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30 Aug, 2026
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Richard Nattoo: Finding magic in memory, myth and the Jamaican landscape
“I would have never dreamed that the blue bird with the pretty tail would be my genesis.” Richard Nattoo was just four years old when he discovered what he wanted to do with his life. Watching an…
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30 Aug, 2026
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Aubrey Stewart | Beyond PNP or JLP country: Jamaica’s performance voters
For generations, Jamaica’s political landscape has been drawn as “PNP country” or “JLP country”. Here, party loyalty has often been more than a choice made on Election Day. It can feel almost…
30 Aug, 2026
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Simone Banister | How the Caribbean’s ready-to-go finance is changing disaster response
Disasters in the Caribbean are predictable only in their inevitability. Almost a year ago, Jamaica was struck by the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded, a stark reminder that climate volatility…
30 Aug, 2026
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Dolly Parton built a better world, with rhinestones and songs
NEW YORK (AP): There are few inalienable truths: Everyone was born, everyone will die, and everyone loved Dolly Parton. Larger-than-life at 5-foot-nothing, the country star, actor, philanthropist,…
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…