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This image taken from video provided by NASA shows the Artemis II crew (from left) Canadian astronaut and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, Commander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Christina Koch and pilot Victor Glover, as they speak with NASA Mission C
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Editorial | Humanity’s quest to reach the Moon and beyond

History was repeated on the evening of April 1 when Artemis II, carrying four astronauts, lifted off for a 10-day journey around the Moon – more than five decades after the first human landed on Earth’s satellite. This is a momentous occasion for the scientific community, as the latest space sojourn of Artemis II, a collaborative effort of 55 nations who have signed the Artemis Accords, now on its trajectory to the Moon, is set to test the ability of humans to travel safely into deep space again.

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Sir Alexander Bustamante (centre), prime minister of Jamaica, is seen at Piarco Airport terminal building with Eric Williams (right), prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago. In the background are Donald Sangster (left) and Arthur Brown .
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Tony Deyal | Cane is a slaver – yes, no, or done dead already?

On the 45th anniversary of the passing of Dr. Eric Eustace Williams, prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago At my age, 80 plus, I still don’t know if sugar cane is a fruit, a grass, a vegetable, a…
A small-scale model of the Fpso Liza Destiny oil drilling ship is on display during the inauguration of a permanent exhibit by ExxonMobil Oil at the Guyana National Museum in Georgetown, Guyana, in 2023.
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Ronald Sanders | The Caribbean being forced to reconsider trade dependence on the US

The Caribbean has not set out to loosen its trade dependence on the United States. It is being driven to do so. For generations, Caribbean importers and consumers have looked first to the American…
Dr Terrance Drew, prime minister of St Kitts and Nevis and current chair of CARICOM; and Kamla Persad-Bissessar, prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago.
April 2, 2026

Editorial | CARICOM’s new crisis

Dr Carla Barnett has not been the kind of secretary general of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) this newspaper had hoped for. She has not interpreted her mandate or fashioned her leadership as a…
Nicole Loiten, MSN, RN, a Jamaican-born healthcare executive, autism advocate, and national speaker; and founder and CEO of Gentle Loving Home Care, a Florida-based organisation providing in-home support for children with autism and developmental disabilit
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Nicole Loiten | Autism Awareness means nothing without access…A reality many Jamaican families know too well

Every April, Autism Awareness Month fills our feeds with messages of support. But for many families – especially in countries like Jamaica – awareness is not the problem. Access is. I say this not…
Homes destroyed by Hurricane Beryl lie in Clifton, Union Island, St Vincent and the Grenadines in July 2024.
April 2, 2026

Khaled El-Enany | Small islands, big front lines

Across the Caribbean, climate change is already reshaping lives, coastlines, and futures. Small Island Developing States, which account for just one per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, are…
Major Basil Jarrett
April 2, 2026

Basil Jarrett | Can tap. But can we trust?

Growing up in the ‘80s and ‘90s, one of the first survival lessons you learned while traversing the bus system was to keep your wallet in your front pocket. Not the back where it was more stylish. The…
An after-school programme is not meant to replace conventional day school learning; rather, it should serve as a supplement, a reinforcer, and a form of group revision. Students who are slow learners or do not have additional help at home should be the tar
April 2, 2026

Nicola Andrews | Every child must learn…But at what cost?

The inequality of teacher-led extra lessons The phrase “Every child can learn, every child must learn” is widely recognised as a policy mantra developed and adopted by the Jamaican Ministry of…
King’s House, the official residence of the Governor General, located on Hope Road, St. Andrew.
April 1, 2026

Editorial | A bolder vision for King’s House and Heroes Circle

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness got it mostly right with his plan for a park in Kingston for older people, to be established on the acreages adjoining the governor general’s residence, King’s House.
A Palm Sunday procession at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, Jamaica.
April 1, 2026

Elizabeth Morgan | The US’s Christian hypocrisy ‘Do as I say, not as I do’

The most important observances in Christianity are in Holy Week (Easter), from Palm Sunday, when Jesus made his triumphant entry into Jerusalem on a donkey; to Holy Thursday of the last supper, the…