Commentary
21 Oct, 2026
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Editorial | What lessons from the Five Miles tragedy?
Like most Jamaicans, The Gleaner is deeply saddened by the deaths, in the line of duty, of policemen Corporal Trevoy Shaw and Constable Devoney Rose at Five Miles, St Catherine, on Friday. The police…
21 Oct, 2026
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Elizabeth Morgan | Are Jamaica’s national heroes adequately commemorated?
October is marked as National Heritage Month. This year, National Heritage Week is marked from Sunday, October 18, National Thanksgiving Day to Saturday, October 24. National Heroes Day, established…
21 Oct, 2026
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Rena’ Francis | Why the National School Nutrition Policy matters for good oral health
Oral Health is an essential part of overall health and well-being. Yet, it is often overlooked until problems such as tooth decay, gum disease, or tooth loss occur. As we observe Oral Health Month,…
20 Oct, 2026
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Editorial | Dismantling WI cricket?
This newspaper would welcome, and indeed requests, greater clarity from Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) CEO for his seeming implication that Caribbean governments have been unreliable partners in projects…
20 Oct, 2026
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Michael Abrahams | Jamaica’s third-country national deportee agreement: why the secrecy and deception?
In June, the US and Jamaica signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to use Jamaica as a transit point for up to 25 third-country national (TCN) deportees every two weeks. The first set of TCN…
20 Oct, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | Who am I?
Many people have no idea what drives their lifetime choices, attitudes and prejudices. Often it happened in childhood and quietly influenced the way they deal with fellow humans. At some point, when…
19 Oct, 2026
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Editorial | The Jamone Lyle affair
The Jamone Lyle affair at Jamaica College (JC) has reopened an old but unresolved debate over what should be the expectation of, and limits placed on, the student athlete and, therewith, the…
19 Oct, 2026
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Dean Jones | The house that pays you back
Jamaica spent generations building bigger houses. Now it is time to build smarter ones. For decades, the Jamaican dream was measured in concrete, steel and square footage. The bigger the house, the…
19 Oct, 2026
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Christopher Burgess | Drought resilience by fixing NWC’s finances
The recent light rains may bring marginal relief, but they should not lull us into believing Jamaica is drought-resilient. Jamaica’s water security and the National Water Commission’s (NWC’s) finances…