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27 Sep, 2026
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As coding boom fades, computer science grads focus on AI skills in choppy job market
AP: Computer science student Jack Zemke was getting nowhere despite sending out hundreds of job applications that mostly disappeared into the void – ignored. With his graduation from Tulane University…
27 Sep, 2026
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Kay Osborne | US court rejected TCN policy, Jamaica should share the MOU now
When any government signs an agreement, the people have a right to know what it says. That right is even stronger when the arrangement runs into serious legal obstacles in the partner country.
27 Sep, 2026
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Employers urged to review employee benefits
Jamaican employers are being urged to regularly review their employee benefits programmes to ensure they continue to meet the needs of workers and the wider organisation. Insurance brokerage Fraser…
27 Sep, 2026
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Mark Wignall | Young Seiveright on the move again
Delano Seiveright is not a man who relishes the idea of sitting down and waiting for things to happen. From the get-go, he has been an action man, and once he became elected to a constituency that at…
27 Sep, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | Government by giveaways
In a brilliant move, PNP took its annual show on the road to Westmoreland. Apart from obvious political gimmickry, this was a salutary message of support to those most affected by Melissa as well as a…
27 Sep, 2026
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Dennis A. Minott | Arithmetic of Jamaica’s energy autonomy by 2031
For more than half a century, I have worked in and around renewable energy, hydroelectricity, biomass, and solar, examining how Jamaica could use its own water regimes, sunshine, agricultural…
27 Sep, 2026
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Dad’s tough journey - Father of three autistic sons seeks help to improve deplorable living conditions
On weekday mornings, Delroy Britton can be seen walking his three sons to school through the town of Mandeville in Manchester. It takes them about an hour to travel from their home along Three Chains…
27 Sep, 2026
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Ludrick Morris | Death on hire purchase... and the children are paying the down payment
Jamaica is taking out a loan against the health of its children. The down payment is being made now, in childhood overweight and obesity, rising blood pressure, disturbed blood sugar, fatty liver…
27 Sep, 2026
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Alicia Herbert | One year in Jamaica: What this island has taught me
A year ago, I arrived in Jamaica to take up one of the greatest privileges of my career, serving as British high commissioner. Like anyone beginning a new chapter, I arrived with plenty to learn. I…