Commentary
02 Jul, 2026
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SSP Diaries | 48 vs 32: A FIFA World Cup triumph
Dubbed the greatest show on Earth, the 2026 FIFA World Cup got off to a wonderful start on June 11, 2026, and what a spectacle it has been so far. With the increase in team participation from the…
02 Jul, 2026
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Basil Jarrett | Of cockroaches and fowl fights
Aside from the ongoing spectacle of the FIFA World Cup in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, the entire world remains fixated on ongoing events in Europe and the Middle East with the kind of…
02 Jul, 2026
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Editorial | Single market in energy
Although the terms of last week’s memorandum of understanding (MoU) on energy cooperation between Guyana and Jamaica haven’t been disclosed, the development is likely to put back on the agenda the…
01 Jul, 2026
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Mark Berman | Sixty years and counting: Why Canada and Jamaica still choose each other
Every July, Canadians pause to ask a quiet question – not the grand patriotic kind, but the honest kind. How are we doing? Not just as a country, but as a people, as a partner, as a presence in the…
01 Jul, 2026
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Elizabeth Morgan | Marking the 250th anniversary of US Independence
CARICOM-US relations: A chequered trade history
BRITISH COLONIES
AND INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC
Besides the United Kingdom (UK/Britain) and Canada, the United States of America (USA) is the oldest…
01 Jul, 2026
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Editorial | Ascot revisited
Even as principal Mark Jackson and his teachers at Ascot Primary School are rightly criticised for lacking emotional intelligence, their crude, two-tiered ‘graduation’ ceremony, based on performance…
30 Jun, 2026
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Philip Patterson | The illusion of excellence
University rankings have become powerful symbols of academic success. When a university announces that it ranks among the top few percent of institutions worldwide, the claim naturally inspires…
30 Jun, 2026
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Michael Abrahams | The case of the non-deportee deportees
The Gleaner headline on June 16 stunned many Jamaicans: "Deportee Deal – Jamaica offers to accept non-nationals booted from US." The story, based on a United States Embassy document,…
30 Jun, 2026
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Editorial | Again, graduating from what?
After the crass, tone-deaf and emotionally inept action by the leadership of Ascot Primary School, the education ministry flubbed an opportunity to put to an end the ridiculous, and often expensive,…