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June 7, 2026
Sean Brophy | The graduate job market is grim right now – but the data says university is still worth it
Spend ten minutes talking to a soon-to-be graduate about their job search and you might come away convinced that a university degree has become a confidence trick.
The class of 2025 spent the better…
June 7, 2026
Myrtha Désulmé | The Haitian-Jamaican tragedy
The tragedy of Intimate Partner Violence has recently exploded in the most heinous manner with two salient high-profile Caribbean cases, which have left their communities reeling, making the front…
June 7, 2026
Mark Wignall | Big, bad, war machine
In March, a sanctioned Russian tanker shipped 730,000 barrels of oil to Cuba, a country engineered to wither away and starve to death courtesy of US President Donald Trump. The tanker was partially…
June 7, 2026
Dennis Minott | Before STEM comes literacy
Sometimes an entire national debate can be transformed by a single observation. Such was my experience recently when Dr Beverly Brown-Sands responded to my concerns regarding the growing STEM…
June 7, 2026
Shari-Ann Henry | Body-worn cameras: Protecting lives, preserving truth, and demanding accountability
The death of Latoya Bulgin in St James on May 18 has, once again, forced an uncomfortable national conversation: when an unarmed civilian dies during a police operation, are we looking at a lawful use…
June 7, 2026
Aubrey Stewart | Navigating democracy’s necessary tension
Often, there is a public clash between the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM). Commissioner Kevin Blake argues that officers deserve support…
June 7, 2026
Byron Blake | Mired in confusion - Emergency relief, recovery support, and investment for reconstruction and redevelopment
Major disasters, natural or man-made, trigger a range of emotions. The first concerns the human condition of victims. A government's declaration of an emergency is an SOS for help. Help to save…
June 7, 2026
Jalil Dabdboub | Towards a politics of consensus and continuity
The violence of the 1970s may be long gone, but its scars remain part of the consciousness of our people through inherited political identity. Entire communities were shaped by fear, political…
June 7, 2026
Garth Rattray | Rethink and rename ‘obesity’
The medical sciences are in constant flux. Understandably, this may cause some degree of scepticism, confusion, and a loss of confidence among some medical practitioners but more so among…