
LAST WEEK, I wrote about the perils of ignoring prostate health, and, in the days since, I’ve been stopped everywhere, from supermarket aisles to my favourite patty shop, by women, yes, women, who…
24 Sep, 2025
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John Junor | Get the record straight on P.J. Patterson’s legacy
WESLEY MORRIS’ September 7 article on former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson’s tenure reads less like serious political analysis. His surgical cherry-picking of the 1992-1995 period is a masterclass in…
23 Sep, 2025
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Editorial | Whither the drainage plan?
The flooding and traffic gridlock caused by the thunderstorm over the capital on Friday starkly reminded us of the drainage problem faced by Jamaica’s cities and towns, and raised questions about the…
23 Sep, 2025
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Elizabeth Morgan | 80th UN General Assembly: an unpredictable high-level week
THE 80TH session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) commenced on September 9. This should be a session commemorating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations in 1945 with…
23 Sep, 2025
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Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie | Promises without timelines: Jamaica’s environmental future needs accountability
IN THE lead-up to the recent general elections, both political parties made promises about how they would manage and protect Jamaica’s natural environment. With the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) new…
22 Sep, 2025
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Editorial | What’s with the Abbas vote?
It might otherwise have gone unnoticed and uncommented on. But the exceptional circumstances of Gaza, and Jamaica’s previous misstep in a related UN vote, requires that Kingston explain why it didn’t…
22 Sep, 2025
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Gordon Robinson | Continuity not enough, Jamaica needs vision
In dominoes continuity/consistency is important but vision is the most vital element of success. Because you’re in a two person team, you should try to be consistent. Play the same card as often as…