Commentary
13 Jul, 2026
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Christopher Burgess | Jamaica’s no-competition, no-growth economy
Jamaica’s economy has a persistent low-growth problem. For five decades, growth has remained stuck at roughly one per cent annually, while comparable economies have expanded at two to four per cent.…
13 Jul, 2026
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Editorial | FID not the place
Matthew Samuda is probably well-meaning. But his proposal that the review of wealth declarations by members of Parliament’s Integrity Commission (IC) Oversight Committee be removed from the IC is a…
11 Jul, 2026
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Editorial | The geopolitics of Alpart
The announcement by the mining minister, Floyd Green, that China’s Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO) plans to spend US$490 million to modernise and increase capacity at their Alpart alumina…
11 Jul, 2026
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Dennis Zulu | New global standard for decent work in the digital economy
The digital platform economy, often associated with the “gig economy”, has expanded at a rapid pace in many countries across the world over the past decade.
It is now well documented that digital…
11 Jul, 2026
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Patrick Robinson | A statue of the transformational coach
Where did it all begin? In a paper for a workshop, Stephen Francis wrote that, in 1998 at the World Junior Championships in France, he listened as coaches from the US said, “Coaching teenagers is…
11 Jul, 2026
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Garth Rattray | If Jamaican politics were football
Imagine if Jamaican politics were like a football competition. Although the outcome of the match would determine the future of the country, although generations lobbied and fought for there to be free…
11 Jul, 2026
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Orville Taylor | Integrity and corruption
As the last of the African teams got eliminated from the World Cup and we get ready for the semi-finals, there are so many stories which are competing for my head space.
Indeed, some bizarre endings…
11 Jul, 2026
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Ronald Sanders | Vulgarity of asking enslaved to pay
Suella Braverman, a child of Indian parents from Mauritius and Kenya, yet, like many other ultra‑ambitious British politicians, she has consistently distinguished herself by remarks that are unhelpful…
11 Jul, 2026
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Editorial | Strengthening rural development
The concerns raised by Kenneth Russell, need to be paid attention to, and tangible solutions put in place on rural development in Jamaica.
“... If you live in rural areas, you are four times more…