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30 Aug, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | If it quacks like a duck ...
It now seems confirmed that PNP is determined to successfully complete a kamikaze mission. Two Saturdays ago Gleaner’s lengthy front page headline read “PNP bets on democratic socialism – Golding…
30 Aug, 2026
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Dennis A Minott | Trustee for, or traitor to, the Jamaican State?
There is a fundamental question that every public official in Jamaica should be required to confront, preferably before taking the oath of office, and certainly before signing agreements that bind…
30 Aug, 2026
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Mark Wignall | Dr Holness, come better than this!
This follows on from my column last week. The August 11 operation to remove the squatters and their “homes” from the land at Coopers Pen was well planned. It started at 3 a.m. I had pointed out that…
30 Aug, 2026
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From tragedy to reform – The next frontier in road safety
On July 29, 2025, Jamaica lost Garfield Batts, a 59‑year‑old mechanical engineer, in a manner both sudden and profoundly preventable. His motor vehicle plunged off the roadway into the Rio Cobre River…
30 Aug, 2026
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Port Authority seeks design studies for mixed-use Port in St Thomas, marina in Hanover
The Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) has moved a step closer to developing two new ports at opposite ends of the island. The PAJ opened a competitive tender for engineering design studies covering a…
30 Aug, 2026
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Jalil Dabdoub | Anancy and the politics of fear
The Gleaner’s recent report, “PNP bets on democratic socialism”, has produced the reaction one might have expected. Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Senator Abka Fitz-Henley has warned that Jamaica cannot…
30 Aug, 2026
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Sean Major-Campbell | Cries from the ocean floor
Is there a place for forgiveness in conversations around the transatlantic slave trade? Since the Caribbean has a rich Christian tradition, shouldn’t we be more willing to forgive the colonial…
30 Aug, 2026
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Dwight Fletcher | The Church and the future of Jamaica
Jamaica is a small nation with an extraordinary global influence. Through our music, sport, culture and people, we have made an impact far beyond our shores. Central to the story of Jamaica has been…
30 Aug, 2026
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J’can and San Andrean Baptists honour Philip Beekman Livingston Jr
Philip Beekman Livingston Jr was a descendant of British people who owned plantations in Jamaica and the now Colombian archipelago of San Andres, Providencia and Catalina. When Emancipation came along…