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22 Jul, 2026
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Ja steps up checks on US produce amid Cyclospora outbreak
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining has intensified the monitoring of imported produce amid an ongoing multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis in the United States.
The outbreak, caused…
22 Jul, 2026
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Editorial | Remove IC roadblocks
There may be reason to question the Integrity Commission’s (IC’s) framing of its complaint about the slow pace – and the consequences – of the Government of Jamaica’s efforts to designate more state…
22 Jul, 2026
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Letter of the Day | Reparations is, in law, a defamation case
THE EDITOR, Madam:
This month, in a Kingston courtroom, the defamation suit that had shadowed Minister Daryl Vaz for the better part of four decades was resolved. The man who spread the falsehood…
22 Jul, 2026
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Strengthening Jamaica’s integrity framework
THE EDITOR, Madam:
The Gleaner’s July 16 headline, ‘IC Faces Fresh Lawsuit’, should concern Jamaicans who value good governance, regardless of political persuasion. While the courts will determine…
22 Jul, 2026
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Jamaican contractors can deliver at scale ... If we plan better and pay on time
THE EDITOR, Madam:
Jamaicans often hear that there are too few contractors to carry out large road construction and maintenance programmes. While the number of contractors is important, it is not the…
22 Jul, 2026
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Elizabeth Morgan | Self-determination for overseas territories in the Caribbean: Whose decision?
Flowing from the adoption of the CARICOM Reparations Manifesto, which now includes decolonisation as a goal, there was a report in The Guardian (UK) newspaper of July 14 titled ‘Caribbean calls for…
22 Jul, 2026
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Norris R. McDonald | Wage theft: Stolen wages, stolen dreams
I was terrified as I ran for my life down Princess Street in downtown Kingston in the late 1960s. Behind me was the owner of a notorious hire-purchase furniture store, chasing me with a big stick…
22 Jul, 2026
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Parliamentary secretary rejects claims post-Melissa performance fears watered down PEP
Western Bureau:
Senator Marlon Morgan, parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, is describing the results of the 2026 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) as “quite…
22 Jul, 2026
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Death toll from Guyana boating tragedy nears 50
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC):
The death toll from last Saturday’s boating disaster has risen to 41, with eight more people rescued as the search continues along Guyana’s Essequibo Coast, the Guyana…