Commentary
24 Oct, 2026
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Tony Deyal | Nowhere in the world like Barbados
(Thanks, and support from Ms Roxanne Gibbs, managing director at Media Support International. Much appreciated.) As we head to Barbados after a long time away, especially my wife with our “Bajan”…
24 Oct, 2026
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Ronald Sanders | Are we all Ukrainians?
On October 19, accepting the award of Ukraine’s Order of Merit, I said that my commitment to Ukraine rests on a principle essential to small nations everywhere: sovereignty is the freedom to govern…
23 Oct, 2026
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Editorial | Climate accountability
While Jamaica, like most small island developing states, hasn’t contributed much to the carbon emissions that cause global warming, Kingston’s promise to pass climate accountability legislation is a…
23 Oct, 2026
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Peter Espeut | What we have, and what we’ve lost
As we are in National Heritage Week, my mind naturally turns to those more Jamaican than myself, those who lived on this island before even the Taínos took up residence around 650 AD. Once Jamaica…
23 Oct, 2026
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Kristen Gyles | Policing: no walk through the meadows
By now, many of us have seen the viral 18-minute video of the recent armed conflict between the police and occupiers of a house off the Sligoville main road. The police had reportedly traced a…
22 Oct, 2026
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Editorial | Canada after Alberta
This week’s emphatic declaration by Albertans that they want to remain in Canada was a good outcome for Prime Minister Mark Carney as he attempts to reframe Canada as a trustworthy partner that…
22 Oct, 2026
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Leroy Fearon | There are many things right with the Jamaican education system
Jamaica has become accustomed to conversations about what is wrong with its education system. We speak about declining performance, indiscipline, teacher shortages, inadequate resources, inequity, and…
22 Oct, 2026
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Sergio Díaz-Granados | The many faces of El Niño
In April 2024, Bogotá was forced to ration its water supply when the Chingaza system, which provides 70 per cent of the city’s water, fell to approximately 16 per cent of its capacity. In Grenada,…
22 Oct, 2026
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Carvell N. McLeary | Can we just get along? Please?
Jamaica doesn’t need to introduce social partnership approaches, the cooperative arrangement of organised groups (International Labour Organization ILO recommendation). The national framework exists. …