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June 6, 2026

Ronald Sanders | Language is infrastructure - Why Antigua and Barbuda's adoption of Spanish as a second official language matters

Antigua and Barbuda is one of the smaller countries of the Caribbean. Yet, small states have often advanced ideas that have significance beyond their size. The decision by the Government of Antigua…
June 6, 2026

Tony Deyal | Cricket tests and quadrennial football – Part 2

In 1950, the West Indies team won, for the first time, against the English! Immediately, one of the greats, the Lord Beginner (Egbert Moore), one of the great calypsonians, came up with one of his…
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June 6, 2026

Editorial | Navigating complexities of parenting

Christopher Tufton is right to place parenting among five critical pillars to be addressed as Jamaica seeks to reverse its stagnant - and declining - population growth. For the health minister…
Letters
June 6, 2026

The Drum -  A pulsating voice that speaks to generations

THE EDITOR, Madam: As we end this year’s observance of International Drumming Month (May), we are called to honour the instrument that has carried our story across centuries - the drum; the heartbeat…
Letters
June 6, 2026

Need for a national values and attitudes campaign 

THE EDITOR, Madam: Jamaica stands at a critical stage in its national development where deliberate and sustained effort to strengthen the values and attitudes that shape everyday behaviour should be…
Letters
June 8, 2026

Letter of the Day | Sullying the reputation of ‘The Beautiful Game’

THE EDITOR, Madam: It’s called ‘The Beautiful Game’, and historians claim that about 2300 years ago people in Cuju, China were involved in kicking a leather ball into a net. Centuries later in 1846…
June 5, 2026 by Omar Tomlinson

British-Jamaican Jhané Gibson is 2026 MasterChef UK winner

British-Jamaican Jhané Gibson was announced the winner of the culinary television show ‘MasterChef United Kingdom’ moments ago.
June 5, 2026

Some of the most dedicated World Cup fans skipping this year’s tournament, citing costs and politics

Football fans will soon crisscross continents to see their beloved national teams compete on the sport’s grandest stage, the World Cup.
June 6, 2026

Country on track to join EU 

TIVAT (AP): Montenegro is on track to become a member of the European Union by 2028, the bloc’s leaders and the Balkan country’s president said yesterday following a summit focused on expanding the…