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04 Oct, 2026
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Deported and defamed - Jamaican rejects US immigration authorities’ characterisation of ‘criminal history’, says charges were dismissed
A Jamaican man deported after 12 years in the United States is rejecting allegations by immigration authorities there that he is a violent criminal, insisting that serious criminal charges brought…
04 Oct, 2026
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Editorial | Farewell, Ian McDonald!
It has been a season of death for towering West Indian figures. In July, Garfield Sobers, the greatest cricketer who ever lived, whether, as the calypsonian Mighty Sparrow declared in song, Sir…
04 Oct, 2026
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Orville Taylor | Doctoring the IDT
‘Patients’ and ‘patience’ are homophones, and we would be unreasonable to deny that the Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA) has lots of both. With a doctor-patient ratio of 0.5 to 1,000,…
04 Oct, 2026
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Garth Rattray | Is it aptitude, attitude, or both?
The school term is in full swing once again and, although a child’s performance in school depends on a wide variety of external influences, I can’t help thinking that more children could do better if…
04 Oct, 2026
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Rattan Lal | The FAO faces a new agricultural revolution
Humanity faces a paradox. We have never had so much scientific and technological knowledge to produce food, yet the need to transform the way we produce it has never been more evident. The Green…
04 Oct, 2026
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Default judgment dispute delays Dawes’ drill lawsuit
An application to the Supreme Court for a default judgment in the defamation lawsuit filed against parliamentarian Dr Alfred Dawes is on hold amid an 11th-hour dispute over whether he was served with…
04 Oct, 2026
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The snob factory is real
It started out as a normal Monday morning. Approximately 10:45 a.m., the clock on the wall said. I was at The Eatery, one of my favourite low-economy restaurants, with its quaint décor and inviting…
04 Oct, 2026
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Your brain runs on 20 watts. Could brain-inspired computing do the same?
Right now, your brain is recognising the shapes of these letters, analysing their meaning, and holding a stream of thought together, all on about 20 watts of power. That's roughly what it takes…
04 Oct, 2026
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